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Azusa
E351 series Super Azusa EMU
Service type	Limited Express
Operator	JR East
Line used	Chūō Main Line, Shinonoi Line
Started	1966
Rolling stock	E351 series (Super Azusa) / E257 series EMUs

The Azusa (あずさ^?) and Super Azusa (スーパーあずさ^?) are limited express services operated by East Japan Railway (JR East), which run between Shinjuku and Matsumoto via the Chūō Main Line and Shinonoi Line.

The Azusa service started in 1966. The premier Super Azusa service commenced in December 1994 with the delivery of the first new E351 series tilting EMUs. Smoking was prohibited in all cars from March 18 2007.

The name Azusa is taken from the Azusa River in Matsumoto, Nagano.

Contents 1 Route 1.1 Azusa 1.2 Super Azusa 2 Formations 2.1 Azusa 2.2 Super Azusa 3 Stopping patterns 4 Rolling stock 4.1 Rolling stock currently used 4.2 Rolling stock previously used 5 References 6 External links

Route

Azusa

Shinjuku - Matsumoto - Minamiotari
(One train a day starts/terminates at Chiba)

Super Azusa

Shinjuku - Matsumoto

Formations

Azusa

←Shinjuku/Chiba						Matsumoto/Minamiotari→
1	2	-	3	4	5	6	7	8		9	10	11
Reserved	Reserved	-	Non-reserved	Non-reserved	Non-reserved	Reserved	Reserved	Re	Grn	Reserved	Reserved	Reserved

Super Azusa

←Shinjuku

Matsumoto/Hakuba→

1 Reserved

2 Reserved

3 Non-reserved

4 Non-reserved

-

5 Non-reserved

6 Non-reserved

7 Reserved

8 Reserved

9 Green

10 Reserved

11 Reserved

12 Reserved

Stopping patterns

Azusa and Super Azusa stop at stations marked "●" and do not stop at stations marked "∥". The information is based on the schedule effective as of March 15, 2008.

Down trains

Train # ("S" = Super Azusa)	S 1	3	S 5	7	9	S 11	13	S 15	17	S 19	21	S 23	25	27	S 29	31	S 33	35
Chiba		●
Funabashi		●
Kinshichō		●
Shinjuku	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Tachikawa	●	●	●	●	●	∥	●	∥	●	∥	●	∥	●	●	∥	●	●	●
Hachiōji	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Ōtsuki	●	●	∥	●	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	●	∥	●	●
Enzan	∥	●	∥	●	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	●
Yamanashishi	∥	●	∥	●	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	●
Isawa-onsen	●	●	∥	●	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	●
Kōfu	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Ryūō	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥
Nirasaki	●	●	∥	●	●	∥	●	∥	∥	∥	●	∥	∥	∥	∥	●	∥	●
Nagasaka	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	●	∥	∥	∥	∥
Kobuchizawa	●	●	●	●	●	∥	●	●	●	∥	●	∥	●	●	∥	●	●	●
Fujimi	∥	●	∥	∥	●	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	●	∥	●	∥	●
Chino	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Kami-suwa	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Shimo-suwa	∥	●	∥	∥	●	∥	●	∥	●	∥	●	∥	∥	●	∥	●	∥	●
Okaya	●	●	●	●	●	∥	●	∥	●	∥	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Shiojiri	●	●	●	●	●	∥	●	●	●	∥	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Matsumoto	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Toyoshina		●
Hotaka		●
Shinano-matsukawa		∥
Shinano-ōmachi		●
Kamishiro		∥
Hakuba		●
Minami-otari		●

Up trains

Train # ("S" = Super Azusa)	2	S 4	S 6	8	10	12	S 14	16	S 18	20	S 22	24	26	S 28	30	S 32	34	S 36
Minami-otari													●
Hakuba													●
Kamishiro													∥
Shinano-ōmachi			●										●
Shinano-matsukawa			●										∥
Hotaka			●										●
Toyoshina			●										●
Matsumoto	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Siojiri	●	●	●	●	●	●	∥	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Okaya	●	●	●	●	●	●	∥	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Shimo-suwa	●	∥	●	∥	●	●	∥	●	∥	●	∥	●	●	∥	●	●	∥	∥
Kami-suwa	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Chino	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Fujimi	●	∥	∥	●	∥	∥	∥	●	∥	●	∥	●	∥	∥	●	∥	∥	∥
Kobuchizawa	●	●	●	●	●	●	∥	●	∥	●	∥	●	●	●	●	●	∥	●
Nagasaka	●	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥
Nirasaki	●	∥	●	∥	●	∥	∥	●	∥	●	∥	●	●	∥	●	∥	∥	●
Ryūō	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥
Kōfu	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Isawa-onsen	●	∥	∥	●	●	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	●	●
Yamanashishi	●	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	●	∥
Enzan	●	∥	∥	∥	●	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	●	∥
Ōtsuki	●	∥	●	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	●	∥	●	●
Hachiōji	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Tachikawa	●	●	●	●	●	●	∥	●	∥	●	∥	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Mitaka	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	∥	●	∥
Shinjuku	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Tokyo	●														∥
Kinshichō															●
Funabashi															●
Chiba															●

Rolling stock

Rolling stock currently used

• E351 series EMUs (Super Azusa, since 1993)
• E257 series EMUs (since 2001)
• 189 series EMUs (since 1975, now used for seasonal additional services only)
• 183 series EMUs (since 1972, now used for seasonal additional services only)

Rolling stock previously used

• 181 series 10-car EMUs (from 1966)
• 165 series EMUs (from 1966)

References

• "2008 年3 月ダイヤ改正について" JR East Hachiōji Branch news release, 20 December 2007 (Japanese)

External links

• JR E257 Azusa/Kaiji (Japanese)
• JR E351 Super Azusa (Japanese)

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