You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages:
Niigata
Echigo
Takasaki
Oyama
Ageo
Ōmiya
The Jōetsu Shinkansen is one of the most complex lines
in the Shinkansen network, as it has to cross the mountain area. The middle part
of the line is almost completly in tunnels!
Tunnels
Only tunnels longer than 2.500 meters
| Name | Length m | Between | and |
|---|
| Dai Shimizu | 22221 | Jōmō-kōgen | Echigo-Yuzawa |
| Haruna | 15350 | Takasaki | Jōmō-kōgen |
| Nakayama | 14857 | Takasaki | Jōmō-kōgen |
| Shiozawa | 11217 | Echigo-Yuzawa | Urasa |
| Uonuma | 8625 | Urasa | Nagaoka |
| Tsukiyono | 7295 | Jōmō-kōgen | Echigo-Yuzawa |
| Urasa | 6087 | Urasa | Nagaoka |
| Yuzawa | 4480 | Echigo-Yuzawa | Urasa |
| Horinouchi | 3300 | Urasa | Nagaoka |
| Ishiuchi | 3109 | Echigo-Yuzawa | Urasa |
| Takiya | 2669 | Urasa | Nagaoka |
| Daisan-Ōsawa | 2496 | Echigo-Yuzawa | Urasa |
| Maps | Km | Stop
mark
 | Station name |
Official name |
Furigana name |
Connecting lines | City | Prefecture |
| Mapion Google | -31.3 | SN | Tōkyō | 東京 | とうきょう | Tōkyō Metro: Marunouchi, JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen,
JR East: Keihin-Tōhoku, JR East: Sōbu hon (Tōkyō - Chiba),
JR East: Keiyō, ( JR East: Chūō hon (East) ),
JR East: Yamanote, JR East: Tōkaidō hon (Tōkyō - Atami),
JR East: Yokosuka, JR East: Tōhoku hon (Tōkyō - Kuroiso) | Tōkyō : Chiyoda-ku | Tōkyō |
| Mapion Google | -27.7 | s | Ueno | 上野 | うえの | Tōkyō Metro: Ginza, Tōkyō Metro: Hibiya,
JR East: Keihin-Tōhoku, JR East: Yamanote,
JR East: Tōhoku hon (Tōkyō - Kuroiso),
Keisei: Hon [Keisei Ueno], Keisei: Narita Sky Access [Keisei Ueno] | Tōkyō : Taitō-ku |
| Mapion Google | 0.0 | S | Ōmiya | 大宮 | おおみや | Tōbu: Noda, JR East: Takasaki,
JR East: Kawagoe, JR East: Tōhoku hon (Akabane - Musashi-Urawa - Ōmiya),
JR East: Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, JR East: Saikyō,
JR East: Keihin-Tōhoku, JR East: Tōhoku Shinkansen,
JR East: Tōhoku hon (Tōkyō - Kuroiso),
Saitama Shin-toshi: Ina | Saitama-shi | Saitama |
| Mapion Google | 36.6 | s | Kumagaya | 熊谷 | くまがや | JR East: Takasaki, Chichibu: Chichibu Hon | Kumagaya-shi |
| Mapion Google | 57.7 | s | Honjō-Waseda | 本庄早稲田 | ほんじょうわせだ |
| Honjō-shi |
| Mapion Google | 77.3 | s | Takasaki | 高崎 | たかさき | Jōshin: Jōshin, JR East: Jōetsu,
JR East: Shinetsu hon (Takasaki - Yokokawa),
JR East: Hachikō, JR East: Takasaki,
JR East: Nagano Shinkansen, ( JR East: Ryōmō ) | Takasaki-shi | Gunma |
| Mapion Google | 119.1 | s | Jōmō-kōgen | 上毛高原 | じょうもうこうげん |
| Minakami-machi |
| Mapion Google | 151.4 | s | Echigo-Yuzawa | 越後湯沢 | えちごゆざわ | ( Hokuetsu: Hokuhoku ), JR East: Jōetsu,
JR East: Jōetsu Shinkansen (branch) | Yuzawa-machi | Niigata |
| Mapion Google | 181.0 | s | Urasa | 浦佐 | うらさ | JR East: Jōetsu | Minamiuonuma-shi |
| Mapion Google | 213.8 | S | Nagaoka | 長岡 | ながおか | ( JR East: Jōetsu ), JR East: Shinetsu hon (Shinonoi - Niigata) | Nagaoka-shi |
| Mapion Google | 237.4 | s | Tsubame-Sanjō | 燕三条 | つばめさんじょう | JR East: Yahiko | Sanjō-shi |
| Mapion Google | 269.5 | SN | Niigata | 新潟 | にいがた | JR East: Hakushin, JR East: Echigo,
JR East: Shinetsu hon (Shinonoi - Niigata) | Niigata-shi |
Between Tōkyō and Ōmiya, the Jōetsu Shinkansen trains run on Tōhoku Shinkansen line.
Train names:
Toki is a bird, Japanese Crested Ibis.
Tanigawa has got its name from Mount Tanigawadake which the Jōetsu Shinkansen runs under.
You can find a Kitayama Rail Map for this line on this page:
Echigo
This line is used only during the winter
as it is serving a ski resort! The railway station is in the Ski Gondola terminal.
Ski Resort Info (with map)
