Yufuin no Mori

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Yufuin no Mori
KiHa 71 Yufuin no Mori DMU set
Overview
Service typeLimited express
First serviceMarch 11, 1989
Route
TerminiHakata
Beppu
StopsYufuin
Line(s) usedKyudai Main Line

Kagoshima Main Line

Nippo Main Line
Technical
Rolling stockKiHa 71 series
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

Yufuin no Mori (ゆふいんの森, The Forest of Yufuin), Yufu DX (ゆふDX), and Yufu (ゆふ) are limited express train services operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) which run from Hakata via Yufuin to Ōita and Beppu on the Kyudai Main Line.

Rolling stock

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1992–1999 (Yufuin no Mori II)
2004–2011 (Yufu DX) Withdrawn 10 January 2011.[1]

Ekiben

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The exclusive ekiben, Yufuin no Mori Bento, can only be purchased onboard this service. It contains Yufuin rice and vegetables, sesame tofu, and chicken miso.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "観光列車「あそ1962」、特急「ゆふDX」さよなら企画について" [Details of "Aso 1962" and "Yufu DX" Sayonara Schedule] (Press release) (in Japanese). JR Kyushu. 20 October 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
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