Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line

     Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line
Shinano Railway logo
Overview
Native name しなの鉄道北しなの線
Type Commuter rail
Locale Nagano Prefecture
Termini Nagano
Myōkō-Kōgen
Operation
Opening 1 May 1888
14 March 2015 (As the private railway line)
Owner Shinano Railway
Rolling stock 115 series EMUs
Technical
Line length 37.3 km (23.2 mi)
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification 1,500 V DC
Route map
Legend
JR East Hokuriku Shinkansen

JR East Shinetsu Main Line

0.0 Nagano

Nagano Dentetsu Nagano Line
3.9 Kita-Nagano
JR East Hokuriku Shinkansen
6.8 Sansai
 10.8 Toyono
 JR East Iiyama Line
 18.6 Mure
25.1 Furuma
 28.9 Kurohime
Nojiri Tunnel
Akagawa Tunnel
37.3 Myōkō-Kōgen
 ETR Myōkō Haneuma Line

The Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line ( しなの鉄道北しなの線 Shinano Tetsudō Kita-Shinano-sen) is a 37.3 km (23.2 mi) railway line operated by the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, since 14 March 2015 following the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension north of Nagano and transfer of operations of the former Shinetsu Main Line from JR East. It connects Nagano Station in Nagano with Myōkō-Kōgen Station in Myōkō, Niigata.[1]

Service outline

All services on the line are all-stations "Local" (普通 Futsū) driver-only operation trains. From the start of operations on the line, there are 21 return workings daily between Nagano and Jōetsumyōkō, and three return workings daily between Nagano and Toyono, an increase in two return services daily compared with JR East operations prior to March 2015.[1] A small number of services continue to and from Komoro on the Shinano Railway Line operated by the same company south of Nagano.[1] In addition to Shinano Railway services, JR East Iiyama Line through-running services to and from Nagano also use the section of the line between Nagano and Toyono.[1] At Myōkō-Kōgen, the northern end of the line, a cross-platform transfer is provided to the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line continuing northward along the former Shinetsu Main Line, with Shinano Railway trains normally using platform 2 and Echigo Tokimeki Railway trains normally using platform 3.[1]

Stations

Station Distance (km) Connections Location
Nagano 0.0 Hokuriku Shinkansen
Shinano Railway Line
Nagano Electric Railway		 Nagano Nagano Prefecture
Kita-Nagano 3.9  
Sansai 6.8  
Toyono 10.8 Iiyama Line
Mure 18.6   Iizuna
Furuma 25.1   Shinano
Kurohime 28.9  
Myōkō-Kōgen 37.3 Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myōkō Haneuma Line Myōkō Niigata Prefecture

Rolling stock

A Shinano Railway 115 series EMU

Services are operated using 115 series electric multiple unit (EMU) trains transferred from JR East.[1]

History

The name of the line was chosen in March 2013 following a public ballot.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Osano, Kagetoshi (March 2015). 　北陸新幹線並行在来線各社の姿 [Guide to companies operating conventional lines alongside the Hokuriku Shinkansen]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (in Japanese) (Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun) 44 (371): p.28-33.

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