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The Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a high-speed shinkansen railway line connecting Tokyo and Niigata, Japan, via the Tōhoku Shinkansen, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Despite its name, the line does not pass through the city of Jōetsu or the historical Jōetsu region, which instead are served by the Hokuriku Shinkansen. The name instead originates from the parallel Jōetsu Line, which in turn is named after the two provinces that it connects: Jōshū (an alternate name for Kōzuke Province which comprises today's Gunma Prefecture), and Echigo Province (modern day Niigata Prefecture).

Train services

  • Toki, Tokyo – Niigata (limited-stop/ mostly all-stations since 30 December 2002) (Although it was first introduced as an all-stations service from 1982 to 1997)
  • Tanigawa, Tokyo – Echigo-Yuzawa/ Gala-Yuzawa (Seasonal) (all-stations / mostly all-stations since 1 October 1997)

Discontinued services

  • Asahi, Tokyo – Niigata (discontinued 30 November 2002)
  • Max Asahi, Tokyo Niigata (discontinued 30 November 2002)
  • Max Toki, Tokyo Niigata (discontinued 17 October 2021)
  • Max Tanigawa, Tokyo – Echigo-Yuzawa/ Gala-Yuzawa (Seasonal) (discontinued 1 October 2021)

Stations

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Line Station Japanese Distance from
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Tōhoku
Shinkansen 		Template:STN Script error: No such module "Lang". 31.3 0.0 ● ● Template:Plainlist Chiyoda Tokyo
Template:STN Script error: No such module "Lang". 27.7 3.6 ▲ ● Template:Plainlist Taitō
Jōetsu
Shinkansen 		Template:STN Script error: No such module "Lang". 0.0 31.3 ● ● Template:Plainlist Ōmiya-ku, Saitama Saitama
Template:STN Script error: No such module "Lang". 36.6 67.9 ▲ ● Template:Plainlist Kumagaya
Template:STN Script error: No such module "Lang". 57.7 89.0 ▲ ▲ Honjō
Template:STN Script error: No such module "Lang". 77.3 108.6 ▲ ● Template:Plainlist Takasaki Gunma
Template:STN Script error: No such module "Lang". 119.1 150.4 ▲ ● Minakami
Template:STN Script error: No such module "Lang". 151.4 182.7 ▲ ● Template:Plainlist Yuzawa Niigata
Template:STN Script error: No such module "Lang". 181.0 212.3 ▲ Template:Plainlist Minamiuonuma
Template:STN Script error: No such module "Lang". 213.8 245.1 ▲ Template:Plainlist Nagaoka
Template:STN Script error: No such module "Lang". 237.4 268.7 ▲ Template:Plainlist Sanjō
Template:STN Script error: No such module "Lang". 269.5 300.8 ● Template:Plainlist Chūō-ku, Niigata

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The Gala-Yuzawa Line is a Template:Cvt branch from Echigo-Yuzawa to Gala-Yuzawa Station. It operates in the winter months only, serving the adjoining ski resort.

As of 18 March 2023, the maximum line speed is Template:Cvt between Tokyo and Omiya, and Script error: No such module "convert". between Omiya and Niigata. The fastest Shinkansen from Tokyo to Niigata is 1 hour and 29 minutes, and 1 hour and 31 minutes from Niigata to Tokyo. Like all Shinkansen lines, the Jōetsu Shinkansen is standard gauge.

Rolling stock

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Between fiscal 2018 and 2020, eleven 12-car E7 series train sets were introduced on Jōetsu Shinkansen services, replacing the E4 series trains,[1] raising the speed from Script error: No such module "convert". to Script error: No such module "convert"..[2] Additional sets were gradually introduced through 2023 for the replacement of E2 series trains.

Non-revenue-earning types

Former rolling stock

History

The program to build the new line was initiated in 1971 by Niigata-born prime minister Tanaka Kakuei; one popular anecdote is that Tanaka determined the line's routing by drawing it on a map with a red pencil.[5] Built at a cost of $6.3 billion,[6] it was built "to establish closer ties with Tokyo and promote regional development".[7]

Trial runs over the line began in November 1980, and regular service began on 15 November 1982.[8] The line was initially planned to terminate at Shinjuku Station, but economic considerations pushed Japanese National Railways (JNR) to merge the line with the existing Tōhoku Shinkansen line at Template:STN.

In September 1991, a 400 Series Shinkansen train set a Japanese rail speed record of Script error: No such module "convert". on the Jōetsu Shinkansen line, and in December 1993, the STAR21 experimental train recorded Script error: No such module "convert".. The maximum speed for regular services on the line at the time was Script error: No such module "convert". except for the section between Jomo-Kogen and Urasa which is Script error: No such module "convert". for E2 series trains travelling towards Niigata. The urban section between Tokyo and Ueno is Script error: No such module "convert"., between Ōmiya and Ueno is Script error: No such module "convert"..[9][10]

The Basic Plan specifies that the Jōetsu Shinkansen should actually start from Shinjuku, which would necessitate building Script error: No such module "convert". of additional Shinkansen track from Ōmiya. While some land acquisitions along the existing Saikyō Line were made, no construction ever started.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

The entire line was upgraded to Script error: No such module "convert"., with construction starting in May 2019, and finished in 2023.[11] Upgrades included improvements to the soundproofing system.[12] This marks the first time that an E7 series train has operated commercially at more than Script error: No such module "convert"., which is the maximum speed of the only other line served by this train, the Hokuriku Shinkansen. As a result of the upgrades, all trainsets on the Jōetsu Shinkansen operate exclusively with E7 series trainsets and the travel time on the line is projected to be reduced by 7 minutes compared to the former E2 and E4 series trainsets.[12] The end of E2 series trainsets on Jōetsu Shinkansen services took take place on 17 March 2023 with the streamlining of all services to use the E7 series taking place the following day.[13]

Future plans

The Niigata prefectural government has proposed building a new multi-modal terminal to directly connect the Shinkansen to the port of Niigata, potentially allowing direct transfers to ferries and cruise ships, and to potentially allow direct access between the Shinkansen and Niigata Airport. However this plan is foreseen to be completed only by the mid-2040s.[14]

Special event train services

On 17 November 2012, a special Script error: No such module "Nihongo". service ran as Toki 395 from Omiya to Niigata using 10-car 200 series set K47.[15]

Also on 17 November 2012, a special Script error: No such module "Nihongo". service ran from Niigata to Tokyo using E5 series set U8, with a special ceremony at Niigata Station before departure.[16][17] This was the first revenue-earning service operated on the Joetsu Shinkansen by an E5 series trainset.[17]

Film

See also

References

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  7. ↑ Takashima, Shuichi. Railway Operators in Japan 3: Tohoku and Niigata Region Script error: No such module "webarchive".. Japan Railway & Transport Review No. 29 (pp.40–49)
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