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Prefectures on this page: Niigata  
Hokuetsu 北越急行  Hokuetsu Kyūkō     Hokuetsu Express
Main owners: Niigata prefecture (54.84%), Jōetsu city (13.18%), Tokamachi city (10.33%), Daichi bank (5.00%), Hokuetsu bank (3.33%), Tohoku Electric Power (3.33%)

Hokuhoku ほくほく線 1067 mm     1500V DC
You can find a Kitayama Rail Map for this line on this page: Niigata
Opened1997, March 22Maximum speed160 km/h for Ltd Express trains
TracksSingle track110 km/hfor Rapid and Local trains
The maximum speed, 160 km/h, is the highest in Japan on a non-Shinkansen line.
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Map Map Echigo-Yuzawa
0.0 Yuzawa-machi Niigata
Map Map Muikamachi JR East: Jōetsu 17.6 Minami-Uonuma-shi Niigata
Map Map Tōkamachi JR East: Iiyama 33.5 Tōkamachi-shi
Map Map Matsudai
46.8 Tōkamachi-shi
Map Map Mushigawaōsugi
62.4 Jōetsu-shi
Map Map Saigata JR East: Shinetsu Hon (Shinonoi - Niigata) 77.1 Jōetsu-shi
Map Map Naoetsu
84.2 Jōetsu-shi Niigata

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Nov 15, 2011
TypeNameOrigin - Major stops - DestinationTrains
per day		Fastest
train		Average
speed
Limited Express
Tokkyū
特急		Hakutaka
はくたか 		Echigo-Yuzawa - Naoetsu - Hokuriku line - Kanazawa - Fukui13h3793 km/h
Echigo-Yuzawa - Naoetsu - Hokuriku line - Kanazawa122h33103 km/h
Echigo-Yuzawa - Naoetsu - Kanazawa - Nanao - Wakura-onsen13h4788 km/h
Rapid
Kaisoku
快速
Echigo-Yuzawa - Muikamachi - Saigata - Naoetsu21h1072 km/h
Local
Futsū
普通
Echigo-Yuzawa - Muikamachi - Saigata - Naoetsu71h1567 km/h
Echigo-Yuzawa - Muikamachi - Saigata11h2853 km/h
Muikamachi - Saigata - Naoetsu61h0166 km/h
Muikamachi - Saigata155 min65 km/h
Muikamachi - Mushigawaōsugi141 min66 km/h
Muikamachi - Matsudai125 min70 km/h

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This page is updated Nov 15, 2011