Tsubame (train)
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The Tsubame is a train service operated by Kyushu Railway Company on the Kyushu Shinkansen in Japan since 2004.
800 Series Shinkansen Tsubame at Shin-Minamata Station in November 2004
A C53 locomotive hauling the Tsubame service near Nishiakashi, circa 1934.
A JNR Class C62 hauling the Tsubame service near Kyoto
Series 151 EMUs, which were used for the Tsubame service after 1958
800 Series Shinkansen
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The 800 series is a Japanese Shinkansen high-speed train type operated by Kyushu Railway Company on the Kyushu Shinkansen high-speed rail line. Built by Hitachi, the trains were introduced on the all-
Tsubame (train)
…Shinkansen train services are formed of eight-car N700 series (JR West N700-7000 series and JR Kyushu N700-8000 series) trains or six-car JR Kyushu 800 series trains. Eight-car N700 series services are formed as follows, with car 1 at the Kagoshima-Chūō (southern) end. Cars 1 to 3 are ordinary-class cars with…
800 series interior
New 800 series set U007 in April 2011
Interior of car 826-1107 (car 5 of set U007)