Moonlight Shinshū

*Moonlight Shinshū*
Overview
Service type	Rapid
First service	2002
Current operator(s)	JR East
Route
Line used	Chūō Main Line, Shinonoi Line, Ōito Line
Technical
Rolling stock	183 series, 189 series EMUs

The Moonlight Shinshū (ムーンライト信州) is a seasonal overnight Rapid service operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), which runs between Shinjuku and Hakuba Station via the Chūō Main Line, Shinonoi Line, and Ōito Line. The service started in 2002, and is operated using 6- or 9-car 183 series or 189 series EMUs.

Route

The main station stops for the Moonlight Shinshū service are as follows, although the exact stopping patterns vary depending on the time of year.

Shinjuku - Tachikawa - Hachiōji - Takao - Ōtsuki - Enzan - Kōfu - Kobuchizawa - Fujimi - Chino - Kami-Suwa - Shimo-Suwa - Okaya - Shiojiri - Matsumoto - Shinano-Ōmachi - Hakuba

Formations

←Shinjuku

Matsumoto/Hakuba→

1
Reserved

2
Reserved

3
Reserved

4
Reserved

5
Reserved

6
Reserved

7
Green

8
Reserved

9
Reserved

←Shinjuku

Matsumoto/Hakuba→

1
Reserved

2
Reserved

3
Reserved

4
Reserved

5
Reserved

6
Reserved

See also

List of named passenger trains of Japan

References

JR Timetable, March 2008 issue

Transit in Nagano Prefecture

JR East	Hokuriku Shinkansen ■Chūō Main Line ■Iiyama Line ■Koumi Line ■Ōito Line ■Shin'etsu Main Line ■Shinonoi Line

JR Central	■Chūō Main Line ■Iida Line

JR West	■Ōito Line

Shinano Railway	■Shinano Railway Line ■Kita-Shinano Line

Other railways	Nagano Electric Railway Ueda Electric Railway Alpico Kōtsū

Named trains	Azusa Shinano Moonlight Shinshū Resort View Furusato Oykot Rokumon

Misc	Nagano Station Matsumoto Station Matsumoto Airport

Japan transit: Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Fukuoka Hakone Fuji Izu Hokkaido Sendai Niigata Toyama Nagano Okayama Hiroshima Shikoku Metro systems Shinkansen trams (list) aerial lifts (list)

Named trains of East Japan Railway Company

Shinkansen	Aoba Asahi Asama Hakutaka Hayabusa Hayate Kagayaki Komachi Nasuno Tanigawa Toki Tsubasa Yamabiko

Limited express (daytime)	Akagi Akita Relay Ayame Azusa Hakuchō Hatsukari Hitachi Hokuetsu Hometown Tochigi Inaho Kaiji Kamoshika Kinugawa Komakusa Kusatsu Minakami Minori Narita Express Nikkō Odoriko Ohayō Tochigi Sazanami Shiosai Shirayuki Soyokaze Spacia Kinugawa Super Azusa Super Hakuchō Super Hatsukari Hitachi Super View Odoriko Swallow Akagi Tazawa Tokiwa Tsugaru Wakashio

Limited express (overnight)	Akebono Cassiopeia Hokuriku Hokutosei Nihonkai Yume Kūkan

Express	Noto

Rapid	Airport Narita Aizu Liner Banetsu Monogatari Kubikino Moonlight Echigo Moonlight Nagara Moonlight Shinshū Myōkō Resort Shirakami

Liner	Chūō Liner Home Liner Odawara Ohayō Liner Shinjuku Ōme Liner Shōnan Liner

Local	Musashino

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/28/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.