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2 unusual facts about Limited express


Limited express

The Night Limited was the premier express train on the North Island Main Trunk Railway between Auckland and Wellington from 1924 until 1971; during peak seasons, it was augmented by the Daylight Limited.

The South Island Limited express ran three days a week from Christchurch through Dunedin to Invercargill, with a slower regular express operating on the other four days.


JR Kyoto Line

In addition to the three types of commuter trains, long-distance limited express trains connecting the Kyoto-Osaka region with Kansai International Airport (Haruka services), Hokuriku region (Thunderbird and Raichō services) and other areas also frequently operate on the line.


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253 series

The two newest-built sets, Ne201 and Ne202, underwent extensive refurbishment at JR East's Omiya Works and Tokyu Car Corporation's Yokohama factory to become 253-1000 series sets OM-N1 and OM-N2 for use on Nikkō and Kinugawa limited express services jointly operated with Tobu Railway from 4 June 2011, replacing the 485 series and 189 series EMUs currently used.

Kami-Arita Station

An employee is dispatched by the limit from Arita Station all over Arita Tōkiichi held period (in Golden Week), and some limited express Midori and Huis Ten Bosch trains stopping at this station every year.

Nagano Electric Railway

:Ex-253 series sets for Snow Monkey limited express services.

Nagasaki Main Line

Limited express trains travel over the new route between Isahaya and Urakami stations.

Nanpu

Nanpū, limited express train service in Japan operated by JR Shikoku

Odakyū Odawara Line

A bypass track was laid in 1955 to Matsuda Station on the Gotemba Line of the then-Japanese National Railways, and limited express service through to the line started.

Windsor railway station, Melbourne

Sandringham line - all stations and limited express services to Sandringham