183 series EMU on a Kitakinki service, September 2007
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Overview | |
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Service type | Limited express |
First service | 1986 |
Last service | 2011 |
Current operator(s) | JR West |
Route | |
Line used | Tokaido Main Line, Fukuchiyama Line, Sanin Main Line |
Technical | |
183 series EMU | |
Operating speed | 120 km/h (75 mph) (max.) |
The Kitakinki (北近畿?) was a limited express train service operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in Japan from 1986 until March 2011, which ran from Shin-Osaka to Kinosaki Onsen in Hyōgo Prefecture.
As of January 2011, 11 down services (Kitakinki 1–21) from Shin-Osaka and 10 up services (Kitakinki 2–26) to Shin-Osaka ran daily, with the journey time from Shin-Osaka to Kinosaki Onsen taking approximately 2 hours 45 minutes.
Kitakinki services stopped at the following stations. (Stations in parentheses were not served by all trains.)
Shin-Osaka - Amagasaki - Takarazuka - Sanda - (Shin-Sanda) - (Aino) - Sasayamaguchi - (Tanikawa) - Kaibara - Isō - (Kuroi) - Fukuchiyama - (Wadayama) - (Yōka) - (Ebara) - (Toyooka) - (Kinosaki Onsen)