Jōetsu Shinkansen

Jōetsu Shinkansen
Shinkansen series E4 Max Toki in Niigata
Route length:	269.5 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	25 kV 50 Hz  ~
Top speed:	240 km / h
Legend Tōkaidō Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka , Tōkaidō Main Line from Toyohashi , Keihin-Tōhoku Line from Yokohama , Yamanote Line (Ring Line) and Keiyō Line from Soga 0.0 Tokyo (東京 駅) Sōbu main line Kanda (神 田 駅) Chūō Main Line to Nagoya Shinkansen Route on the left Akihabara (秋葉原 駅) Chūō-Sōbu lineage Ueno tunnel (2806 m) ??? to ??? 3.6 Ueno (上 野 駅) Jōban line from Keisei-Ueno Nippori (日暮 里 駅) Shinkansen trains do not stop ??? to ??? Jōban line to Sendai Depot bypass Yamanote Line (Ring Line) Syōnan Shinjuku Line from ??? Tokyo Shinkansen Depot Depot bypass Toden Arakawa Line (tram) Saikyō line from Ōsaki Akabane (赤 羽 駅) Tōhoku main line to Kuroiso Akabane Dai tunnel Musashi-Urawa (武 蔵 浦 和 駅) Musashino line ??? Main Tōhoku line from Ueno 31.3 0.0 Ōmiya (大 宮 駅) Tōhoku main line to Kuroiso Kawagoe Line to Sashiogi Takasaki Line to Takasaki Tōhoku Shinkansen to Shin-Aomori by Hanyu Takasaki Line from Ueno 36.6 Kumagaya (熊 谷 駅) Takasaki Line to Takasaki after Yorii ??? 57.7 Honjō-Waseda (本 庄 早 稲 田 駅) Takasaki Line from Ueno Hachikō line of Hachiōji by Shimonita 77.3 Takasaki (高崎 駅) Shin'etsu main line to Yokokawa Jōetsu line to Miyauchi, Ryōmō line to Oyama Hokuriku Shinkansen to Kanazawa Haruna Tunnel (15,350 m) Agatsuma line Nakayama Tunnel (14,857 m) 119.1 Jōmō-Kōgen (上 毛 高原 駅) Tsukiyono Tunnel (7295 m) Dai Shimizu Tunnel (22,221 m) Takasaki Jōetsu Line 151.4 0.0 Echigo-Yuzawa (越 後 湯 沢 駅) Junction Gala-Yuzawa Line 1.8 Gala-Yuzawa (ガ ー ラ 湯 沢 駅) Jōetsu line to Miyauchi Yuzawa Tunnel (4480 m) Ishiuchi Tunnel (3109 m) Third Ōsawa Tunnel (2496 m) Shiozawa Tunnel (11,217 m) Hokuhoku line Takasaki Jōetsu Line 181.0 Urasa (浦 佐 駅) Jōetsu line to Miyauchi Urasa tunnel (6087 m) Horinouchi tunnel (3300 m) Jōetsu line Uonuma tunnel (8625 m) Myōken Tunnel (1459 m) Takiya Tunnel (2673 m) Shin'etsu main line of Shinonoi 213.8 Nagaoka (長 岡 駅) Shin'etsu main line to Niigata 237.4 Tsubame-Sanjō (燕 三条 駅) Yahiko line Echigo line from Kashiwazaki 269.5 Niigata (新潟 駅) Nuttari freight yard from Yakejima freight yard Shinkansen depot Niigata Niigata Kamotsu Terminal Hakushin Line to Shibata Shin'etsu main line to Shinonoi

The Jōetsu Shinkansen ( Japanese 上 越 新 幹線 ) is a high-speed rail line operated by the JR East railway company between Tokyo and Niigata in Japan .

opening

The Jōetsu Shinkansen was opened in three stages. In November 1982 the first and longest section between Niigata and Ōmiya was added. The Tōhoku Shinkansen from Hachinohe (1982 only to Morioka ) was tied to Omiya station in Saitama Prefecture five months earlier . Three years later in March 1985, the two Shinkansen were extended to Ueno . The Jōetsu Shinkansen got the same route as its predecessor Toki - an express train between Niigata and Ueno that existed until 1982. The third section was not run to Shinjuku station , but to Tokyo station due to lack of space . Today, the main train station is the largest hub in Tokyo with Shinkansen connections via Shin-Osaka to Fukuoka, via Amori to Shin-Hakodate, via Nagano to Kanazawa and Niigata.

In March 1985 the number of trains on the line was increased to 70 per day. With a top speed of 240 km / h, 85 trains per day ran on the route at the end of the 1980s. The Jōetsu Shinkansen and Tōhoku Shinkansen celebrated their 30th anniversary in 2012.

Surname

The name of this Shinkansen line is Jōetsu-Shinkansen . The name Jōetsu ( 上 越 ) does not refer to the Jōetsu region in Niigata Prefecture , but to the endpoints of the second section, Jō shu ( 上 州 ) and Niigata in Echi go ( 越 後 ). During the construction of the third section, a change came into plan, name suggestions such as Kanetsu-Shinkansen (region Kan tō and region Echi go) or Niigata-Shinkansen were proposed.

Fleet and operation

The Shinkansen series E4 and E2 are used on the Jōetsu Shinkansen .

Different connections are offered, some of which are subject to a surcharge.

Surname	property	Vehicle fleet	Remarks
Asahi (あ さ ひ)	Express connections that did not stop at all stations between Tokyo and Niigata (renamed in October 1997 as all connections to Niigata)	200 series	Discontinued in December 2002 and replaced with Toki and Tanigawa lines .
Super Asahi  (ス ー パ ー あ さ ひ)	Nickname of the express connections that ran between Ueno station (from 1991 Tokyo ) and Niigata with only one or two stopovers (four to eight connections per day). From March 1990 to December 1998 the connections in the direction of Niigata drove with a maximum speed of 275 km / h in the Dai-Shimizu tunnel, thus reducing the travel time to 1 hour 36 minutes. From December 1998 the 200 series were replaced with the E2 series, which again drove at a maximum of 240 km / h but greater acceleration.	200 series  (F90 series) and E2  (1998-2002)	Discontinued in December 2002 and replaced with Toki connections.
MAX Asahi (MAX あ さ ひ)	Express connections that are not at all stations between Tokyo and Niigata held	Series E1	Discontinued in December 2002 and replaced with Toki and Tanigawa lines .
Toki (と き)	Connections that stop at all Jōetsu Shinkansen stations. In October 1997 replaced with Asahi but again renamed all Asahi and Super Asahi in 2002 .	E2 (2002-2004, 2012-), until March 2013 also the 200 series
MAX Toki (MAX と き)	Connections that stop at all Jōetsu Shinkansen stations. In October 1997 replaced with MAX Asahi but again renamed all MAX Asahi in 2002 .	E4 , until 2011 also E1 series
Tanigawa (た に が わ)	Connections between Tokyo and Echigo-Yuzawa	Series E2	In the winter months as the Gala-Yuzawa line to Gala-Yuzawa
MAX Tanigawa (MAX た に が わ)	Connections between Tokyo and Echigo-Yuzawa	E4	In the winter months as the Gala-Yuzawa line to Gala-Yuzawa

Route network

The standard gauge route of the Jōetsu Shinkansen runs from Tokyo to Niigata. The Hokuriku Shinkansen to Kanazawa also operates on the Jōetsu Shinkansen between Tokyo and Takasaki .

From Echigo-Yuzawa there is a branch line that leads to Gala-Yuzawa . This section of the route is used in the winter months to connect the Gala Yuzawa ski area to Tokyo. During this time, additional trains run between Tokyo and Gala-Yuzawa on the so-called Gala-Yuzawa Line . In terms of traffic law, this section of the route belongs to the Jōetsu line .

Shinkansen series 200 of the Asahi connection in the original livery (2002)

Train stations	Japanese	Distance from Tokyo (km)	Transfer options	place
Tokyo	東京	0	Tohoku Shinkansen , Akita Shinkansen , Yamagata Shinkansen , Hokuriku Shinkansen , Tōkaidō Shinkansen , Tōkaidō Main Line , Keihin-Tohoku Line , Yamanote Line , Keiyō Line , Sōbu Main Line , Yokosuka Line , Chūō Main Line , Tōkyō Metro : Marunouchi Line	Chiyoda	Tokyo prefecture
Ueno	上 野	3.6	Tōhoku Shinkansen , Akita Shinkansen , Yamagata Shinkansen , Hokuriku Shinkansen , Tōhoku Main Line , Takasaki Line , Jōban Line , Keihin-Tōhoku Line , Yamanote Line , Tōkyō Metro : Ginza Line	Taitō
Ōmiya	大 宮	31.3	Tōhoku Shinkansen , Akita Shinkansen , Yamagata Shinkansen , Hokuriku Shinkansen , Tōhoku Main Line , Takasaki Line , Keihin-Tōhoku Line , Saikyō Line , Tōbu Tetsudō : Tōbu-Noda Line	Saitama	Saitama Prefecture
Kumagaya	熊 谷	67.9	Hokuriku Shinkansen , Takasaki Line , Chichibu Main Line (Chichibu Tetsudō)	Kumagaya
Honjō-Waseda	本 庄 早 稲 田	89.0	Hokuriku Shinkansen	Honjō
Takasaki	高崎	108.6	Hokuriku Shinkansen , Takasaki Line , Jōetsu Line , Shin'etsu Main Line , Ryōmō Line , Hachikō Line	Takasaki	Gunma Prefecture
Jōmō-kōgen	上 毛 高原	150.4		Minakami
Echigo-Yuzawa	越 後 湯 沢	182.7	Jōetsu line	Yuzawa	Niigata prefecture
Urasa	浦 佐	212.3	Jōetsu line	Minami-uonuma
Nagaoka	長 岡	245.1	Shin'etsu main line	Nagaoka
Tsubame-sanjō	燕 三条	268.7	Yahiko line	Sanjō
Niigata	新潟	300.8	Shin'etsu main line , Echigo line , Hakushin line	Niigata

Accidents

The only derailment on the Jōetsu Shinkansen occurred on October 23, 2004, when a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Chūetsu region in Niigata Prefecture. Although the automatic emergency brake was initiated on the Shinkansen, it took the Shinkansen Toki 325 towards Niigata more than a minute to come to a standstill. The Toki 325 then derailed between the Urasa and Nagaoka stations, but there were no personal injuries. Aftershocks up to magnitude 5 occurred between the clean-up work.

Web links

Commons : Jōetsu Shinkansen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Announcement of the corrigendum to issue 12/2004 . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International , issue 2/2005, ISSN  1421-2811 , p. 80.
2. ↑ Message for the first time Shinkansen derailed . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International , issue 12/2004, ISSN  1421-2811 , p. 570.