Yakumo (train)

Japanese limited express train service

Sanyo Main Line
Hakubi Line
Sanin Main Line

TechnicalRolling stock

273 series EMU

Yakumo Limited Express Carriage Interior.

381 series Carriage interior (Nov 2018).

381 series Yakumo pulls into a station (Dec 2018).

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.

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

273 series EMUs (from April 2024)^[2]

Former rolling stock

KiHa 181 series DMUs (from March 1972, until July 1982)^{[citation needed]}
381 series EMUs (from July 1982 until 15 June 2024^[3]) (4-, 6-, or 9- car formations^{[citation needed]})

Formations

Services are formed as shown below:^[1]

273 series

Car No.	1		2	3	4
Accommodation	Green	Reserved	Reserved	Reserved	Reserved
Notes		Semi-compartment seats		Wheelchair-accessible seat

Former

381 series

Car No.	1	2	3	4
Accommodation	Green	Reserved	Reserved	Reserved

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

^ ^a ^b ^c "Yakumo vehicle information". JR Odekake Net (in Japanese). West Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
^ 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.
^ "「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.
^ 列車名鑑1995 [Train Name Directory 1995]. Japan: Railway Journal. August 1995. p. 130.