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Aru Ressha
 The Aru Ressha (或る列車) is a luxury excursion train operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) in Japan since 2015. It comprises a two-car diesel-powered railcar heavily modified to parody the style, especially in its window treatment, of passenger cars supplied to Japan by the J. G. Brill Company of Philadelphia, United States of America in 1908. OverviewDetails of the train, named the "Sweet Train", were first announced in 2014;[1] it entered service on 8 August 2015.[2][3] The name derives from the sweets (desserts)[note 1] served on board;[6] meals are designed and created in a Japanese–French style by chef Yoshihiro Narisawa, owner of the eponymous restaurant in Tokyo.[7] Design.jpg)  The train consists of two modified former KiHa 47 series diesel railcars. It invokes the style and ambience of the luxurious, 12-wheel Brill passenger cars purchased by the Kyushu Railway in 1908. The purchase occurred just before the railway company was nationalized under the Railway Nationalization Act and the cars were never put into service.[2][8] The rebuilding project was overseen by industrial designer Eiji Mitooka, using scale models of the original coaches built by the railway modeller Nobutaro Hara.[3] Car 1 (KiRoShi 47 9176) and Car 2 (KiRoShi 47 3505), formerly numbered KiHa 47 176 and 47 1505, were previously operated by JR Shikoku until withdrawn from service in 2011.[2] Rebuilding work was carried out at JR Kyushu's Kokura General Rolling Stock Centre.[2] OperationsBetween July of one year to March of the following year, the train runs a daily round trip from Sasebo to Nagasaki, mostly on weekends.[9][6] Between April and September, the train runs a daily round trip between Ōita and Hita. It was intended for the development of tourism and the local economy.[3] Notes
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