Editing Nasuno

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{{Infobox rail service
| name        = ''Nasuno''
| image       = File:Series-E5-U7 Nasuno-258.jpg
| image_width = 300px
| caption     = 
| type        = [[Shinkansen]] ([[Shinkansen#Service names|Local]])
| status      = Operational
| locale      = [[Tohoku Shinkansen]]
| first       = 1959 (Semi-express)<BR>1995 (Shinkansen)
| last        = 
| successor   = 
| operator    = [[JR East]]
| formeroperator= [[JNR]]
| ridership   = 
| start       = {{STN|Tokyo|x}}
| stops       = 
| end         = {{STN|Kōriyama|x|Fukushima}} or {{STN|Nasushiobara|x}} or {{STN|Oyama|x}}
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| class       = Standard + Green + Gran Class
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| catering    = Trolley service
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| stock       = [[E2 series]], [[E3 series (train)|E3 series]], [[E5 series]], [[E6 series (train)|E6 series]], [[H5 series]]
| gauge       = {{RailGauge|1435mm}}
| el          = 25 kV AC overhead
| speed       = {{Convert|275|km/h|mph|round=5|abbr=on}}
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The {{Nihongo|'''''Nasuno'''''|なすの, "field of Nasu"}} is a train service operated on the [[Tōhoku Shinkansen]] by [[East Japan Railway Company]] (JR East) in Japan.<ref name="kotsu2008">{{cite book | title = JR新幹線＆特急列車ファイル |trans-title= JR Shinkansen & Limited Express Train File| publisher = Kōtsū Shimbun | year = 2008 | location = Japan | isbn = 978-4-330-00608-6}}</ref> It serves all stations between {{STN|Tokyo|x}} and {{STN|Kōriyama|x|Fukushima}}, a medium-sized city approximately 225&nbsp;km north of Tokyo.<ref name="timetable200812">JR Timetable, December 2008</ref>

==Origin==
The name ''Nasuno'' is derived from the {{Nihongo|Nasu Highlands|那須高原}} and {{Nihongo|Nasu Onsen|那須温泉}} areas located alongside the Tōhoku Shinkansen between Utsunomiya and Kōriyama.

==Operations==
There are approximately 16 return ''Nasuno'' trains daily, starting/terminating either at {{STN|Oyama|x}}, Nasushiobara, or Kōriyama. ''Nasuno'' services stop at all stations en route. 
Double-decker ''Nasuno'' services formed of [[E4 series]] sets also operated up until September 2012, named ''Max Nasuno''.

==Rolling stock==
* [[E2 Series Shinkansen|E2 series]] (since March 1997)
* [[E3 Series Shinkansen|E3 series]] (since 22 March 1997)
* [[E5 and H5 Series Shinkansen|E5 series]] (since 17 March 2012)
* [[E6 Series Shinkansen|E6 series]] (since 16 March 2013)<ref name="jrtt201303">JR Timetable, March 2013 =
* [[200 Series Shinkansen|200 series]] (June 1982 &ndash; November 2011)
* [[E1 Series Shinkansen|E1 series]] (''Max Yamabiko'') (July 1994 &ndash; December 1999)
* [[E4 Series Shinkansen|E4 series]] (''Max Yamabiko'') (until 28 September 2012) issue</ref>
* [[E5 and H5 Series Shinkansen|H5 series]] (since 26 March 2016)<ref name="jrtt201604">{{cite book |script-title=ja: JR時刻表 |trans-title= JR Timetable |publisher = Kotsu Shimbunsha | year = 2016 |location = Japan |language = ja |page = 978|id = {{EAN|4910053110464}}}}</ref>

<gallery>
File:E2 J74 Yamabiko 216 Omiya 20110206.jpg|E2 series
File:Shinkansen E3 komachi.JPG|E3 series
File:Series-E5-U4 Yamabiko-Tsubasa-122.jpg|E5 series
File:2013年1月20日E6系S12編成試運転.jpg|E6 series
File:H5系 H1編成 仙台駅入線.JPG|H5 series
</gallery>

===Former rolling stock===
* [[200 Series Shinkansen|200 series]] (June 1982 &ndash; November 2011)
* [[E1 Series Shinkansen|E1 series]] (''Max Nasuno'') (July 1994 &ndash; December 1999)
* [[E4 Series Shinkansen|E4 series]] (''Max Nasuno'') (20 December 1997 - 28 September 2012)

<gallery>
File:JR East Shinkansen 200(renewal).jpg|200 series
File:Shinkansen-e1.jpg|E1 series
File:JR East Shinkansen E4.jpg|E4 series
</gallery>

==History==
[[File:JNR 165 nasuno hasuda.jpg|thumb|165 series ''Nasuno'' service, 1984]]
The name ''Nasuno'' was first introduced on 22 September 1959 for {{Nihongo|semi-express|準急|junkyū}} services operating between {{STN|Ueno|x}} in Tokyo and {{STN|Kuroiso|x}} on the [[Tōhoku Main Line]]. In 1966, this was upgraded to become an {{Nihongo|express|急行|kyūkō}}, and on 14 March 1985, it was upgraded to become a [[Limited express]] using [[185 series]] EMU rolling stock. From 10 March 1990, the train was rerouted to operate between {{STN|Shinjuku|x}} in Tokyo and Kuroiso.<ref name="meikan1995">{{cite book | title = 列車名鑑1995 |trans-title= Train Name Directory 1995| publisher = Railway Journal| date = August 1995 | location = Japan}}</ref>

On 10 December 1995, the name was adopted for the new all-stations services on the [[Tōhoku Shinkansen]].<ref name="kotsu2008"/> The [[Tōhoku Main Line]] services to and from Shinjuku were renamed ''Ohayō Tochigi'' and ''Hometown Tochigi'' from this date. Prior to 1995, ''[[Aoba (train)|Aoba]]'' services formed the all-stations services along the whole line. However, with the introduction of short-distance ''Nasuno'' services, ''Aoba'' services were reduced, and in 1997, discontinued altogether, with the local services covered by ''Nasuno'' as far as Kōriyama, and all further stations served by the ''[[Yamabiko]]''.

==See also==
* [[List of named passenger trains of Japan]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Nasuno (Shinkansen)}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080123191453/http://www.jreast.co.jp/train/shinkan/e2_1000.html E2 series ''Yamabiko''/''Nasuno''] {{in lang|ja}}

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