Sazanami (train)

*Sazanami*
Overview
A E257-500 series EMU on a Sazanami service in October 2006
Service type	Limited express
Locale	Chiba Prefecture
First service	15 July 1972
Current operator(s)	JR East
Former operator(s)	JNR
Route
Start	Tokyo
End	Tateyama
Service frequency	4 return services daily
Line used	Keiyo Line, Uchibo Line
On-board services
Catering facilities	Trolley service
Technical
Rolling stock	E257-500 series EMUs
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph)

The Sazanami (さざなみ) is a limited express train service in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It runs between Tokyo and Tateyama via the Keiyo Line and Uchibō Line.^[1]

Seasonal Shinjuku Sazanami services operate at certain weekends between Shinjuku and Tateyama.

Principal stations served

(Shinjuku) - Tokyo - Soga - Goi - Kisarazu - Kimitsu - Chikura - Tateyama

Rolling stock

E257-500 series 5-car EMUs

A E257-500 series EMU on a Shinjuku Sazanami service in May 2010

Former rolling stock

255 series 9-car EMUs
183/189 series EMUs (Shinjuku Sazanami)

A 189 series EMU on a Shinjuku Sazanami service in February 2007
A 255 series EMU on a Sazanami service in March 2008

History

15 July 1972 - Sazanami service starts coinciding with opening of the underground Sōbu Line platforms at Tokyo Station.
16 March 1991 - Sazanami service are rerouted via the Keiyō Line from Tokyo.
2 July 1993 - 255 series EMUs are introduced on View Sazanami services from Tokyo to Chikura.
16 October 2004 - E257-500 series EMUs are introduced.
10 December 2005 - The View Sazanami name is discontinued, and all services are made entirely no-smoking.^[2]

The opening of the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line road across the Tokyo Bay in 1997 saw increased competition from long-distance bus services offering cheaper fares, resulting in decreasing ridership figures on the Sazanami services.^[3] From the start of the 15 March 2014 timetable revision, the number of services was reduced to six return workings daily.^[3]

References

↑ JR新幹線＆特急列車ファイル [JR Shinkansen & Limited Express Train File]. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. 2008. p. 66. ISBN 978-4-330-00608-6.
↑ ２００５年１２月ダイヤ改正について [Details of December 2005 Timetable Revision] (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. 30 September 2005. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
1 2 房総特急　引き潮　高速道充実で利用者減少 [Boso limited expresses ebbing: Passenger numbers falling due to improved expressway network]. Tokyo Shimbun Web (in Japanese). Japan: The Chunichi Shimbun. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2014.

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JR East 255 series Shiosai/Wakashio/Sazanami (Japanese)
JR East E257 series Wakashio/Sazanami/Shiosai/Ayame (Japanese)

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

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