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Railway Line Linetype
JR East Shinetsu Hon (Shinonoi - Niigata)JR railway

Shinetsu Hon (Takasaki - Yokokawa)JR railway
JR East 東日本旅客鉄道  Higashi Nihon Ryokaku Tetsudō     East Japan Railway

Shinetsu Hon (Shinonoi - Niigata) 信越本線 1067 mm     1500V DC
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Niigata
Nagano
Opened1886 - 1888Shinonoi - NaoetsuTracksDouble trackShinonoi - Kita-Nagano
1897 - 1899Naoetsu - Nuttari (now freight stn in Niigata)Single trackKita-Nagano - Kurohime
1958Moved to present Niigata station (1.9 km new line)Double trackKurohime - Myōkōkōgen


 Single trackMyōkōkōgen - Naoetsu


 Double trackNaoetsu - Niigata
Shinetsu line run originally from Takasaki to Niigata. When the Nagano Shinkansen was opened in 1997, the line was split into three sections and one section was closed.
• Takasaki - Yokokawa (JR)
• Yokokawa - Karuizawa (Closed)
• Karuizawa - Shinonoi (transferred to Shinano Railway)
• Shinonoi - Niigata (JR)

Nihongi: The station is a switch-back station, i.e the station is at a side track and the trains have to go in to the station, reverse back to the line and then continue.
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Map Map Shinonoi Shinano: Shinano Tetsudō, JR East: Shinonoi 0.0 Nagano-shi Nagano
Map Map Nagano JR East: Nagano Shinkansen, JR East: Iiyama, Nagaden: Nagano (Hon) 9.3 Nagano-shi
Map Map Kita-Nagano
13.2 Nagano-shi
Map Map Toyono JR East: Iiyama 20.1 Nagano-shi
Map Map Kurohime
38.2 Shinano-machi
Map Map Myōkōkōgen
46.6 Myōkō-shi Niigata
Map Map Nihongi
61.3 Jōetsu-shi
Map Map Arai
67.6 Myōkō-shi
Map Map Naoetsu JR West: Hokuriku Hon 84.3 Jōetsu-shi
Map Map Saigata Hokuetsu: Hokuhoku 91.4 Jōetsu-shi
Map Map Kakizaki
101.9 Jōetsu-shi
Map Map Kashiwazaki JR East: Echigo 120.6 Kashiwazaki-shi
Map Map Miyauchi JR East: Jōetsu 154.3 Nagaoka-shi
Map Map Nagaoka JR East: Jōetsu Shinkansen 157.3 Nagaoka-shi
Map Map Mitsuke
168.7 Mitsuke-shi
Map Map Sanjō
178.9 Sanjō-shi
Map Map Higashi-Sanjō JR East: Yahiko 180.5 Sanjō-shi
Map Map Kamo
188.1 Kamo-shi
Map Map Hanyūda
192.2 Tagami-machi
Map Map Niitsu JR East: Uetsu Hon, JR East: Banetsu-sai 205.4 Niigata-shi
Map Map Niigata JR East: Jōetsu Shinkansen, JR East: Hakushin, JR East: Echigo 220.6 Niigata-shi

Traffic pattern
Between Shinonoi and Nagano, the Shinetsu line is used only by Shinano Railway and Shinonoi line trains.
Shinetsu line is also used:
Between Nagano and Toyono by Iiyama line trains.
Between Naoetsu and Saigata by Hokuetsu trains.
Between Miyauchi and Nagaoka by Jōetsu line trains
The traffic pattern was accurate at: Dec 1, 2011
TypeNameOrigin - Major stops - DestinationTrains
per day		Fastest
train		Average
speed
Limited Express
Tokkyū
特急		Hokuetsu
北越 		Kanazawa - Hokuriku line - Naoetsu - Niigata53h3986 km/h
Sleeper Limited Express
Shindai tokkyū
寝台特急		Nihonkai
日本海 		Ōsaka - Kyōto - Naoetsu - Niitsu - Akita - Aomori1/night14h5868 km/h
Express
Kyūkō
急行		Kitaguni
きたぐに 		Ōsaka - Maibara - Naoetsu - Niitsu - Niigata1/night9h0266 km/h
Noto
能登 		Kanazawa - Naoetsu - (Nagaoka) - Jōetsu line - Takasaki - Ueno (Tōkyō)
Seasonal night train - runs only during peak periods
7h5066 km/h
Rapid
Kaisoku
快速		Kubikino
くびき野 		Arai - Niigata32h2364 km/h
Agano
あがの 		Aizu-Wakamatsu - Banetsu-sai line - Niitsu - Niigata 12h3549 km/h
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
Nagano - Naoetsu151h2752 km/h
Nagano - Myōkōkōgen441 min55 km/h
Nagano - Toyono313 min50 km/h
Myōkōkōgen - Naoetsu150 min45 km/h
Nihongi - Nagaoka12h1044 km/h
Arai - Kakizaki148 min43 km/h
Arai - Naoetsu325 min40 km/h
Naoetsu - Nagaoka111h2651 km/h
Kashiwazaki - Niigata22h0050 km/h
Kashiwazaki - Nagaoka144 min50 km/h
Nagoka - Niigata221h1451 km/h
Hanyūda - Niigata236 min47 km/h
Aizu-Wakamatsu - Banetsu-sai line - Niitsu - Niigata 22h4546 km/h
Nozawa - Banetsu-sai line - Niitsu - Niigata 11h5046 km/h
Tsugawa - Banetsu-sai line - Niitsu - Niigata 11h2140 km/h
Maoroshi - Banetsu-sai line - Niitsu - Niigata 646 min42 km/h
Gosen - Banetsu-sai line - Niitsu - Niigata 135 min43 km/h
Niitsu - Niigata1919 min48 km/h


Shinetsu Hon (Takasaki - Yokokawa) 信越本線 1067 mm     1500V DC
You can find a Kitayama Rail Map for this line on this page: Takasaki
Opened1885TracksDouble track
Shinetsu line run originally from Takasaki to Niigata. When the Nagano Shinkansen was opened in 1997, the line was split into three sections and one section was closed.
• Takasaki - Yokokawa (JR)
• Yokokawa - Karuizawa (Closed)
• Karuizawa - Shinonoi (transferred to Shinano Railway)
• Shinonoi - Niigata (JR)

MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Map Map Takasaki Jōshin: Jōshin, JR East: Jōetsu, JR East: Jōetsu Shinkansen,
JR East: Hachikō, JR East: Takasaki, JR East: Nagano Shinkansen 		0.0 Takasaki-shi Gunma
Map Map Annaka
10.6 Annaka-shi
Map Map Yokokawa
29.7 Annaka-shi

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Dec 1, 2011
TypeOrigin - DestinationTrains
per day		Fastest
train		Average
speed
Local
Futsū
普通 		Takasaki - Yokokawa 2433 min54 km/h

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This page is updated Dec 11, 2011