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Prefectures on this page: Nagano  
Shinano しなの鉄道  Shinano Tetsudō     Shinano Railway
Main owner: Nagano Prefecture (95.42%)

Shinano Tetsudō しなの鉄道線 1067 mm     1500V DC
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Nagano Matsumoto Takasaki
Opened1888Maximum speed100 km/h
TracksDouble track
Before 1997, the line was a part of the JR Shinetsu line. When the Nagano Shinkansen opened, the Shinetsu line was closed over the cumbersome Usui pass between Yokokawa and Karuizawa and the section Karuizawa - Shinonoi was taken over by Shinano Railway.
JR Shinetsu line is used by the Shinano Railway trains between Shinonoi and Nagano,
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Map Map Karuizawa JR East: Nagano Shinkansen 0.0 Karuizawa-machi Nagano
Map Map Komoro JR East: Koumi 22.0 Komoro-shi
Map Map Tanaka
31.3 Tōmi-shi
Map Map Ueda Ueda: Bessho, JR East: Nagano Shinkansen 40.0 Ueda-shi
Map Map Togura
54.9 Chikuma-shi
Map Map Yashiro Nagaden: Yashiro 59.9 Chikuma-shi
Map Map Shinonoi JR East: Shinetsu Hon (Shinonoi - Niigata), JR East: Shinonoi 65.1 Nagano-shi
Map Map Nagano
74.4 Nagano-shi Nagano

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Dec 1, 2011
TypeNameOrigin - DestinationTrains
per day		Fastest
train		Average
speed
Rapid
Kaisoku
快速
Karuizawa - Nagano11h1460 km/h
Ueda - Nagano231 min67 km/h
Shinano Sunrise
しなのサンライズ 		Komoto - Nagano148 min66 km/h
Local
Futsū
普通
Karuizawa - Nagano71h2652 km/h
Karuizawa - Komoro2023 min57 km/h
Komoto - Nagano231h0251 km/h
Komoto - Togura137 min53 km/h
Ueda - Nagano442 min49 km/h
Togura - Nagano525 min47 km/h

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This page is updated Dec 4, 2011