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was a limited express service operated by
Kitakinki Tango Railway is a railway infrastructure company and a former railway operator in Japan. The company's name, which consists of "Kitakinki" meaning northern Kinki region and "Tango" meaning Tango Province, is occasionally abbreviated as KTR. KTR was a so-cal ...
and
West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, ...
(JR West) between and and/or stations. The term also referred to the KTR001 series (currently used for ''Tango Relay'' services between Fukuchiyama and Toyooka) rolling stock itself. "Tango" refers to the region of northern Kyoto Prefecture. Prior to 1999, the ''Tango Explorer'' operated from
Kyoto Station Kyoto ( or ; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. , the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it t ...
, but with the introduction of the ''Tango Discovery'' service, ''Tango Explorer'' services begi at Shin-Osaka. The service operated from 1990 to 2011.


Services

''Tango Explorer'' services were generally run with three-car trains, though during peak holiday periods six-car trains (three paired sets) are used. When the ''Tango Explorer'' KTR001 series trainset was out of operation, KTR8000 series DMUs (used on the ''Tango Discovery'' service) or JNR
183 series The was a Japanese limited express electric multiple unit (EMU) train type introduced in 1972 by Japanese National Railways (JNR). Following the privatization of JNR, the 183 series was operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and We ...
EMUs were sometimes used. Terminuses are in bold. - - - - - () - () - - () - - () - - - - - - - - - - *The ''Tango Explorer'' 2 stopped at Kuroi and Tanikawa. *The ''Tango Explorer'' 3 stopped at Shin-Sanda, Aino, Tanikawa and Kuroi.


References

{{JR West trains Named passenger trains of Japan Railway services introduced in 1990 Railway services discontinued in 2011