| image = Twilight Express EF81 44 20130106.jpg
| image_width = 300px
| caption = Rangkaian ''Twilight Express'' dihela oleh lokomotif listrik EF81, Januari 2013
| type = Ekspres terbatas
| status = Tidak beroperasi
Di tiap perjalanannya, kereta tujuan Sapporo berangkat dari Osaka pada pukul 11:50, kemudian berhenti di {{STN|Shin-Osaka}}, {{STN|Kyoto}}, {{STN|Tsuruga}}, {{STN|Fukui|Fukui}}, {{STN|Kanazawa}}, {{STN|Takaoka|Toyama}}, {{STN|Toyama}}, {{STN|Naoetsu}}, dan {{STN|Nagaoka}}, dengan pemberhentian terakhir untuk menaikkan penumpang di {{STN|Niitsu}} pada 19:39. Kemudian, di Hokkaido kereta ini pertama kali berhneti di {{STN|Tōya|Tōyako}} pada 07:18, lalu kereta berhenti di lebih dari empat pemberhentian sebelum tiba di Sapporo pada pukul 09:52.
BegitupunPemberhentian yang sama berlaku sebaliknya, ''Twilight Express'' berangkat dari Sapporo pukul 14:05 serta terakhir berhneti di Tōya pukul 16:33 untuk menaikkan penumpang. The first stop a Niitsu was made at 04:33, with the train eventually making its way to Kyoto at 12:15 and finally arriving at Osaka at 12:52.
''Twilight Express'' terdiri dari akomodasi tipe "A" dan "B", semuanya khusus untuk kereta ini. Biaya tetap dikenakan untuk semua tempat tidur, terlepas dari lokasi awal atau akhir. Tarif lainnya, tarif dasar dan tarif ekspres terbatas, didasarkan pada jarak. Bagi penumpang yang menggunakan [[Japan Rail Pass]], tarif dasar tidak harus dibayar, meskipun tarif ekspres terbatas dan tarif kamar harus dibayar.
Kereta berangkat beberapa kali per minggu, dengan lebih banyak keberangkatan selama periode liburan. Kereta ''[[Nihonkai (kereta)|Nihonkai]]'' melakukan perjalanan pulang pergi setiap hari antara Osaka dan {{STN|Aomori}}, kemudian lanjut ke Hakodate atau Sapporo.
Mulai 16 Mei 2015, kereta ini menjadi kereta pesiar mewah yang beroperasi setiap minggu antara {{STN|Osaka}} dan {{STN|Shimonoseki}} di barat Jepang, memakan waktu sekitar 29 jam untuk perjalanan sejauh 829 km. <ref name="mainichi20150516">{{cite web|url= http://mainichi.jp/select/news/20150516k0000e040177000c.html|script-title= ja:「トワイライト」が豪華に復活 出発式、|trans-title= JR West menghidupkan kembali Twilight dalam kemewahan, dengan peresmian di Stasiun Osaka|tanggaldate= 16 Mei 2015|work= Mainichi Shimbun|publisher= The Mainichi Newspapers|location= Jepang|language= Jepang|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150516042526/http://mainichi.jp/select/news/20150516k0000e040177000c.html|archivedate= 2015-05-16|accessdate= 16 Mei 2015|url-status= dead}} </ref> Layanan ini beroperasi hingga Maret 2016.<ref name="railfan20160323">{{cite web|url= |script-title=ja: 「“トワイライトエクスプレス”」の運転終了 |trans-title=" Layanan Spesial Twilight Express" berakhir|tanggaldate= 23 Maret 2016|work= Japan Railfan Magazine Online|publisher= Koyusha Co., Ltd.|location= Jepang|bahasalanguage= Jepang}}</ref>
==Sejarah==
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[[Berkas:EF81 113 Twilight Express 8002 Kanazawa 20150313 (2).jpg|jmpl|Layanan reguler terakhir di Stasiun Kanazawa pada 13 Maret 2015]]
==Route==
Kereta api ''Twilight Express'' pertama kali beroperasi pada 18 Juli 1989 dari Osaka ke Sapporo sebagai layanan khusus untuk penumpang tertentu.<ref name="dj370">{{cite magazine|last = Kishi|first = Kenji|title=25年間の概括|trans-title=25 tahun "Twilight Express"|magazine=Tetsudō Majalah Daiya Jōhō |volume = 44|edition = 370 |pages =4–15 |penerbit = Kōtsū Shimbun |location = Jepang |language= Jepang |date = 2015}}</ref> Mulai 21 Juli, layanan ini mulai beroperasi sebagai layanan carter.<ref name="jrwest20140528">{{cite web |url= https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/2014/05/page_5700.html |title=寝台特急「トワイライトエクスプレス」の運行終了について |trans-title =Penghentian layanan kereta tidur ''Twilight Express''|date=28 Mei 2014 |work= Siaran pers |publisher= Perusahaan Kereta Api Jepang Barat |location= Jepang|language= Jepang |accessdate= 28 Mei 2014}}</ref> Rangkaian kedua mulai diperkenalkan pada Desember 1989, sehingga memungkinkan pengoperasian kereta sebagai layanan musiman.<ref name="jrwest20140528"/> Kereta tidur tipe "A" ditambahkan ke formasi antara tahun 1990 dan 1991, dan jumlah kereta dalam satu rangkaian ditambah menjadi 10 kereta (termasuk kereta pembangkit).<ref name="jrwest20140528"/> Pada bulan April 1991, sepertiga rangakian lain diperkenalkan, memungkinkan operasional harian selama masa sibuk.<ref name="jrwest20140528"/> Coach menjalani program perbaikan interior antara tahun 2001 dan 2002.<ref name="jrwest20140528"/>
The ''Twilight Express'' ran on the following lines:
==Rute==
'''[[West Japan Railway Company]] (JR West)'''
Berikut jalur-jalur yang dillui oleh kereta ''Twilight Express''.
* JR Kyoto Line ([[Tokaido Main Line]]), Osaka - Yamashina
* [[Kosei Line]], Yamashina - Omi-Shiotsu
* [[Hokuriku Main Line]], Omi-Shiotsu - Naoetsu
'''[[EastPerusahaan JapanKereta RailwayApi CompanyJepang Barat]] (JR EastWest)'''
* Jalur JR Kyoto (Jalur Utama Tokaido), Osaka - Yamashina
* [[Shinetsu Main Line]], Naoetsu - Niitsu
* Jalur Kosei, Yamashina - Omi-Shiotsu
* [[Uetsu Main Line]], Niitsu - Akita
* Jalur Utama Hokuriku, Omi-Shiotsu - Naoetsu
* [[Ou Main Line]], Akita - Aomori Signal<sup>1</sup>
'''[[HokkaidoPerusahaan RailwayKereta CompanyApi Jepang Timur]] (JR HokkaidoEast)'''
* Jalur Utama Shinetsu, Naoetsu - Niitsu
* [[Tsugaru Kaikyō Line]], Aomori Signal - Kanita<sup>2</sup> - Goryōkaku<sup>1</sup>
* Jalur Utama Uetsu, Niitsu - Akita
* [[Hakodate Main Line]], Goryōkaku - Oshamambe
* Jalur Utama Ou, Akita - Sinyal Aomori<sup>1</sup>
* [[Muroran Main Line]], Oshamambe - Numanohata
* [[Chitose Line]], Numanohata - Shiroishi
* [[Hakodate Main Line]], Shiroishi - Sapporo
'''[[Perusahaan Kereta Api Hokkaido]] (JR Hokkaido)'''
<sup>1</sup>Train reversal point<br>
* Tsugaru Kaikyō Line, Sinyal Aomori - Kanita<sup>2</sup> - Goryōkaku<sup>1</sup>
<sup>2</sup>Crew change location for conductors (JR West and JR Hokkaido)
* [[Jalur Utama Hakodate]], Goryōkaku - Oshamambe
* [[Jalur Utama Muroran]], Oshamambe - Numanohata
* Garis Chitose, Numanohata - Shiroishi
* [[Jalur Utama Hakodate]], Shiroishi - Sapporo
<sup>1</sup>Titik balik kereta<br>
The Tsugaru Kaikyō Line runs over the tracks of the [[Tsugaru Line]], [[Kaikyō Line]], [[Esashi Line]], and [[Hakodate Main Line]].
<sup>2</sup>Lokasi pergantian kru untuk kondektur (JR West dan JR Hokkaido)
==FormationsFormasi==
===JulyJuli 1989 - DecemberDesember 1989===
TheFormasi originalkereta chartercarter trainyang formationberoperasi operating fromdari 21 JulyJuli 1989 wasadalah assebagai followsberikut.<ref name="railfan647">{{cite magazine|last = Ikeguchi|first = Eiji |script-title=ja: トワイライト&北斗星の四半世紀|trans-title=Twilight & Hokutosei Quarter Century|magazine=[[Japan Railfan Magazine]] |volume = 55|issue = 647 |pages =16–30 |publisher = Koyusha Co., Ltd. |location = JapanJepang |language = JapaneseJepang |date = MarchMaret 2015}}</ref> ThePemandangan viewdari from inside thedalam "royal suite" indi carkereta 8 was obstructedterhalang byoleh thekereta adjacentpembangkit generatoryang vanberdekatan.<ref name="railfan647"/>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! CarNomor No.kereta !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !!
|-
! Penomoran
! Numbering
| SuRoNeFu 25-502 || SuShi 24-2 || OHa 25-552 || OHaNeFu 25-501 || OHaNe 25-562 || OHaNe 25-561 || OHa 25-551 || SuRoNeFu 25-501 || KaNi 24-12
|-
! Fasilitas
! Facilities
| A-typeKereta suitedan andkamar compartmentstipe A || Dining car || ''Lounge car /Showersshower'' || B-typeKamar compartmentstipe B || B-typeKamar compartmentstipe B || B-typeKamar compartmentstipe B || ''Lounge car /Showersshower'' || A-typeKereta suitedan andkamar compartmentstipe A || GeneratorKereta vanpembangkit
|}
===DecemberDesember 1989 - JulyJuli 1990===
FromDari 2 DecemberDesember 1989, trainsformasi wererangkaian formedkeretanya asadalah followssebagai berikut.<ref name="railfan647"/>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! CarNomor No.kereta !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !!
|-
! Penomoran
! Numbering
| SuRoNeFu 25-500 || SuShi 24 || OHa 25-550 || OHaNe 25-520 || OHaNe 25-520 || OHaNe 25-510 || OHaNe 25-560 || OHaNeFu 25-500 || KaNi 24
|-
! Fasilitas
! Facilities
| A-typeKereta suitedan andkamar compartmentstipe A || DiningKereta carmakan || ''Lounge car /Showersshower'' || B-typeKamar compartmentstipe B || B-typeKamar compartmentstipe B || B-typeKamar compartmentstipe B + ''mini lounge'' || B-typeKamar compartmentstipe B || B-typeKamar compartmentstipe B || GeneratorKereta vanpembangkit
|}
===JulyJuli 1990 - MarchMaret 2015===
FromDari 20 JulyJuli 1990, trainssatu wererangkaian lengthenedterdiri todari ninesembila carskereta (plusditambah akereta generator vanpembangkit), and formeddengan asformasi shownsebagai belowberikut.<ref name="railfan647"/><ref name="railfan644">{{cite magazine|script-title=ja:"トワイライトエクスプレス"用客車の概要|trans-title=Outline of "Twilight Express" coaches|magazine=[[Japan Railfan Magazine]] |volume = 54|issue = 644 |pages =38–45 |publisher = Koyusha Co., Ltd. |location = Japan |language= Japanese |date = December 2014}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! CarNomor No.kereta !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !!
|-
! Penomoran
! Numbering
| SuRoNeFu 25-500 || SuRoNe 25-500 || SuShi 24 || OHa 25-550 || OHaNe 25-520 || OHaNe 25-520 || OHaNe 25-510 || OHaNe 25-560 || OHaNeFu 25-500 || KaNi 24
|-
! Fasilitas
! Facilities
| A-typeKereta suitedan andkamar compartmentstipe A || A-typeKereta suitedan andkamar compartmentstipe A || DiningKereta carmakan || ''Lounge car /Showersshower'' || B-typeKamar compartmentstipe B || B-typeKamar compartmentstipe B || B-typeKamar compartmentstipe B + mini lounge || B-typeKereta couchettespenumpang tipe B || B-typeKereta couchettespenumpang tipe B || GeneratorKereta vanpembangkit
|}
===MayMei 2015 - MarchMaret 2016===
FromDari Maybulan Mei 2015, the following formationformmsi wasdi usedbawah fordigunakan cruiseuntuk trainkereta servicespesiar.<ref name="railfan20150518">{{cite web |url= http://railf.jp/news/?05190900 |script-title=ja: 『特別な「トワイライトエクスプレス」』運転 |trans-title=Special ''Twilight Express'' run|date= 18 May 2015|work= Japan Railfan Magazine Online|publisher= Koyusha Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 19 May 2015}}</ref> TheSedangkan, kereta "OHaNeFu 25" car was not used by passengerstidak ondigunakan theseuntuk servicespenumpang.<ref name="railfan20150518"/>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! CarNomor No.kereta !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !!
|-
! Penomoran
! Numbering
| SuRoNeFu 25-500 || SuRoNe 25-500 || SuRoNe 25-500 || SuRoNe 25-500 || OHa 25-550 || SuShi 24 || OHaNeFu 25-500 || KaNi 24
|-
! Fasilitas
! Facilities
| A-typeKereta suitedan andkamar compartmentstipe A || A-typeKereta suitedan andkamar compartmentstipe A || A-typeKereta suitedan andkamar compartmentstipe A || A-typeKereta suitedan andkamar compartmentstipe A || ''Lounge car /Showersshower'' || DiningKereta carmakan || B-typeKereta couchettespenumpang tipe B || GeneratorKereta vanpembangkit
|}
== Sarana yang digunakan ==
==Rolling stock==
===LocomotivesLokomotif===
ThreeTiga typesjenis oflokomotif locomotivesyang werepernah usedmenarik to haul thekereta ''Twilight Express'' serviceadalah :<ref name="kotsu2008">{{cite book |script-title=ja: JR新幹線&特急列車ファイル |trans-title=JR Shinkansen & Limited Express Train File|publisher = Kōtsū Shimbun |date = 2008 |location = Japan |page = 126|isbn = 978-4-330-00608-6}}</ref>
*OsakaLokomotif to Aomori:listrik JR West [[Class EF81]] AC/DCdari electricDepo locomotiveFukui assigned(Osaka to- Fukui DepotAomori)
*AomoriLokomotif to Goryōkaku:listrik JR Hokkaido [[Class ED79]] ACdari electricDepo locomotiveHakodate assigned(Aomori to- HakodateGoryōkaku) Depot
*GoryōkakuLokomotif to Sapporo: JR Hokkaidodiesel [[Class DD51]] dieseldari locomotives assigned todepo Hakodate Depot ([[Double-heading|double-headedtraksi ganda]]) (Goryōkaku - Sapporo)
{{AsSejak bulan Oktober of|2014|10}}, fivelima specially-liveriedlokomotif ClassKelas EF81 locomotivesyang werememiliki assigned''livery'' khusus ditugaskan untuk formenghela ''Twilight Express'' duties, numbersadalah EF81 43, 44, 103, 113, anddan 114.<ref name="railfan644"/> LocomotiveLokomotif numbernomor EF81 104 wasjuga alsosebelumnya formerlypernah usedmenarik onkereta ''Twilightini, Express'' services,tetapi butlokomotif wastersebut withdrawnberhenti inpada 2013.<ref name="railfan644"/>
<gallery>
File:Twilight Express EF81 43 20090831.jpg|AKereta ''Twilight Express'' serviceditarik hauledoleh bylokomotif alistrik JR West Class EF81 electricpada locomotive in AugustAgustus 2009
File:ED79 14 Twilight Express 20130708.jpg|AKereta ''Twilight Express'' serviceditarik hauledoleh bylokomotif alistrik JR Hokkaido Class ED79 electricpada locomotive in JulyJuli 2013
File:Twilight Express DD51 1137 20120904.jpg|AKereta ''Twilight Express'' serviceditarik hauledoleh bydua twobuah Class DD51lokomotif diesel locomotivesClass DD51 indi Hokkaido inpada September 2012
</gallery>
===CoachesKereta penumpang===
{{As of|2014|10}}, threetiga 9-carrangakian seri 24 seriesdengan trainsets9 werekereta useddigunakan onuntuk ''Twilightlayanan Express'' servicesini, formeddengan asformasi followssebagai berikut.<ref name="railfan644"/> The former coach numbersPenomoran andsebelumnya conversiondan datestanggal areberubahnya shownditunjukkan belowdi thebawah currentpenomoran runningyang numbersbaru.<ref name="railfan644"/>
{| class="wikitable"
|}
FourEmpat generatorkereta vans,pembagkit dengan numberedpenomoran "KaNi 24 10, 12, 13, and 14", werepernah useddigunakan withuntuk thekereta ''Twilight Express'' trainsets.<ref name="railfan644"/>
== Timetable ==
The train timetable {{As of|2011|03|lc=y}} was as follows. For the Osaka departure to Sapporo, read down. For the Sapporo departure to Osaka, read up. Stations that were not used for passenger pick-up or drop-off are in ''italics''.
== Jadwal ==
Berikut jadwal kereta ''Twilight Express'' sejak Maret 2011. Untuk jadwal dari Osaka ke Sapporo, lihat dari atas ke bawah, sedangkan untuk jadwal dari Sapporo ke Osaka, lihat dari bawah ke atas.
{| class=wikitable
!Osaka-Sapporo
!Down
!Nama stasiun
!Station name
!Sapporo-Osaka
!Up
|-
| align="center" |
DepBerangkat 11:50<br>
(TrackJalur 10)<br>
↓
| align="center" | {{STN|Ōsaka}}
| align="center" |
ArrDatang 12:52<br>
(TrackJalur 3)<br>↑
|-
| align="center" |
ArrDatang 11:55<br>
(TrackJalur 12)<br>
DepBerangkat 11:56
| align="center" | {{STN|Shin-Ōsaka}}
| align="center" |
DepBerangkat 12:48<br>
(TrackJalur 17)<br>
ArrDatang 12:47
|-
| align="center" |
ArrDatang 12:24<br>
(TrackJalur 0)<br>
DpBerangkat 12:25
| align="center" | {{STN|Kyoto}}
| align="center" |
DepBerangkat 12:18<br>
(TrackJalur 7)<br>
ArBerangkat 12:15
|-
| align="center" |
ArrDatang 13:46<br>
DepBerangkat 13:48
| align="center" | {{STN|Tsuruga}}
| align="center" |
DepBerangkat 10:52<br>
ArrDatang 10:36
|-
| align="center" |
ArrDatang 14:40<br>
(TrackJalur 1)<br>
DepBerangkat 14:40
| align="center" | {{STN|Fukui|Fukui}}
| align="center" |
DepBerangkat 09:56<br>
(TrackJalur 5)<br>
ArrDatang 09:54
|-
| align="center" |
ArrDatang 15:37<br>
(TrackJalur 7)<br>
DepBerangkat 15:40
| align="center" | {{STN|Kanazawa}}
| align="center" |
DepBerangkat 08:51<br>
(TrackJalur 1)<br>
ArrDatang 08:49
|-
| align="center" |
ArrDatang 16:14<br>
DepBerangkat 16:14
| align="center" | {{STN|Takaoka|Toyama}}
| align="center" |
DepBerangkat 08:18<br>
ArrDatang 08:18
|-
| align="center" |
ArrDatang 16:30<br>
(TrackJalur 6)<br>
DepBerangkat 16:31
| align="center" | {{STN|Toyama}}
| align="center" |
DepBerangkat 08:03<br>
(TrackJalur 3)<br>
ArrDatang 08:01
|-
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" |
ArrDatang 17:57<br>
DepBerangkat 17:59
| align="center" | {{STN|Naoetsu}}
| align="center" |
DepBerangkat 06:27<br>
ArrDatang 06:25
|-
| align="center" |
ArrDatang 18:56<br>
DepBerangkat 18:58
| align="center" | {{STN|Nagaoka}}
| align="center" |
DepBerangkat 05:29<br>
ArrDatang 05:17
|-
| align="center" |
ArrDatang 19:37<br>
DepBerangkat 19:39
| align="center" | {{STN|Niitsu}}
| align="center" |
DepBerangkat 04:40<br>
ArrDatang 04:33
|-
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | ↓
| align="center" | ''Aomori Signal''<br>''(neardekat titik langsir <br> [[AomoriStasiun StationAomori]])''<br>Train reversal point
| align="center" | ↑
|-
| align="center" |
''03:19''
| align="center" | ''{{STN|Kanita}}''<br>CrewStasiun changetempat stationpergantian forkru dan kondektur conductors<br>[[JR West]] <> [[JR Hokkaido]]
| align="center" |
''20:38''
|-
| align="center" | ↓<br>''EnterMasuk 03:41''<br>''ExitKeluar 04:20''<br>↓
| align="center" | [[Seikan Tunnel]]
| align="center" | ↑<br>''ExitKeluar 20:17''<br>''EnterMasuk 19:41''<br>↑
|-
| align="center" |
''05:05''
| align="center" | ''{{STN|Goryōkaku}}''<br>TrainTitik reversallangsir pointkereta
| align="center" |
''18:43''
|-
| align="center" |
ArrDatang 07:18<br>
DepBerangkat 07:18
| align="center" | {{STN|Tōya|Tōyako}}
| align="center" |
DepBerangkat 16:33<br>
ArrDatang 16:23
|-
| align="center" |
ArrDatang 07:52<br>
DepBerangkat 07:54
| align="center" | {{STN|Higashi-Muroran}}
| align="center" |
DepBerangkat 15:50<br>
ArrDatang 15:48
|-
| align="center" |
ArrDatang 08:11<br>
DepBerangkat 08:12
| align="center" | {{STN|Noboribetsu}}
| align="center" |
DepBerangkat 15:34<br>
ArrDatang 15:33
|-
| align="center" |
ArrDatang 08:50<br>
DepBerangkat 08:50
| align="center" | {{STN|Tomakomai}}
| align="center" |
DepBerangkat 15:00<br>
ArrDatang 14:59
|-
| align="center" |
ArrDatang 09:10<br>
DepBerangkat 09:11
| align="center" | {{STN|Minami-Chitose}}
| align="center" |
DepBerangkat 14:39<br>
ArrDatang 14:39
|-
| align="center" |
↓<br>
ArrDatang 09:52<br>
(TrackJalur 3)
| align="center" | {{STN|Sapporo}}
| align="center" |
↑<br>
DepBerangkat 14:05<br>
(TrackJalur 4)<br>
|-
!Down
!Station name
!Up
|-
|}
===Penghentian operasional ===
==History==
Layanan ''Twilight Express'' dihentikan mulai Maret 2015, dengan layanan terakhir berangkat dari Osaka dan Sapporo pada 12 Maret, tiba di tujuan pada hari berikutnya.<ref name="sankei20150303">{{cite web|url= http://www.sankei.com/west/news/150303/wst1503030059-n1.html|script-title= ja:「トワイライト」列車廃止後も客車は存続へ 〝ランチクルーズトレイン〟など団体臨時列車として活用|trans-title= Pelatih yang akan digunakan bahkan setelah penghentian Twilight Express - JR West mempertimbangkan charter "Kereta Pesiar Makan Siang" musiman|tanggal= 3 Maret 2015|work= Sankei West|publisher= The Sankei Shimbun & Sankei Digital|location= Jepang|bahasa= Jepang|accessdate= 4 Maret 2015|archive-date= 2017-08-23|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170823121440/http://www.sankei.com/west/news/150303/wst1503030059-n1.html|dead-url= yes}}</ref>
[[Berkas:EF81 113 Twilight Express 8002 Kanazawa 20150313 (2).jpgjmplThe final regular up service at Kanazawa Station on 13 March 2015]]
The ''Twilight Express'' first ran on 18 July 1989 from Osaka to Sapporo and back as a special preview run for invited passengers.<ref name="dj370">{{cite magazine|last = Kishi|first = Kenji|script-title=ja: 「トワイライトエクスプレス」25年間の概括|trans-title=25 years of the "Twilight Express"|magazine=Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine |volume = 44|issue = 370 |pages =4–15 |publisher = Kōtsū Shimbun |location = Japan |language= Japanese |date = 2015}}</ref> From 21 July, it began operating as a charter service.<ref name="dj370"/><ref name="jrwest20140528">{{cite web |url= https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/2014/05/page_5700.html |script-title=ja:寝台特急「トワイライトエクスプレス」の運行終了について |trans-title=Discontinuation of ''Twilight Expres'' sleeping car service|date=28 May 2014 |work= Press release |publisher= West Japan Railway Company |location= Japan|language= Japanese |accessdate= 28 May 2014}}</ref> A second rake of coaches was introduced from December 1989, allowing operation as a seasonal service.<ref name="jrwest20140528"/> "A"-type sleeping cars were added to the formations between 1990 and 1991, and the formations were extended to 10 cars (including generator car).<ref name="jrwest20140528"/> In April 1991, a third rake of coaches was introduced, allowing daily operations during busy seasons.<ref name="jrwest20140528"/> The coaches underwent a program of interior refurbishment between 2001 and 2002.<ref name="jrwest20140528"/>
==Kereta pesiar ''Special Twilight Express''==
===Withdrawal===
Mulai 16 Mei 2015, kereta ini sempat menjadi kereta pesiar mewah bernama {{Nihongo|''Special Twilight Express''|特別なトワイライトエクスプレス}} yang beroperasi setiap minggu antara {{STN|Osaka}} dan {{STN| Shimonoseki}} di bagian barat Jepang.<ref name="mainichi20150516"/> Layanan ini beroperasi hingga Maret 2016, dengan layanan terakhir berangkat dari Osaka pada 19 Maret, serta kembali pada 22 Maret.<ref name="railfan20160323"/>
''Twilight Express'' services were discontinued from March 2015, with the final services departing from both Osaka and Sapporo on 12 March, arriving at their destinations the following day.<ref name="sankei20150303">{{cite web |url= http://www.sankei.com/west/news/150303/wst1503030059-n1.html|script-title=ja:「トワイライト」列車廃止後も客車は存続へ 〝ランチクルーズトレイン〟など団体臨時列車として活用検討 JR西|trans-title=Coaches to be used even after Twilight Express discontinuation - JR West considers seasonal "Lunch Cruise Train" charters |date= 3 March 2015|work= Sankei West|publisher= The Sankei Shimbun & Sankei Digital |location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 4 March 2015}}</ref>
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===''Special Twilight Express'' cruise train===
File:DD51 1179 twilight express.jpg|Sebuah kereta pesiar ''Special Twilight Express'' ditarik oleh sepasang lokomotif diesel Kelas DD51 pada bulan September 2015
From 16 May 2015, the train became a luxury cruise train named the {{Nihongo|''Special Twilight Express''|特別なトワイライトエクスプレス}} operating on a weekly basis between {{STN|Osaka}} and {{STN|Shimonoseki}} in the west of Japan.<ref name="mainichi20150516"/> This operated until March 2016, with the last service departing from Osaka on 19 March, returning on 22 March.<ref name="railfan20160323"/>
File:EF65 1124 twilight express.jpg|Sebuah kereta pesiar ''Special Twilight Express'' ditarik oleh lokomotif listrik EF65 1124 yang dihidupkan kembali pada Februari 2016
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==Perkembangan masa depan==
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Pada bulan Juni 2017, JR West memperkenalkan kereta tidur mewah baru bernama ''[[Twilight Express Mizukaze]]'', melanjutkan nama layanan kereta ''Twilight Express'' sebelumnya.< ref name="mynavi20150219">{{cite web |url= http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2015/02/19/416/|script-title=ja: JR西日本「TWILIGHT EXPRESS |trans-title=JR West "Twilight Express Mizukaze" melanjutkan tradisi Twilight Express|date= 19 Februari 2015|work= Berita Mynavi|publisher= Perusahaan Mynavi|location= Jepang|bahasa= Jepang|accessdate = 19 Februari 2015}}</ref>
File:DD51 1179 twilight express.jpg|A ''Special Twilight Express'' cruise train hauled by a pair of Class DD51 diesel locomotives in September 2015
File:EF65 1124 twilight express.jpg|A ''Special Twilight Express'' cruise train hauled by specially reliveried electric locomotive EF65 1124 in February 2016
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==Future developmentsPelestarian ==
Bekas lokomotif listrik ''Twilight Express'' [[Class EF81]] EF81 103 dipamerkan di [[Museum Kereta Api Kyoto]], yang dibuka pada April 2016, bersama dengan empat kereta seri 24 sebelumnya yang digunakan dalam rangkaian ''Twilight Express'', yang terdiri dari kereta tidur SuRoNeFu 25-501, kereta makan SuShi 24-1, kereta tunggu OHa 25-551, dan kereta pembangkit KaNi 24-12.<ref name="railfan662">{{cite magazine|title=京都鉄道博物館|trans-title=Museum Kereta Api Kyoto |magazine = [[Japan Railfan Magazine]] |volume = 56|edisi = 662 |pages = 52–53 |publisher = Koyusha Co., Ltd. |location = Jepang|language=Jepang|date = Juni 2016}}</ref>
In June 2017, JR West introduced a new luxury sleeping-car [[excursion train]] named ''[[Twilight Express Mizukaze]]'', continuing the name and brand established by the ''Twilight Express'' train service.<ref name="mynavi20150219">{{cite web |url= http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2015/02/19/416/|script-title=ja: JR西日本「TWILIGHT EXPRESS 瑞風」トワイライトエクスプレスの伝統を継承|trans-title=JR West "Twilight Express Mizukaze" continues the tradition of the Twilight Express|date= 19 February 2015|work= Mynavi News|publisher= Mynavi Corporation|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 19 February 2015}}</ref>
==Preservation==
Former ''Twilight Express'' [[Class EF81]] electric locomotive EF81 103 is exhibited at the [[Kyoto Railway Museum]], which opened in April 2016, together with four former ''Twilight Express'' 24 series coaches, sleeping car SuRoNeFu 25-501, dining car SuShi 24-1, lounge car OHa 25-551, and generator van KaNi 24-12.<ref name="railfan662">{{cite magazine|script-title=ja: 京都鉄道博物館 |trans-title=Kyoto Railway Museum |magazine = [[Japan Railfan Magazine]] |volume = 56|issue = 662 |pages = 52–53 |publisher = Koyusha Co., Ltd. |location = Japan |language = Japanese |date = June 2016}}</ref>
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File:Kyoto railway museum twilight plaza.jpg|''Twilight Express'' EF81 103 (rightkanan) indi thezona Twilight Plaza zone at thedi Kyoto Railway Museum inpada MayMei 2016
File:Twilight Express kani 24.JPG|FormerBekas kereta pembangkit ''Twilight Express'' generator van KaNi 24-12 anddan kereta ''lounge car'' OHa 25-551 indi theAula MainUtama HallMuseum atKereta theApi Kyoto Railway Museum inpada MayMei 2016
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==InDalam popularbudaya culturepopuler==
The ''"Twilight Express''" formedmenjadi thelatar mainutama backdropuntuk fordrama theTV [[Tokyo Broadcasting System Television|TBS]] TV drama {{Nihongo|''Terminus: Love on the Twilight Express''|終着駅-トワイライトエクスプレスの恋}}, starringyang dibintangi oleh [[Kōichi SatōSat (actoraktor)|Kōichi SatōSat]] anddan [[Miho Nakayama]], anddan broadcastdisiarkan onpada 20 MarchMaret 2012.<ref name="yahoo">{{cite web |url= http://tv.yahoo.co.jp/meta/33110/|script-title=ja: 終着駅-トワイライトエクスプレスの恋|year= 2012 |work= Yahoo Japan TV |publisher= Yahoo Japan Corporation|location= JapanJepang|language= JapaneseJepang|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312125637/http://tv.yahoo.co.jp/meta/33110/|archivedate=2015-03-12|url-status= dead|accessdate= 12 MarchMaret 2015}}</ref>
Kereta makan ''Twilight Express'' ditampilkan di Bab 41 dan 42 dari [[Ekiben Hitoritabi]], [[manga]] tentang [[ekiben]].
==Lihat pula==
The ''Twilight Express'''s dining car was featured in Chapters 41 an 42 of [[Ekiben Hitoritabi]], a [[manga]] about [[ekiben]].
* [[Daftar kereta api penumpang di Jepang]]
==See also==
* [[List of named passenger trains of Japan]]
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== Referensi ==
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== Pranala luar ==
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*[http://www.g-platform.jp/meta/tabijp_twilig_e_032504.asx Dream Rail Trip on Twilight Express] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204170429/http://www.g-platform.jp/meta/tabijp_twilig_e_032504.asx |date=2012-02-04 }} Video Promosi Twilight Express di tahun 2004.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140724021552/http://www.jr-odekake.net/train/twilightexpress/index.html Galeri Kereta Twilight Express] informasi rute Twilight Express. {{in lang|ja}}
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