Yahiko Line

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Line map

Services

All trains on the line operate as local services stopping at all stations. Most services run between Yahiko and Yoshida, and Yoshida and Higashi-Sanjō. A few services run the full length of the line from Yahiko to Higashi-Sanjō, and one service in the mornings in both directions runs through to the Echigo Line toward Template:STN. There is an hourly service in the mornings and evenings, and service every 2–3 hours during the mid-day.

Stations

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Stations of Yahiko Line
Name Japanese Distance
(km)
Transfers   Location
Template:STN 弥彦 0.0   Yahiko Niigata Prefecture
Template:STN 矢作 2.3  
Template:STN 吉田 4.9 Template:ColorbullEchigo Line Tsubame
Template:STN 西燕 8.0  
Template:STN 10.3  
Template:STN 燕三条 12.9 File:Shinkansen jre.svgJoetsu Shinkansen Sanjō
Template:STN 北三条 15.4  
Template:STN 東三条 17.4 Template:ColorbullShinetsu Main Line
Template:STN 越後大崎 - Closed 1985
Ōura 大浦 - Closed 1985
Template:STN 越後長沢 - Closed 1985

Symbols:

  • | - Single-track
  • ◇ - Single-track; station where trains can pass

Rolling stock

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E127 series EMUs and 115-1000 series EMUs at Yoshida Station

New E129 series EMUs were introduced on local services on the line from fiscal 2014.[1]

Former

  • 115-500 series 2 car EMUs (until March 2015)
  • 115-1000 series 3-car EMUs (until 11 March 2022)
  • E127 series 2-car EMUs (from March 2015 to 11 March 2022)

History

The Echigo Railway opened the Yahiko to Yoshida section in 1916 and extended the line to Higashi-Sanjo in 1926. The company was nationalised in 1927.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Freight services ceased in 1960, and the line was electrified in 1984.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Former connecting lines

  • Tsubame Station: The Niigata Kotsu opened a 34 km line electrified at 1,500 V DC to Sekiya on the Echigo Line in 1933. Freight services ceased in 1982, and the line closed between 1993 and 1999.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
  • Higashi-Sanjo station: An 8 km line to Echigo Nagasawa operated between 1927 and 1985.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

References

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External links

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