A Hokutosei service hauled by a JR East Class EF510 electric locomotive in September 2010
Overview
Service type
Limited express
Status
Discontinued
Locale
Japan
First service
13 March 1988
Last service
22 August 2015
Former operator(s)
JR East and JR Hokkaido
Route
Termini
Ueno Sapporo
Line(s) used
Tohoku Main Line, Iwate Ginga Railway Line, Aoimori Railway, Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line, Hakodate Main Line, Muroran Main Line, Chitose Line, Hakodate Main Line
On-board services
Catering facilities
Dining car
Technical
Rolling stock
24 series sleeping cars EF510-500 electric locomotive ED79 electric locomotive DD51 diesel locomotives
Track gauge
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification
1,500 V DC / 20 kV AC (50 Hz)
Operating speed
110 km/h (70 mph)
The Hokutosei (北斗星) was a limited express sleeping car train service in Japan which operated between Ueno Station in Tokyo and Sapporo Station in the northern island of Hokkaido, taking approximately 16½ hours. It was operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) from March 1988. The service became a seasonal service from the 14 March 2015 timetable revision, and was completely discontinued in August 2015, in preparation for the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen.
The Hokutosei (北斗星) was a limited express sleeping car train service in Japan which operated between Ueno Station in Tokyo and Sapporo Station in the...
the Tokyo-Sapporo route, making rail more expensive in comparison. The Hokutosei overnight train service began after the completion of the Seikan Tunnel;...
replaced its fleet of EF81 locomotives formerly used to haul Cassiopeia and Hokutosei overnight sleeping car trains from June 2010. These were the first locomotives...
locomotive A GWR Star Class, steam locomotive A logo displayed on many Hokutosei locomotives, including: JNR Class DD51, a diesel-hydraulic locomotive...
in the "Hokutosei" livery of blue with a gold stripe and shooting star logo. These were used in pairs for hauling sleeper trains (Hokutosei, Cassiopeia...
The Following Services have Discontinued Cassiopeia (Ueno - Sapporo) Hokutosei (Ueno - Sapporo) Above-ground station with two platforms serving four...
running through to the Utsunomiya Line. Ohayō Tochigi・Hometown Tochigi Hokutosei, Cassiopeia (once or twice daily night trains) Two trains bound for Koga...
built in 2003.[citation needed] Overnight sleeping car trains Cassiopeia, Hokutosei, and Hamanasu served the station prior to their discontinuation. Subway...
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Numazawa 15 January 1989 list [A] 5174 Okugi 16 April 1988 list [A] 5374 Hokutosei 4 January 1989 list [A] 6562 Takoyaki[user-generated source] 9 November...
the Hokkaido Shinkansen, the following sleeping car services operated; Hokutosei, Cassiopeia Ueno - (Goryōkaku) - Hakodate - Oshamambe - Higashi-Muroran...
Hakuchō and Super Hakuchō limited express to Shin-Aomori Cassiopeia and Hokutosei sleeping car limited express to Sapporo and Ueno Hamanasu sleeping car...
daytime. There were sleeper trains between Honshu and Hokkaido, such as the Hokutosei, Cassiopeia, Twilight Express, and Hamanasu. Source: SRA: Special Rapid...
China. In 2014, Myanma Railway acquired a Hokutosei train set from Japan after the withdrawal of the Hokutosei Blue Train Service in preparation of the...
Kumamoto 1958 – Mar 2009 Hokuriku JR East Ueno – Kanazawa 1947 – Mar 2010 Hokutosei JR East / JR Hokkaido Ueno – Sapporo 1988 – August 2015 Izumo JR East...
Sekiguchi 2 March 1992 list [E] 5372 Bikki 29 November 1987 list [B] 5374 Hokutosei 4 January 1989 list [A] 5404 Uemura 15 March 1991 list [B] 5474 Gingasen...
weather shelter on Platform 1. Some limited express trains, including Hokutosei, stop at this station without embarkment or disembarkment for siding....
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