Kamome (train)

Kamome (かもめ) is a limited express train service operated by JR Kyushu in Japan.

The Kamome name (written as "鷗") was first used from 1 July 1937 on limited express trains operating between Tokyo and Kobe.

[1] The name (written as "かもめ") was subsequently revived from 15 March 1953 for use on limited express services operating between Kyoto and Hakata.

This also resulted in Kamome services bypassing Hizen-Kashima, a major station on the Nagasaki Main line but not on the Shinkansen, to be served by the newly-introduced Kasasagi limited express departing from either Hizen-Kashima or Saga.

[2] On 28 October 2020, JR Kyushu announced it would utilize a 6-car version of the N700S series for the isolated section of Shinkansen from Nagasaki, named the Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen, with a cross platform interchange to a relay service called Relay Kamome at Takeo-Onsen to connect to Hakata.

787 series Relay Kamome
885 series Relay Kamome
485 series, December 1992