Kuroshio (train)

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Kuroshio
Kuroshio at Wakayama Station
Service type	Limited express
Operator	JR West
Line used	Tokaido Line (JR Kyoto Line), Osaka Loop Line, Hanwa Line, Kisei Line (Kinokuni Line)
Started	1965

The Kuroshio (くろしお^?) is a limited express train connecting Kyoto, Shin-Osaka, Tennoji, Wakayama, Kii-Tanabe, Shirahama and Shingu via the Tokaido Line (JR Kyoto Line), the Osaka Loop Line, the Hanwa Line, and the Kisei Line (Kinokuni Line), operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). This article covers its derivated limited express trains, "the Super Kuroshio (スーパーくろしお^?)" and "the Ocean Arrow (オーシャンアロー^?)".

Rolling stocks used

Kuroshio, Super Kuroshio

• 381 series EMUs

Ocean Arrow

• 283 series EMUs

Stations where trains stop

<Kyoto> - Shin-Osaka - <<Nishikujo>> - Tennoji - (Otori - Izumi-Fuchu - Hineno - Izumi-Sunagawa) - Wakayama - (Kainan - Minoshima - Fujinami - Yuasa) - Gobo - (Minabe) - Kii-Tanabe - Shirahama - (Tsubaki) - Susami - Kushimoto - (Koza - Taiji) - Kii-Katsuura - Shingu

• (): limited stop
• <>: starting and terminating station of part of trains
• <<>>: Northbound trains stop in the morning, and southbound trains do from the evening until the last train.
• No trains go to Osaka Station.

Formation

• Green based: Green car (first class)
• White based: Standard car (second class)
• NS: Non-Smoking car
• S: Smoking car
• O: Observation car
• R: Reserved seats
• NR: Non-reserved seats

Direction

left: Shiranhama, Shingū

right: Shin-Ōsaka, Kyōto

Kuroshio (11, 20)

normal formation
1	2	3	4	5	6
NS	NS	S	NS	S	NS
R	NR	NR	R	R	R

• Women-only seats are available in Car 6.

Kuroshio (others)

normal formation						additional formation
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
NS	NS	S	NS	S	NS	NS	S	NS
R	NR	NR	R	R	R	R	R	R

• Women-only seats are available in Car 6.

Super Kuroshio (normal operation)

normal formation						additional formation
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
NS	NS	S	NS	S	NS	NS	S	NS
O, R	NR	NR	R	R	R	R	R	R

• Women-only seats are available in Car 6.

Super Kuroshio (2, 6, 35)

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
NS	NS	S	NS	S	NS	NS	S	NS
O, R	NR	NR	NR	(NR)	R	R	R	R

• Operated for commuters
• Women-only seats are available in Car 6 except the Super Kuroshio 2.
• (NR): Car 5 is used as reserved seats for the Super Kuroshio 6

Ocean Arrow

normal formation
1	2	3	4	5	6
NS	NS	S	NS	NS	S
O, R	NR	NR	R	R	R

• Women-only seats are available in Car 5.
• 9-car operations are available.
• Car 6 (6-car operation) and Car 9 (9-car operation) is sometimes a non-smoking observation green car (first class).

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