Set B2 (KuMoHa1003 + KuMoHa1004), Bernina II, of the EMU Hakone-tozan 1000 series
After writing about Hakone-tozan's new model in my recent post, I found that I haven't shown you a train named Bernina II on the same railway yet. Today, I am going to show you Bernina II, whose formal name is set B2 (KuMoHa1003 + KuMoHa1004) of the EMU 1000 series. The introduction of trains in the Tokyo metropolitan area is indeed endless.
Bernina II is a 3-car train built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries. It was launched in 1984 as a 2-car train. One car, namely MoHa2202, was, then, added in 2001 for enhancing transportation capacity. Bernina II is composed of all motorcars. Different from Bernina I (set B1 of the EMU 1000 series), Bernina II has vermilion colored bodies with gray and white colored stripes. It is same as the traditional color design for Odakyu Romance Car. As you may know, Hakone-tozan is a subsidiary of Odakyu Electric Railway.
Incidentally, Bernina is a name of the mountain rising between Switzerland and Italy. Hakone-tozan Railway has tied up with Ratische Railway in Switzerland, which operates the Bernina line. It is said that the scenery on the Bernina line is very beautiful. Now that Bernina has become a famous mountain in Japan, I wish to visit the Bernina mountain and Bernina line someday in the future.
I recently saw plenty of foreign tourists boarding Bernina II at Hakone-Yumoto station. Compared with sometime ago, the number of inbound tourists has been soaring. Hakone mountain has become an international sightseeing spot.
Bernina II is a 3-car train built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries. It was launched in 1984 as a 2-car train. One car, namely MoHa2202, was, then, added in 2001 for enhancing transportation capacity. Bernina II is composed of all motorcars. Different from Bernina I (set B1 of the EMU 1000 series), Bernina II has vermilion colored bodies with gray and white colored stripes. It is same as the traditional color design for Odakyu Romance Car. As you may know, Hakone-tozan is a subsidiary of Odakyu Electric Railway.
Incidentally, Bernina is a name of the mountain rising between Switzerland and Italy. Hakone-tozan Railway has tied up with Ratische Railway in Switzerland, which operates the Bernina line. It is said that the scenery on the Bernina line is very beautiful. Now that Bernina has become a famous mountain in Japan, I wish to visit the Bernina mountain and Bernina line someday in the future.
I recently saw plenty of foreign tourists boarding Bernina II at Hakone-Yumoto station. Compared with sometime ago, the number of inbound tourists has been soaring. Hakone mountain has become an international sightseeing spot.
Set B2, Bernina II, of the EMU Hakone-tozan1000 series heads to Hakone-yumoto
Official information about the EMU Hakone-tozan 1000 series (in Japanese):
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