Car No. numbering can jump or start from 11. In this issue, we will discuss car No. numbers. In fact, it is not always the case that “the number always starts from car No. 1 and increases by 1 in a sequential numbering system,” and sometimes exceptions occur. There are several reasons for this. First, when the number of cars differs between the busy season and the off-peak season. The car number is assigned according to the number of cars in the train during the busy season, and during the off-peak season, a portion of the cars are removed and the car number is not assigned. Secondly, when multiple trains are combined, the numbers are lined up consecutively. Yamagata Shinkansen’s “Tsubasa” and Akita Shinkansen’s “Komachi” are examples of this, both starting with car No. 11. The “Yamabiko” and “Hayabusa” trains are 10-car trains, so they are numbered consecutively from the “Tsubasa” and “Komachi” trains. It is easy to understand the confusion that would occur if two cars with the same car number are used when multiple trains are merged together. However, there was such a case in the past with the Odakyu Romance Car. At that time, the five cars on the Shinjuku side were called “A formation” and the five cars on the Odawara side were called “B formation,” to distinguish the front and rear formations.
In some cases, Kanji characters are added to the car number. Recently, JR Hokkaido’s limited express trains “Okhotsk” and “Taisetsu” have been named “Zo-1 car” in this case. Currently, the “Okhotsk” and “Taisetsu” trains have a fixed three-car formation, but during peak season, an extra car may be added between cars No. 2 and 3 to make a four-car train. In addition, when a car is added between car No. 1 and No. 2 to make a five-car train, one of the cars is designated as “car No. 1. The three types of intermediate cars of Series 283 diesel trains used on the “Okhotsk” and “Daisetsu” trains all have different capacity. The following is an example of the composition that we have actually confirmed. When the number of cars with reserved seats increases or decreases or the capacity changes, the data in the “MARUS” system, which manages information on reserved seats for the entire JR Group, must also be changed. And when car No. 1 and No. 2 are reassigned when additional cars are added between them, there will be situations where the capacity changes even for the same car number. Car 2, in particular, has a smaller capacity and is equipped with barrier-free facilities, so changing its car number would increase the time and effort required for information guidance. If this is the case, it would be more reasonable to treat it as “Additional Car No. 1”. In addition, when the “Hamanasu” and “Lavender” Series 261 diesel trains are used for regularly scheduled limited express trains, the lounge car at one end of the train is designated as the “No. 1 car. Since the interior facilities of the lounge car are completely different from those of the other cars, it is treated as “out of the box,” so to speak. If the lounge car is made No. 1, the car number of the reserved-seat car will be different only when the “Hamanasu” and “Lavender” trains enter the train. If this is the case, it would be better to make the lounge car “No. 1 car” outside of the “Hamanasu formation” and “Lavender formation”. Because of this, it is best to check the “train formation information” in advance. This is because you may have to make a right turn when you get on the station platform. When there is an increase in trains or a change in train cars, there is usually a sign or a notice at the station. In the past, there was a case of “car number 21” on the night service of the limited express “Okhotsk”. A five-car train consisted of two non-reserved cars (Cars 1 and 2), two reserved cars (Cars 4 and 5), and a sleeping car (Car 3) on the border between the two. Then, the reserved-seat car added between cars 2 and 3 is called “No. 21.
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