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services were also introduced, and the Tokyo to Hakata services were discontinued in
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was discontinued from the start of the revised timetable on 1 March 2005.
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The train was formed of 14 and 24 series sleeping cars hauled by an
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25:. For Japanese ship, see
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642: [
599:Thunderbird
578:Super Inaba
229:Shimonoseki
140:Track gauge
873:Categories
406:Shinkansen
336:29 October
330:nippon.com
312:References
163:1,500 V DC
67:Blue Train
23:MV Asakaze
780:Kitakinki
592:Super Oki
564:Shirasagi
529:Kounotori
515:Hashidate
501:Hanaakari
486:(daytime)
208:, Japan.
124:Technical
773:Kitaguni
752:Dinostar
731:Akatsuki
543:Mahoroba
536:Kuroshio
522:Kinosaki
494:Hamakaze
429:Kagayaki
415:Hakutaka
295:See also
57:Overview
738:Asakaze
550:Maizuru
464:Tsurugi
289:Asakaze
282:Asakaze
274:Asakaze
268:History
260:Asakaze
244:Asakaze
213:Asakaze
172:Asakaze
99:JR West
49:Asakaze
36:Asakaze
815:Raichō
606:Yakumo
508:Haruka
457:Sakura
450:Nozomi
443:Mizuho
436:Kodama
422:Hikari
278:Hakata
202:Hakata
184:was a
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766:Izumo
759:Ginga
705:Other
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258:Down
198:Tokyo
105:Route
822:Seto
338:2023
272:The
225:EF66
211:The
179:あさかぜ
169:The
88:2005
80:1956
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