Yahiko line

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Yahiko line
Class 115 train at Yahiko station
Route length:	17.5 km today
Gauge :	1067 mm ( cape track )
Power system :	1500  =
Legend 0.0 Yahiko 2.3 Yahagi 御 新 田 川 Nishi Echigo line 4.9 Yoshida Echigo line 大通 川 8.0 Nishi-tsubame by Niigata Kōtsū 10.3 Tsubame 中 ノ 口 川 Hokuriku Highway 12.9 Tsubame-Sanjō Jōetsu Shinkansen Shinano 15.4 Kita-Sanjō Shin'etsu main line 17.4 Higashi-sanjō Shin'etsu main line 19.4 Echigo-Ōsaki Ikarashi 22.4 Ōura 25.3 Echigo-Nagasawa

The Yahiko Line ( Japanese 弥 彦 線 , Yahiko-sen ) is a Japanese railway line on the east coast of Japan, operated by JR East . It runs between the city of Sanjō and the village of Yahiko at the foot of Mount Yahiko in Niigata Prefecture .

Until 1985 the route ran to Echigo-Nagasawa and had a length of 25.3 kilometers. For economic reasons, operations on this section were discontinued and henceforth served by buses.

Rolling stock

Series 115 in the colors of the Yahiko line

The Yahiko line is served by class 115 trains. In the course of the fiscal year 2014, the old vehicles are to be replaced by new railcars of the E129 ( en ) series .

Web links

• Information on JR East's Yahiko Line

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Press release from JR East of July 2, 2013 (Japanese)