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JR East 東日本旅客鉄道  Higashi Nihon Ryokaku Tetsudō     East Japan Railway

Jōetsu 上越線 1067 mm     1500V DC
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Niigata
Echigo Takasaki
Opened1884Takasaki - Shin-MaebashiOpened1931Minakami - Echigo-Yuzawa
1921 - 1928Shin-Maebashi - MinakamiTracksDouble trackTakasaki - Miyauchi
1920 - 1925Echigo-Yuzawa - MiyauchiTunnel13.500 mShin-Shimizu (northbound only)


Doai station is a bit special. The northbound platform is located 70 meters under ground, in the middle of the Shin-Shimizu Tunnel. It takes 10 minutes to walk from the ticket gate to the platform. This platform was built in 1967 when Jōetsu line got double tracks. The southbound platform is above ground.
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Map Map Takasaki Jōshin: Jōshin, JR East: Jōetsu Shinkansen, JR East: Shinetsu Hon (Takasaki - Yokokawa),
JR East: Hachikō, JR East: Takasaki, JR East: Nagano Shinkansen 		105.0 Takasaki-shi Gunma
Map Map Shin-Maebashi JR East: Ryōmō 112.3 Maebashi-shi
Map Map Shibukawa JR East: Agatsuma 126.1 Shibukawa-shi
Map Map Numata
146.4 Numata-shi
Map Map Minakami
164.1 Minakami-machi
Map Map Doai
174.3 Minakami-machi
Map Map Echigo-Nakazato
192.4 Yuzawa-machi Niigata
Map Map Echigo-Yuzawa JR East: Jōetsu Shinkansen, JR East: Jōetsu Shinkansen (branch) 199.2 Yuzawa-machi
Map Map Ishiuchi
205.6 Minami-Uonuma-shi
Map Map Muikamachi Hokuetsu: Hokuhoku 216.8 Minami-Uonuma-shi
Map Map Urasa JR East: Jōetsu Shinkansen 228.9 Minami-Uonuma-shi
Map Map Koide JR East: Tadami 237.2 Uonuma-shi
Map Map Echigo-Kawaguchi JR East: Iiyama 247.8 Nagaoka-shi
Map Map Ojiya
254.4 Ojiya-shi
Map Map Miyauchi JR East: Shinetsu Hon (Shinonoi - Niigata) 267.6 Nagaoka-shi
Map Map Nagaoka
270.6 Nagaoka-shi Niigata

Traffic pattern
Ryōmō line trains use Jōetsu line between Takasaki and Shin-Maebashi.
Hokuetsu Hokuhoku line trains use Jōetsu line between Echigo-Yuzawa and Muikamachi.
The traffic pattern was accurate at: Dec 27, 2011
TypeNameOrigin - Major stops - DestinationTrains
per day		Fastest
train		Average
speed
Limited Express
Tokkyū
特急		Kusatsu
草津 		Ueno - Takasaki - Shin-Maebashi - Shibukawa - Agatsuma line - Manza-Kazawaguchi 32h4265 km/h
Minakami
水上 		Ueno - Shin-Maebashi - Minakami
Seasonal train - runs only during peak periods


Sleeper Limited Express
Shindai tokkyū
寝台特急		Akebono
あけぼの 		Ueno - Ōmiya - Takasaki - (Nagaoka - Niitsu) - Akita - Aomori1/night12h4161 km/h
Express
Kyūkō
急行		Noto
能登 		Ueno - Ōmiya - Takasaki - (Nagaoka -) Naoetsu - Kanazawa
Seasonal train - runs only during peak periods
7h0473 km/h
Rapid
Kaisoku
快速		Moonlight Echigo
ムーンライトえちご 		Shinjuku - Ōmiya - Takasaki - Nagaoka - Niigata
Seasonal night train - runs only during peak periods
5h4158 km/h
Local
Futsū
普通
Takasaki - Shibukawa - Minakami191h0356 km/h
Takasaki - Shibukawa ( - Agatsuma line )1424 min53 km/h
Takasaki - Shibukawa226 min49 km/h
Minakami - Nagaoka71h5357 km/h
Echigo-Nakazato - Nagaoka21h2555 km/h
Echigo-Nakazato - Yuzawa19 min45 km/h
Echigo-Yuzawa - Nagaoka51h1557 km/h
Ishiuchi - Nagaoka11h0957 km/h
(Iiyama line - ) Echigo-Kawaguchi - Nagaoka224 min57 km/h

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This page is updated Dec 29, 2011