The Kuroshio (くろしお?) is a limited express train connecting Kyoto, Shin-Ōsaka, Tennōji, Wakayama, Kii-Tanabe, Shirahama and Shingu via the Tōkaido 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
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- Ocean Arrow
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Stations where trains stop
<Kyoto> - Shin-Ōsaka - <<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.
- As trains go direct from the Loop Line to the Umeda Freight Line and Shin-Ōsaka, no trains go to Osaka Station.
Formation
- Green based: Green car (first class)
- White based: Standard car (second class)
- O: Observation car
- R: Reserved seats
- NR: Non-reserved seats
- No smoking available.
- Direction
- left: Shiranhama, Shingū
- right: Shin-Ōsaka, Kyōto
- Kuroshio
| normal formation |
additional formation |
| 1 |
2 |
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4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| O, R |
NR |
NR |
NR |
(R) |
R |
R |
R |
R |
- Operated for commuters
- Women-only seats are available in Car 6 except the Super Kuroshio 2.
- (R): The seats in Car 5 is used as non-reserved seats for the Super Kuroshio 2 and 35.
- Ocean Arrow
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
| O, R |
NR |
NR |
R |
R |
R |
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| NR |
NR |
R |
R |
R |
O, R |
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| O, R |
NR |
NR |
R |
R |
R |
R |
R |
R |
| O, R |
NR |
NR |
R |
R |
R |
R |
R |
O, R |
- Women-only seats are available in Car 5 when Car 1 is an observation green car (first class).
- Car 6 (6-car operation) and Car 9 (9-car operation) is sometimes an observation green car (first class).
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