Okhotsk (train)

Trains stop at the following stations: - - () - () - - - - - - - - - - - - - Stations in brackets () are stations where not all trains stop at. • Okhotsk no. 2 does not stop at Sunagawa and Bibai. ==Rolling stock==

Okhotsk services are normally formed of 3-car KiHa 283 series diesel multiple unit (DMU) trains, with monoclass passenger accommodation. Formations KiHa 183 series Okhotsk services were previously formed of 4-car KiHa 183 series diesel multiple unit (DMU) trains as shown below, with car 1 at the Sapporo and Abashiri end (train reverses at Engaru Station). These trains were replaced by KiHa 283 series DMUs from 18 March 2023. Past • KiHa 22 DMUs (September 1959 – October 1961) • KiHa 56 DMUs (October 1961 – October 1972) • KiHa 80 DMUs (October 1972 – November 1986) • KiHa 183 series DMUs (until March 2023) File:JNR-Kiha22-69.jpg|Preserved KiHa 22 DMU car, May 2005 File:JNR Kiha80 Okhotsk.jpg|KiHa 80 series DMU on an Okhotsk service, 1986 File:JNR-Kiha183 Okhotsk.jpg|KiHa 183 series DMU in JNR livery, August 1985 File:JR Hokkaido kiha183-900 Okhotsk.jpg|KiHa 183 series 6-car DMU in revised livery, 1990 File:JR Hokkaido kiha183series kiha183-100 Okhotsk.jpg|KiHa 183 series 6-car DMU in revised livery, 1990 File:JR Hokkaido kiha183series N Okhotsk.jpg|KiHa 183 series 6-car DMU in revised livery, 1990 Kiha183-1500_Okhotsk.jpg|KiHa 183 series 4-car DMU in blue-and-white livery, September 2021 ==History==

The Okhotsk service was first introduced by Japanese National Railways from the start of the revised timetable on 22 September 1959, as a semi-express service operating between and , using KiHa 22 2-car DMUs, with five return workings daily. From July 1960, services were extended to Sapporo, and ran coupled with Sōya semi express services over the Hakodate Main Line. From March 2006, this became a seasonal-only train (Okhotsk 81 & 82), and the overnight service was discontinued entirely from 16 March 2008. Future plans On 19 November 2025, JR Hokkaido announced that all non-reserved seating on Okhotsk services would be eliminated effective the next timetable revision, making all trains operate solely with reserved seating. ==SL Okhotsk==

JR Hokkaido operates seasonal SL Okhotsk services formed of 14 series passenger coaches hauled by a JNR Class C11 steam locomotive and assisted by a JNR Class DE15 diesel locomotive. ==References==