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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 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-trainAutomatic announcements: No
  • Conductor 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.

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 ● ●

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Wikipedia: 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

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