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Railway Line Linetype
JR East Jōetsu ShinkansenShinkansen

Jōetsu Shinkansen (branch)Shinkansen
JR East 東日本旅客鉄道  Higashi Nihon Ryokaku Tetsudō     East Japan Railway

Jōetsu Shinkansen 上越新幹線 Shinkansen      1435 mm     25 kV 50 Hz AC
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Niigata
Echigo Takasaki Oyama
Ageo Ōmiya
Opened1982TracksDouble track
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
NameLength mBetweenand
Dai Shimizu22221Jōmō-kōgenEchigo-Yuzawa
Haruna15350TakasakiJōmō-kōgen
Nakayama14857TakasakiJōmō-kōgen
Shiozawa11217Echigo-YuzawaUrasa
Uonuma8625UrasaNagaoka
Tsukiyono7295Jōmō-kōgenEchigo-Yuzawa
Urasa6087UrasaNagaoka
Yuzawa4480Echigo-YuzawaUrasa
Horinouchi3300UrasaNagaoka
Ishiuchi3109Echigo-YuzawaUrasa
Takiya2669UrasaNagaoka
Daisan-Ōsawa2496Echigo-YuzawaUrasa

MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Map Map Ōmiya 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 (Nyū Shatoru New Shuttle) 		0.0 Saitama-shi Saitama
Map Map Kumagaya JR East: Takasaki, Chichibu: Chichibu Hon 36.6 Kumagaya-shi
Map Map Honjō-Waseda
57.7 Honjō-shi
Map Map Takasaki Jōshin: Jōshin, JR East: Jōetsu, JR East: Shinetsu Hon (Takasaki - Yokokawa),
JR East: Hachikō, JR East: Takasaki, JR East: Nagano Shinkansen 		77.3 Takasaki-shi Gunma
Map Map Jōmō-kōgen
119.1 Minakami-machi
Map Map Echigo-Yuzawa JR East: Jōetsu, JR East: Jōetsu Shinkansen (branch) 151.4 Yuzawa-machi Niigata
Map Map Urasa JR East: Jōetsu 181.0 Minami-Uonuma-shi
Map Map Nagaoka JR East: Shinetsu Hon (Shinonoi - Niigata) 213.8 Nagaoka-shi
Map Map Tsubame-Sanjō JR East: Yahiko 237.4 Tsubame-shi /Sanjō-shi
Map Map Niigata JR East: Hakushin, JR East: Echigo, JR East: Shinetsu Hon (Shinonoi - Niigata) 269.5 Niigata-shi

Traffic pattern
Between Tōkyō and Ōmiya, the Jōetsu Shinkansen trains run on Tōhoku Shinkansen line.
Between Ōmiya and Takasaki, the Jōetsu Shinkansen line is also used by Nagano Shinkansen trains.
Train names:
Toki is a bird, Japanese Crested Ibis.
Tanigawa has got its name from Mount Tanigawadake which the Jōetsu Shinkansen runs under.
The traffic pattern was accurate at: Aug 9, 2010
TypeNameOrigin - Major stops - DestinationTrains
per day		Fastest
train		Average
speed
ShinkansenMax Toki
Maxとき 		Tōkyō - Ōmiya - Niigata191h37186 km/h
Echigo-Yuzawa - Niigata150 min142 km/h
Nagaoka - Niigata123 min145 km/h
Toki
とき 		Tōkyō - Ōmiya - Niigata81h54158 km/h
Max Tanigawa
Maxたにがわ 		Tōkyō - Echigo-Yuzawa111h29123 km/h
Tōkyō - Takasaki258 min112 km/h
Tanigawa
たにがわ 		Tōkyō - Echigo-Yuzawa41h30122 km/h
Tōkyō - Takasaki259 min110 km/h


Jōetsu Shinkansen (branch) 上越新幹線 Shinkansen      1435 mm     25 kV 50 Hz AC
You can find a Kitayama Rail Map for this line on this page:
Echigo
Opened1991TracksDouble track
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)   
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Map Map Echigo-Yuzawa JR East: Jōetsu, JR East: Jōetsu Shinkansen 0.0 Yuzawa-machi Niigata
Map Map GALA Yuzawa
1.8 Yuzawa-machi

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This page is updated Dec 30, 2011