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	Toki
	E4 series on Max Toki service, January 2006
Service type	Shinkansen
Operator	JR East
Line used	Jōetsu Shinkansen
Maximum speed	240 km/h
Started	1962 (Limited express); 1982 (Shinkansen)
Rolling stock	200 series, E1 series, E4 series

Toki (とき^?) is the name of a train service operating on the Jōetsu Shinkansen in Japan.^[1]

[edit] History

The name Toki was first introduced on 10 June 1962 for limited express services operating between Ueno in Tokyo and Niigata on the Jōetsu Line. This service operated until 14 November 1982, the day before the Jōetsu Shinkansen opened.^[2]

From the start of services on the newly opened Jōetsu Shinkansen on 15 November 1982, Toki became the name used for the all-stations shinkansen services operating initially between Ōmiya and Niigata, later between Ueno and Niigata, and eventually between Tokyo and Niigata.^[2]

The Toki name was discontinued from October 1997 following the introduction of new Tanigawa all-stations services between Tokyo and Echigo-Yuzawa. However, the name was reinstated from December 2002 to replace the name Asahi used for all Tokyo to Niigata trains.^[1]

[edit] References

JR Timetable, December 2008

^ ^a ^b "ＪＲ新幹線＆特急列車ファイル" (JR Shinkansen & Limited Express Train File), published 2008 by Kōtsū Shimbun
^ ^a ^b "列車名鑑１９９５" (Train Name Directory 1995), published August 1995 by Railway Journal

[edit] External links

200 series Yamabiko/Toki/Nasuno/Tanigawa (Japanese)
E1 series Max Toki/Max Tanigawa (Japanese)
E4 series Max Toki/Max Tanigawa (Japanese)

[kotsu2008-0] "ＪＲ新幹線＆特急列車ファイル" (JR Shinkansen & Limited Express Train File), published 2008 by Kōtsū Shimbun

[meikan1995-1] "列車名鑑１９９５" (Train Name Directory 1995), published August 1995 by Railway Journal

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