# Shin-etsu Line [![20231016114335_1.jpg](https://bookstack.cracrayol.org/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/scaled-1680-/TvuqVszFhnDeZpVZ-20231016114335-1.jpg)](https://bookstack.cracrayol.org/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/TvuqVszFhnDeZpVZ-20231016114335-1.jpg) ### Introducing The Shin-etsu Line connects Takasaki Station in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture with Niigata Station in Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture. In the past, a single line connected Takasaki Station to Niigata Station, but with the opening of the Shinkansen line to Nagano (now Hokuriku Shinkansen) in October 1997, the line between Yokokawa Station and Karuizawa Station, which runs parallel to the Shinkansen line, was discontinued. At that time, the remaining line between Karuizawa Station and Shinonoi Station was also transferred to Shinano Railway. In March 2015, the Hokuriku Shinkansen line extension between Nagano and Kanazawa stations opened for service, and management of the line between Nagano and Naoetsu stations was also transferred to Shinano Railway and Echigo TOKImeki Railway. Currently, the Shin-etsu Line operating as JR EAST has three sections: between Takasaki Station and Yokokawa Station, between Shinonoi Station and Nagano Station, and between Naoetsu Station and Niigata Station. This DLC includes the section between Naoetsu Station and Niigata Station. Omigawa (青海川) Station, located on the way to the station, is known as a station adjacent to the sea, along with Umi-Shibaura Station on the Tsurumi Line and Rikuzen-Otsuka Station on the Senseki Line, where you can watch the sun set over the Sea of Japan from the platform.The train runs along the seaside section of the Sea of Japan between Naoetsu Station and Kashiwazaki Station, and between Kashiwazaki Station and Niigata Station, it runs through the rural landscape that symbolizes Niigata as a rice-producing region. ### Key data - Line length: 136.3 km - Number of stations: 42 - Safety system: [ATS-Ps](https://bookstack.cracrayol.org/link/36#bkmrk-ats-ps)/[ATS-P](https://bookstack.cracrayol.org/link/36#bkmrk-ats-p) - Train model: [E129 series](https://bookstack.cracrayol.org/books/jr-east-train-simulator-english/page/e129-series) (4 cars) - Max speed: 100 km/h - Routes: - Naoetsu ~ Nagaoka (1327M): Local train -23 stations - 73 km - Kashiwazaki ~ Niigata (1323M): Local train - 31 stations - 100 km - Nagaoka ~ Niigata (431M): Local train - 20 stations - 63.3 km - Nagaoka ~ Niigata (3481M): Rapid train - 9 stations - 63.3 km - Niitsu ~ Niigata (2523M): Local train - 6 stations - 15.2 km - In-train announcements: Yes - Driver announcement ([pointing-and-calling](https://bookstack.cracrayol.org/books/jr-east-train-simulator-english/page/pointing-and-calling)): No ### Features The ATS-P part only concerns the last 1200m before arriving at Niigata station. A special feature of this DLC is that there is no line allowing you to do Naoetsu ~ Niigata in one go. As schedules are not available on the TIMS screen, we recommend using the timetables or displaying the STA indicator. ### Stations list
**Station name** **Japanese name** **Distance (km)** **Local****Rapid** **JRETS connections**
Naoetsu直江津84.3●
Kuroi黒井87.0●
Saigata犀潟91.4●
Dosokohama土底浜93.7●
Katamachi潟町95.5●
Jōgehama上下浜98.3●
Kakizaki柿崎101.9●
Yoneyama米山107.8●
Kasashima笠島111.7●
Ōmigawa青海川113.9●
Kujiranami鯨波116.9●
Kashiwazaki柏崎120.6●
Ibarame茨目123.6●
Yasuda安田126.5●
Kitajō北条129.1●
Echigo-Hirota越後広田132.4●
Nagatori長鳥135.1●
Tsukayama塚山140.1●
Echigo-Iwatsuka越後岩塚144.8●
Raikōji来迎寺147.6●
Maekawa前川151.7●
Miyauchi宮内154.3●
Nagaoka長岡157.3●●
Kita-Nagaoka北長岡159.8●|
Oshikiri押切164.2●|
Mitsuke見附168.7●●
Obiori帯織172.8●|
Tōkōji東光寺175.4●|
Sanjō三条178.9●●
Higashi-Sanjō東三条180.5●●
Honai保内184.3●|
Kamo加茂188.1●●
Hanyūda羽生田192.2●|
Tagami田上195.4●|
Yashiroda矢代田199.1●●
Furutsu古津202.2●|
Niitsu新津205.4●●
Satsukinoさつき野206.9●|
Ogikawa荻川209.2●|
Kameda亀田214.1●●
Echigo-Ishiyama越後石山216.5●|
Niigata新潟220.6●●
### Movies ### Useful links Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin%27etsu\_Main\_Line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin%27etsu_Main_Line) Driver's guide and timetables: [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13vyFcd7oDuORK3IjNlnSSNxdTPN-WXtBmYCRsaW8WR0/edit#gid=2085260494](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13vyFcd7oDuORK3IjNlnSSNxdTPN-WXtBmYCRsaW8WR0/edit#gid=2085260494)