The (formerly known as the prior to 17 March 2018) is a "

Romancecar The is Odakyu Electric Railway's name for its limited express luxury tourist services south-west of Tokyo, to mountain resorts such as Hakone and Gotemba (Mount Fuji), and beaches such as Odawara and Enoshima. When the service started i ...

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 commo ...

train operated by

Odakyu Electric Railway , commonly known as Odakyū, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan, best known for its '' Romancecar'' series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone. The Odakyu Electric Railway Compa ...

between and via the

Odakyu Odawara Line , commonly known as Odakyū, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan, best known for its ''Romancecar'' series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone. The Odakyu Electric Railway Company f ...

and

JR Central is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as JR Tōkai ( ja, JR東海, links=no). ''Tōkai'' is a reference to the geographical ...

Gotemba Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). It connects Kōzu Station in Odawara to Numazu via Gotemba. The '' Mt. Fuji'' limited express service runs between Tokyo's Shinjuku Station and Go ...

Route

Mt. Fuji services stop at the following stations: – – – – – – () – * The outbound Mt.Fuji No.1 and No.3 travel to Gotemba, and the inbound Mt.Fuji No.6 travels to Shinjuku at the evening stop at Suruga-Oyama. When you get on Mt.Fuji train at Suruga-Oyama, you have to purchase limited express ticket from train crew in the car.

Rolling stock

Odakyu 60000 series MSE The (Multi Super Express) is a Romancecar electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway in Japan since March 2008. The trains are used on Odakyu through service to the Tokyo Metro Chiy ...

6-car EMUs (since 17 March 2012)

Past

* and DMUs (July 1959 – June 1968) * Odakyu 3000 series SSE EMUs (July 1968 – March 1991) * JR Central

371 series The is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) in Japan between 1991 and 2014. Originally used on '' Asagiri'' limited express services in conjunction with Odakyu Electric Railway, from 201 ...

7-car EMU (March 1991 – 16 March 2012) *

Odakyu 20000 series RSE The (Resort Super Express) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated between 1991 and March 2012 by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway on '' Asagiri'' limited express services in Japan. Operations Up until 16 Ma ...

7-car EMUs (March 1991 – 16 March 2012) File:OER DC5000 original.png, KiHa 5000 series DMU car File:OER DC5102 original.png, KiHa 5100 series DMU car File:ODAKYU-ROMANCECAR-SSE-3000.jpg, Odakyu 3000 series SSE, 1991 File:JRC EC371 Asagiri Matsuda.jpg, JR Central 371 series, October 2009 File:OER RSE20000 Asagiri Matsuda.jpg, Odakyu 20000 series RSE, October 2009

History

Kyushu ''Asagiri''

The name was first used from 1 May 1959 for a

JNR The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...

semi-express operating between and in

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. This service was upgraded to "Express" status from 5 March 1966. It was discontinued from 1 October 1980.

Gotemba Line ''Asagiri''

A second ''Asagiri'' service, initially written in ''

kanji are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subse ...

'' as "" commenced on 2 July 1959 as a semi-express operating between and . The ''Asagiri'', together with the , supplemented the and Shinjuku—Gotemba semi-express services, which commenced on 1 October 1955. ''Asagiri'' services were upgraded to "express" status from 1 July 1968 following electrification and the introduction of

Odakyu 3000 series SE The or SE (Super Express), later becoming SSE (Short Super Express), was a "Romancecar" electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the Odakyu Electric Railway in the Tokyo area of Japan. It was the recipient of the inaugural Blue ...

EMUs. The four names were also merged into "" in ''

hiragana is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" ori ...

''. It became 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 commo ...

" from 16 March 1991 with the introduction of new JR Central

and

7-car EMUs, operating between Shinjuku and Numazu.

March 2012 timetable revision

From the start of the revised timetable on 17 March 2012, the Odakyu 20000 series sets and JR Central's lone 371 series set were withdrawn, and all services were operated instead using

6-car sets. From the same date, service frequency was reduced from the current four return services daily to three on weekdays and four at weekends, and all services were truncated to operate between Shinjuku and Gotemba stations.

March 2018 timetable revision

From the start of the revised timetable on 17 March 2018, ''Asagiri'' services are renamed .

References

External links

Odakyu Limited Express ''Romancecar'' information
* {{JR Central trains Named passenger trains of Japan Central Japan Railway Company Odakyu Electric Railway Railway services introduced in 1959 1959 establishments in Japan