Shin'etsu main line

This article or the following section is not adequately provided with supporting documents ( e.g. individual evidence ). Information without sufficient evidence could be removed soon. Please help Wikipedia by researching the information and including good evidence.

Shin'etsu main line
Route length:	258.3 km
Gauge :	1067 mm ( cape track )
Power system :	1500  =
Legend ↑ JR East : Takasaki Line , Hachikō Line ← Jōshin Dentetsu : Jōshin line 0.0 Takasaki (高崎 駅) ← JR East: Jōetsu Line , Ryōmō Line ← JR East: Jōetsu Shinkansen 2.4 Kita-Takasaki (北 高崎 駅) 6.4 Gumma-Yawata (群 馬 八 幡 駅) 10.6 Annaka (安 中 駅) 17.6 Isobe (磯 部 駅) 22.7 Matsuida (松井 田 駅) 23.9 Nishi-Matsuida (西松 井田 駅) 29.7 Yokokawa (横 川 駅) ← JR East: Nagano Shinkansen Usui Pass , closed in 1997 Karuizawa (軽 井 沢 駅) ← Kusakaru Dentetsu ↓ Shinano Tetsudō: Shinano Line / JR East: Nagano Shinkansen → JR East: Nagano Shinkansen → ↑ Shinano Tetsudō: Shinano Line / JR East: Shinonoi Line → 0.0 Shinonoi (篠 ノ 井 駅) 2.1 Imai (今井 駅) 4.3 Kawanakajima (川 中 島 駅) 6.4 Amori (安 茂 里 駅) 9.3 Nagano (長野 駅) 13.2 Kita-Nagano (北 長野 駅) Nagano Shinkansen Depot Nagano ← JR East: Hokuriku Shinkansen 16.1 Sansai (三才 駅) 20.1 Toyono (豊 野 駅) ← JR East: Iiyama Line 27.9 Mure (牟 礼 駅) 34.4 Furuma (古 間 駅) 38.2 Kurohime (黒 姫 駅) 46.6 Myōkō-Kōgen (妙 高 高原 駅) 53.0 Sekiyama (関 山 駅) 61.3 Nihongi (二 本 木 駅) 67.6 Arai (新 井 駅) 70.5 Kita-Arai (北新 井 駅) 73.9 Wakinoda (脇 野 田 駅) 75.6 Minami Takada (南 高田 駅) 77.6 Takada (高田 駅) 81.5 Kasugayama (春日 山 駅) JR East: Hokuriku Main Line → 84.3 Naoetsu (直 江津 駅) 87.0 Kuroi (黒 井 駅) 91.4 Saigata (犀 潟 駅) ← Hokuetsu Kyūkō : Hokuhoku line 93.7 Dosokohama (土 底 浜 駅) 95.5 Katamachi (潟 町 駅) 98.3 Jōgehama (上下 浜 駅) 101.9 Kakizaki (柿 崎 駅) 107.8 Yoneyama (米 山 駅) 111.7 Kasashima (笠 島 駅) 113.9 Ōmigawa (青 海川 駅) 116.9 Kujiranami (鯨 波 駅) 120.6 Kashiwazaki (柏 崎 駅) JR East: Echigo Line → 123.6 Ibarame (茨 目 駅) 126.5 Yasuda (安 田 駅) 129.1 Kitajō (北 条 駅) 132.4 Echigo-Hirota (越 後 広 田 駅) 135.1 Nagatori (長 鳥 駅) 140.1 Tsukayama (塚 山 駅) 144.8 Echigo-Iwatsuka (越 後 岩 塚 駅) 147.6 Raikōji (来 迎 寺 駅) Shinano (river) 151.7 Maekawa (前 川 駅) ← JR East: Jōetsu Line 154.3 Miyauchi (宮内 駅) ← JR East: Jōetsu Shinkansen 155.7 Minami-Nagaoka freight yard (南 長 岡 駅) 157.3 Nagaoka (長 岡 駅) 159.9 Kita-Nagaoka (北 長 岡 駅) JR East: Jōetsu Shinkansen → 164.2 Oshikiri (押 切 駅) 168.7 Mitsuke (見附 駅) 172.8 Obiori (帯 織 駅) 175.4 Tōkōji (東 光寺 駅) 178.9 Sanjō (三条 駅) JR East: Yahiko Line → 180.5 Higashi-Sanjō (東 三条 駅) 184.3 Honai (保 内 駅) 188.1 Kamo (加 茂 駅) 192.2 Hanyūda (羽 生 田 駅) 195.4 Tagami (田 上 駅) 199.1 Yashiroda (矢 代 田 駅) 202.2 Furutsu (古 津 駅) ← JR East: Ban'etsu West Line 205.4 Niitsu (新津 駅) ← JR East: Uetsu main line 206.9 Satsukino (さ つ き 野 駅) 209.2 Ogikawa (荻 川 駅) 214.1 Kameda (亀 田 駅) 216.5 Echigo-Ishiyama (越 後 石山 駅) ← JR East: Hakushin Line Jōetsu Shinkansen depot Niigata ← Freight rail line to Yakejima freight yard Nuttari freight yard 220.6 Niigata (新潟 駅) ↓ JR East: Echigo Line / ↓ JR East: Jōetsu Shinkansen

The Shin'etsu Main Line ( Japanese 信 越 本 線 , Shin'etsu-honsen ) is a Japanese railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company , which runs between Takasaki in Gunma Prefecture and Niigata in Niigata Prefecture . The name of the route is made up of the two old provincial names of the prefectures Nagano ( 信濃 , Shinano ) and Niigata ( 越後 , Echigo ), which are connected by the railway line.

Sections

The Shin'etsu main line, which originally ran between Takasaki and Niigata, was interrupted by the completion of the Nagano Shinkansen in 1997 between Yokokawa and Shinonoi stations . One section of the route is now used for journeys in the Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park .

The JR East ceased operations between Karuizawa and Shinonoi due to parallel routing. This section of the route has since been operated as the Shinano Line by the private Shinano Tetsudō.

The section between Yokokawa and Karuizawa, which led over the Usui Pass , was closed with the opening of the Nagano Shinkansen. This section was legendary due to its gradient of 66.7 ‰ . Until 1963, this section of the route was designed as a rack railway , as the locomotives of the time were unable to cope with this gradient. The rack was only dismantled with the introduction of powerful electric locomotives of the JNR EF63 series.

Thus, the Shin'etsu main line is operationally divided into three parts today:

course	length	operator
Takasaki (高崎 駅) ↔ Yokokawa (横 川 駅)	29.7 km	JR East
Yokokawa (横 川 駅) ↔ Karuizawa (軽 井 沢 駅) ( Usui Pass )	11.2 km	shut down
Karuizawa (軽 井 沢 駅) ↔ Shinonoi (篠 ノ 井 駅)	65.4 km	Shinano Tetsudo
Shinonoi (篠 ノ 井 駅) ↔ Niigata (新潟 駅)	220.6 km	JR East

In addition to passenger traffic, the Shin'etsu main line is an important freight railroad.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Katsumasa Harada (1981): Technological independence and progress of standardization in the Japanese railways . Last accessed on May 21, 2009.