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Shin-etsu Line

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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/ATS-P
  • Train model: E129 series (4 cars)
  • Max speed: 100 km/h
  • Routes:
    • Naoetsu ~ Nagaoka (1327M): "Local"Local train -23 stations - 73 km
    • Kashiwazaki ~ Niigata (1323M): "Local"Local train - 31 stations - 100 km
    • Nagaoka ~ Niigata (431M): "Local"Local train - 20 stations - 63.3 km
    • Nagaoka ~ Niigata (3481M): "Rapid"Rapid train - 9 stations - 63.3 km
    • Niitsu ~ Niigata (2523M): "Local"Local train - 6 stations - 15.2 km
  • In-train announcements: Yes
  • Driver announcement (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.

ConsoleStations detaillist

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On

theleft-handofconsole, you'll find:

  • At the top, various indicators. In this order: 
    1. Emergency short circuit
  • 3-phases
  • ATS
    • supply
  • ATS
    • operation(ATS動作)
  • Snow
    • resistantbrakes(耐雪ブレーキ)Brakes
  • Cruise
    • control(定速)
  • Below
    • isATS-P/Ps
  • Bottom
    • left,brakelevel(withemergencybrakeinandspeedlimitationindicatorinyellow)
  • Then
    • brakepressure(blackarrow)andcompressedairmainpressurearrow)dial
  • Then
    • thespeeddial
  • And
    • theindicatorandpocketwatch.

    Note

    thattheontheleft,therearedialsforvoltagekV)andinternalvoltage(inV).

    TIMS

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    lineinformationscreencontainsthefollowinginformation:

  • Current
    • currentspeedanddistancetravelled
  • Train
    • information:numbertraintype(Express -快速1),( ->
  • The
    • nameofthestationandthe next 2. If it's a through station, there will be a down arrow (otherwise, it's stop 停車).
  • The name of the next station to stop at (次停車駅).
  • The indicator at the top/bottom of each car shows whether the left/right doors are open (yellow) or not. Cars can take 2 colors: blue (engines are running) or yellow (brakes are running).
    • Station sidename
    		 Japanese thename
    		 Distance (非常短絡)km)  (三相)Local Rapid power
    		 JRETS (ATS電源)connections
    Naoetsu 直江津 84.3 ●  
  • Safety
    		•   (直通予備)
    Kuroi 黒井 87.0 ●  the  panel
    Saigata 犀潟 91.4 ●  indicator  red
    Dosokohama 土底浜 93.7 ●  the  cylinder
    Katamachi 潟町 95.5 ●  reservoir  (red
    Jōgehama 上下浜 98.3 ●  finally,  door-closing
    Kakizaki 柿崎 101.9 ●  above  console,
    Yoneyama 米山 107.8 ●  supply  (in
    Kasashima 笠島 111.7 ●  screen
    		  

    The
    Ōmigawa 青海川 113.9 ●  
      		  time,
      Kujiranami 鯨波 116.9 ●  train  (3481M),
      Kashiwazaki 柏崎120.6●  
      Ibarame茨目123.6●  
      Yasuda安田126.5●  
      Kitajō北条129.1 ●  route  
      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 ● ●

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      Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin%27etsu_Main_Line 

      Driver's guide:guide and timetables: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13vyFcd7oDuORK3IjNlnSSNxdTPN-WXtBmYCRsaW8WR0/edit#gid=2085260494

      Timetables (in japanese):

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