30-557: The Sazanami ( さざなみ ) is a limited express train service in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It runs between Tokyo and Tateyama via the Keiyo Line and Uchibō Line . Seasonal Shinjuku Sazanami services operate at certain weekends between Shinjuku and Tateyama. As of 12 March 2022, 5 outbound trains and 3 inbound trains are operated each day, except on Saturdays and holidays. These trains stop at
60-524: A corridor along one side of the carriage. Dining cars were never used on the Night Limited as they had been withdrawn as a World War I -era economy measure and not re-introduced to the North Island during the Night Limited ' s time. Passengers could purchase refreshments at stops along the journey. Warren Freer became an Auckland Labour member of parliament in 1947, and recalled
90-598: A lower level of comfort. A different pattern was employed on the Main South Line . 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. Both regular and limited expresses were augmented by additional services between intermediate destinations, such as an evening railcar between Christchurch and Dunedin operated by NZR's 88 seater , or Vulcan Class Railmotors. Limited expresses were rare beyond
120-520: A new line. There are plans to revive the "limited express" trains. The North–South Commuter Railway and the new South Main Line under the South Long Haul project will both feature "limited express" services. Both limited expresses will run on standard-gauge track and will use dedicated rolling stock capable of running of up to 160 kilometers per hour (99 mph) or higher-speed rail . For
150-404: A small number of stations while express trains run non-stop on a large section of the line, contrary to Japan's definition. In Brisbane , and Sydney , limited stop services are formed by commuter trains that run as limited stops or express services from the city centre to the edge of the suburban area and then as all stops in the interurban area (an example of such an express pattern can be seen on
180-760: Is usually first-come, first-served, since this type of train uses commuter train coaches. Both types of trains travel faster and stop at fewer stations. Until 1972, the Hikari on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen was officially a chōtokkyū ( 超特急 ) , that is, "beyond limited express" or "super express", and was priced higher than the Kodama , the limited express on the same line. Presently all Shinkansen services are officially limited express, but are usually referred to as "super express" in English. The table below summarises
210-674: Is 특급 (特急, Teukgeup ) in Korean. Limited express trains stop at fewer stations than regular express trains (급행, 急行, Geuphaeng ). The Sriwijaya train (or also known as the Sriwijaya Limited Express (Limex) train, which means the Sriwijaya Limited Express (Patas) train) is a passenger train service operated by PT Kereta Api Indonesia to serve the Palembang Kertapati-Tanjungkarang line and vice versa. Night Limited The Night Limited
240-820: The Dagupan Express . Meanwhile, the second Bicol Express , opened in 1954, only stopped at 8 out of 66 stations of the line between Tutuban station in downtown Manila and Legazpi station in Albay . Other examples on the South Main Line include the Peñafrancia Express , the Isarog/Manila Limited , and the Mayon Limited , all of these were defunct by 2013 when all intercity rail was discontinued in favour of building
270-672: The Gold Coast line ). In the era of steam-hauled provincial expresses, limited express services were common on highly trafficked routes. 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 . Following the Night Limited was a slower unnamed express that stopped at more stations and provided
300-688: The New York City Subway operated a limited express premium-fare subway service from Manhattan to JFK , which was called the JFK Express . The subway service made express stops at subway stations in Manhattan and one subway station in Brooklyn , before running nonstop to Howard Beach-JFK Airport , where transfers to free airport shuttle buses were provided. The JFK Express proved to be unsuccessful, seeing low ridership in part because
330-676: The 1950s and peaked in the 1970s. They only stop at major stations along the two intercity main lines in Luzon unlike regular expresses. They were given the highest priority, dedicated rolling stock, and the highest level of comfort and amenities. The North Main Line had the Ilocos Special and the Amianan Night Express that ran between 1973 and 1984, then the fastest services in the PNR and stopped at fewer stations compared to
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#1732791037048360-530: The 1950s, demand began to significantly decline as competition from aeroplanes and the private car increased. Business travellers increasingly opted for other options, although the schedule was steadily improved to 13.5 hours each way. In the North Island all Limiteds went from steam to diesel power in 1963, and the afternoon expresses in 1964. The change, according to the railway annual report for 1965, "has eliminated smoke nuisance in tunnels and has enabled
390-583: The Friday night comradeship in a sleeping compartment of the train to Auckland after a week in Parliament, when a bottle of whisky would be produced and incidents in the house or caucus recalled. Freer and Charles Petrie lived near the Otahuhu Station, and Petrie arranged via a sympathetic guard for the driver to slow the train after Middlemore Station so that they could save time by alighting there;
420-733: The North–South Commuter Railway (NSCR), an airport express train will connect Clark International Airport with Alabang station in Muntinlupa , skipping all the other stations in Central Luzon and only stopping at four other stations in Metro Manila . In comparison, the "Commuter Express" services on the NSCR will serve more stations but will use the same electric multiple units as the regular commuter service. To
450-670: The United States in the twentieth century were called "limited", a name that typically graced overnight trains that made very few stops. (However, the fastest train between New York and Washington, DC , a day train, in the Pennsylvania Railroad era was called the Congressional Limited Express , and it had few stops, like the longer distance "Limited's".) Some limited's of America have included: From September 23, 1978, to April 15, 1990,
480-767: The central city and the first stop of their route itinerary on the Hudson Line and the New Haven Line . Due to the wide availability of service on the Northeast Regional and Acela Express , most of Amtrak's medium- and long-distance trains operating along the Northeast Corridor only stop to discharge passengers from Washington Union Station (or in some cases, Alexandria Union Station ) northward, and to receive passengers from Newark Penn Station southward. The term "Limited Express"
510-646: The following stations listed below: Tokyo - Soga - Goi - ( Anegasaki ) - Kisarazu - Kimitsu Sazanami trains are formed as shown below, with car 1 at the Tokyo end. The opening of the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line road across the Tokyo Bay in 1997 saw increased competition from long-distance bus services offering cheaper fares, resulting in decreasing ridership figures on the Sazanami services. From
540-703: The journey time to be reduced by approximately 50 minutes". Diesel-electric motive power was typically provided by members of the DA class . The New Zealand Railways Department began investigating the introduction of an upmarket overnight service in 1968 to recapture some of the patronage it had lost. This service, named the Silver Star, was introduced in September 1971 and replaced the Night Limited . An unnamed ordinary express continued to operate nightly between Auckland and Wellington, providing transport for less than
570-503: The journey. The first expresses ran on 14 February 1909 and took 19 hours 13 minutes, though stopping only at Paekākāriki , Palmerston North , Feilding , Marton , Taihape , Ohakune , Taumarunui , Te Kuiti , and Frankton . The Night Limited was introduced in 1924 to provide a quicker service. Its name stemmed from the fact it ran overnight and had limited stops at Palmerston North, Marton, Taihape, Ohakune, Taumarunui and Frankton. A class steam locomotives were employed to haul
600-553: The limited expresses on major Japanese railways ( JR Group , Toei , and 16 major private railways minus one major private railway that does not operate limited express, which is Tokyo Metro ). In Australia, particularly in Melbourne , selective commuter trains often skip smaller stations during peak hours , primarily for the purpose of more efficient delivery of passengers to interchange stations , or higher- patronage stations. However, generally limited express trains only skip
630-593: The main trunk routes and the regular provincial expresses were typically augmented with even slower mixed trains . However, when the Rotorua Express schedule was accelerated in 1930 and its carriages upgraded, it was re-branded as the Rotorua Limited . Due to the Great Depression and rising car ownership levels, it did not achieve the level of success intended, thus in 1937 it reverted to
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#1732791037048660-476: The service did not actually serve any airline terminals. Some commuter railroads operate express trains making limited stops. The Long Island Rail Road operates some rush hour trains that run 50 miles between the central city station and the first stop of its express route itinerary, for instance, on the Ronkonkoma Line . The Metro-North Railroad runs some rush hour trains that run 29 miles between
690-456: The service, and this factor combined with the reduced stops allowed the reduction in travel time to just over 14 hours. The Night Limited ' s heyday was in the 1930s, when multiple extra services had to be run at the peak Christmas and Easter holiday periods to cater for the traffic volume. Accommodation on board was primarily seated, although first class sleeping cars were utilised. The sleeping cars had sixteen two-person cabins reached by
720-584: The south of the NSCR, the Bicol Express flagship service of the PNR South Long Haul was originally proposed as a limited express service in 2018. However, a new basic design report released in June 2021 reclassified the services into two groups: Local and Express. The new Bicol Express service has since been relegated to a regular express train service. Some of the most elite trains in
750-596: The start of the 15 March 2014 timetable revision, the number of services was reduced to six return workings daily. Limited express A limited express is a type of express train or express bus service that stops at fewer locations compared to other express services on the same or similar routes. The term "limited express" is a common translation of the Japanese compound noun tokubetsu kyūkō ( 特別急行 ) ; lit. ' special express ' ; often abbreviated as tokkyū ( 特急 ) , though some operators translate
780-598: The status and service pattern of a regular express. After the demise of the Night Limited and the South Island Limited in 1971, the term "limited express" fell into disuse in New Zealand and has not been applied to any subsequent trains. However, from 1971 to 1979, the Silver Star performed the role of a limited express as it operated to a faster schedule than a supplementary slower service that
810-415: The word differently. There are two types of limited express trains: intercity , and commuter . The former type of limited express trains generally use long-distance coaches, equipped better than other ordinary express trains, including reserved seating, dining cars, food and beverage carts, and "green cars" (first class cars). The latter type of limited express train usually incurs no surcharge, but seating
840-400: The younger Freer first so Petrie could pass their bags to him and then alight; the train then speeded up towards Auckland. In 1949 air travel to Wellington was introduced for backbench MPs. Motive power in the days of steam was typically the most powerful and efficient locomotives available. A class locomotives were superseded by members of classes such as the K , and K and J . During
870-715: Was an express passenger train that operated in New Zealand between Wellington and Auckland , utilising the entire length of the North Island Main Trunk . It commenced service on 15 December 1924 and was replaced by the Silver Star in 1971 and supplemented by the Northerner express in 1975. When the North Island Main Trunk railway was completed in 1908, services between Auckland and Wellington were slow and tedious, taking two days to complete
900-762: Was known from 1975 as the Northerner . As of 13 March 2017 , Auckland Transport introduced limited express services on the Onehunga Line . These services operate until 7:30 pm on weekdays, bypassing Parnell, Remuera and Greenlane stations. There were trains under the Manila Railroad Company and the Philippine National Railways that were called "Limited Express" or simply "Limited", as well as Special and Express trains that nonetheless stopped at fewer stations. The first of such services were introduced in
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