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Kitakinki

Kitakinki
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183 series EMU on a Kitakinki service, September 2007
Overview
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)


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