Yakumo (train)

The Yakumo (やくも) is a limited express train service in Japan operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West), which runs from Okayama to Yonago, Matsue and Izumo in Shimane Prefecture.

Yakumo
273 series train Yakumo
Overview
Service typeLimited express
First service1972
Current operator(s)JR West
Route
TerminiOkayama
Izumoshi
Stops11
Service frequency15 return workings daily[1]
Line(s) used
Technical
Rolling stock
381 series Carriage interior (Nov 2018).
381 series Yakumo pulls into a station (Dec 2018).

This limited express train connects Okayama with Yonago in 2 hours, Okayama with Matsue in 2 hours and 30 minutes, and Okayama with Izumoshi in 3 hours. It stops at Okayama, Kurashiki, Sōja, Bitchū-Takahashi, Niimi, Shōyama, Yonago, Yasugi, Matsue, Tamatsukuri-Onsen, Shinji, and Izumoshi.

Rolling stock

Former rolling stock
  • KiHa 181 series DMUs (from March 1972, until July 1982)
  • 381 series EMUs (from July 1982 until 15 June 2024[3]) (4-, 6-, or 9- car formations)

Formations

Services are formed as shown below:[1]

273 series
Car No.1234
Accommodation GreenReservedReservedReservedReserved
Notes Semi-compartment seatsWheelchair-accessible seat

381 series
Car No.1234
Accommodation GreenReservedReservedReserved
  • Until 5 April 2024, Car 1 was a panoramic green car on some services.[1]

History

The Yakumo service was first introduced on 22 September 1959, as a semi-express service operating between Yonago and Hakata in Kyushu.[4]

References
  1. "Yakumo vehicle information". JR Odekake Net (in Japanese). West Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  2. JR西日本，273系“やくも”の運転を4月6日から順次開始 [JR West to introduce new 273 series "Yakumo" trains from 6 April]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  3. "「国鉄特急型電車」定期運用は終焉へ 381系約50年の生涯を振り返る!" [Regular service of the "Japanese National Railways Limited Express train" comes to an end - looking back at the 50-year life of the 381 series!]. RM News (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  4. 列車名鑑1995 [Train Name Directory 1995]. Japan: Railway Journal. August 1995. p. 130.
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