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	Yamabiko
	E2 series on Yamabiko service, December 2003
Service type	Shinkansen
Operator	JR East
Line used	Tōhoku Shinkansen
Maximum speed	240 km/h
Started	1959 (Semi-express); 1982 (Shinkansen)
Rolling stock	200 series, E2 series, E3 series, E4 series

"Yamabiko" redirects here. For the mythical Japanese spirit called "Yamabiko", see Gazu Hyakki Yakō.

Yamabiko (やまびこ^?) is the name of a train service operating on the Tōhoku Shinkansen in Japan.^[1]

[edit] History

On 1 February 1959, the name Yamabiko was introduced on a semi-express (準急, junkyū^?) service between Fukushima and Morioka on the Tōhoku Main Line. This service operated until 30 September 1963.^[2]

From 1 October 1965, the name was reintroduced for limited express services operating between Ueno in Tokyo and Morioka. These services continued until 22 June 1982, the day before the Tōhoku Shinkansen opened.^[2]

From the start of services on the newly opened Tōhoku Shinkansen on 23 June 1982, Yamabiko became the name used for the limited-stop shinkansen services operating initially between Ōmiya and Morioka, later between Ueno and Morioka, and eventually between Tokyo and Morioka.^[2]

Since 1 July 1992, some Yamabiko services have run coupled with Tsubasa services (formed of 400 series or E3 series sets) between Tokyo and Fukushima.^[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 ^c "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)
E2 series Hayate/Yamabiko/Nasuno (Japanese)
E4 series Max Yamabiko/Max Nasuno (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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