The was a
limited express
A limited express is a type of express train service. It refers to an express service that stops at a limited number of stops in comparison to other express services on the same or similar routes.
Japan
The term "limited express" is a common ...
Blue Train overnight
sleeping car
The sleeping car or sleeper (often ) is a railway passenger car (rail), passenger car that can accommodate all passengers in beds of one kind or another, for the purpose of sleeping. George Pullman was the American innovator of the sleeper car.
...
train service in Japan operated by
Japanese National Railways (JNR) and later by
West Japan Railway Company (JR West), which ran from to in
Kagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kagawa Prefecture has a population of 949,358 (as of 2020) and is the smallest prefecture by geographic area at . Kagawa Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the southwest and Tok ...
in
Shikoku until July 1998.
Rolling stock
In its latter years, the ''Seto'' service was operated using 24/25 series sleeping cars.
The train was hauled by a JR East Tabata (Tokyo)-based
EF65-1000 DC electric locomotive throughout.
History
The ''Seto'' service commenced on 1 April 1950, as an "express" service operating between and in
Okayama Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,906,464 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 7,114 Square kilometre, km2 (2,746 sq mi). Okayama Prefectur ...
.
From 11 November 1956, the name was changed to ''
kanji'', written as .
From 15 March 1972, the train was upgraded to become a "
limited express
A limited express is a type of express train service. It refers to an express service that stops at a limited number of stops in comparison to other express services on the same or similar routes.
Japan
The term "limited express" is a common ...
" service.
In 1977, the 20 series sleeping cars were replaced by 24/25 series sleeping cars.
From 10 April 1988, the service was rerouted to use the newly opened
Great Seto Bridge, and operate between Tokyo and in
Kagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kagawa Prefecture has a population of 949,358 (as of 2020) and is the smallest prefecture by geographic area at . Kagawa Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the southwest and Tok ...
.
From the start of the revised timetable on 10 July 1998, the ''Seto'' services were discontinued and replaced by new
285 series
The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated jointly by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) on the overnight ''Sunrise Izumo'' and ''Sunrise Seto'' limited express services in Japan ...
electric multiple unit
An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a numbe ...
trains running as the ''
Sunrise Seto'' together with the ''
Sunrise Izumo''.
See also
*
Blue Train (Japan)
References
{{JR West trains
West Japan Railway Company
Named passenger trains of Japan
Night trains of Japan
Railway services introduced in 1950
Railway services discontinued in 1998
ja:瀬戸 (列車)