Ishikari (train)

*Ishikari*
Overview
Service type	Limited express
Status	Discontinued
Locale	Hokkaido
First service	18 July 1975
Last service	1980
Successor	Lilac
Former operator(s)	JNR
Route
Termini	Sapporo; Asahikawa
On-board services
Class(es)	Standard class only
Technical
Rolling stock	781 series EMUs
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	20 kV AC overhead

The Ishikari (いしかり) was a limited express train service in Japan operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR) between Sapporo and Asahikawa in Hokkaido, Japan, from 1975 to 1980.^[1]

Rolling stock

Services comprised 485-1500 series EMUs, and were the first limited express trains comprising electric multiple units to operate in Hokkaido. The 485 series EMUs proved to be unsuited to the harsh weather conditions of Hokkaido, with frequent cancellations, and were later replaced by new 781 series 6-car EMUs.^[2]

Formation

The typical 6-car formation (in 1980) was as shown below with car 1 at the Sapporo end.^[3]

Car No.	1	2	3	4	5	6
Numbering	KuMoHa 781	SaHa 780	MoHa 781	SaHa 780	MoHa 781	KuHa 780

History

Ishikari services were introduced on 18 July 1975,^[4] and continued until the start of the 1 October 1980 timetable revision, when the services were replaced by new Lilac services.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b 列車名鑑1995 [Train Name Directory 1995]. Japan: Railway Journal. August 1995. p. 123.
^ ^a ^b 日本と世界の鉄道カタログ [Japan and World Railway Catalogue]. Japan: Seibido Publishing. August 1991. p. 79. ISBN 4-415-03383-0.
^ Miyake, Toshihiko (August 2012). "札幌周辺における国鉄・JRの電化と列車の変遷" [JNR and JR electrification and train changes in the Sapporo area]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine. Vol. 41, no. 340. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. pp. 24–33.
^ Haraguchi, Takayuki (2009). Encyclopedia of JR's Railway Cars: JR全車輌. Japan: Sekai Bunka. p. 219. ISBN 978-4-418-09905-4.

[meikan1995-1] 列車名鑑1995 [Train Name Directory 1995]. Japan: Railway Journal. August 1995. p. 123.

[seibido1991-2] 日本と世界の鉄道カタログ [Japan and World Railway Catalogue]. Japan: Seibido Publishing. August 1991. p. 79. ISBN 4-415-03383-0.

[dj340-3] Miyake, Toshihiko (August 2012). "札幌周辺における国鉄・JRの電化と列車の変遷" [JNR and JR electrification and train changes in the Sapporo area]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine. Vol. 41, no. 340. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. pp. 24–33.

[haraguchi2009-4] Haraguchi, Takayuki (2009). Encyclopedia of JR's Railway Cars: JR全車輌. Japan: Sekai Bunka. p. 219. ISBN 978-4-418-09905-4.

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JR Hokkaido lines	Hokkaido Shinkansen ■■ Chitose ■ Furano ■■■ Hakodate ■ Hidaka ■ Kaikyō ■■ Muroran ■■ Nemuro ■ Rumoi ■ Sasshō ■ Sekihoku ■ Sekishō ■ Senmō ■ Sōya
JR named trains	Hayabusa Hayate Hokuto Kamui Kitami Lilac Okhotsk Ōzora Sarobetsu Sōya Suzuran Taisetsu Tokachi
Discontinued JR named trains	Cassiopeia Hakuchō Hamanasu Ishikari Super Hakuchō Super White Arrow Twilight Express White Arrow
Sapporo Municipal Subway	Namboku Line Tōzai Line Tōhō Line
Other railways	South Hokkaido Railway Company Hakodate Streetcar Sapporo Streetcar Taiheiyō Coal (freight only)
Terminals	Rail Hakodate Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Sapporo Ōdōri Shin-Sapporo Asahikawa Airports Asahikawa New Chitose Hakodate Kushiro Memanbetsu Monbetsu Nakashibetsu Okadama Okushiri Rishiri Tokachi–Obihiro Wakkanai Ports Hakodate Otaru Tomakomai Kushiro
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