Hakushin Line

Hakushin Line
115 series EMU bound for Niigata approaching Toyosaka Station, May 2008
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
Locale	Niigata Prefecture
Termini	Niigata Shibata
Stations	10
Operation
Opened	1952
Operator(s)	JR East
Technical
Line length	27.3 km (17.0 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Route map

The Hakushin Line (白新線 Hakushin-sen) is a Japanese railway line which runs between Niigata and Shibata stations in the cities of Niigata and Shibata in Niigata Prefecture. It is part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) network.

Basic data

• Operators, distances:
  • East Japan Railway Company (JR East) (Services and tracks)
• Niigata – Shibata: 27.3 km (17.0 mi)
  • Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) (Services only)
• Kami-Nuttari Junction – Shibata: 25.4 km (15.8 mi)
• Double-tracking: Niigata – Niizaki
• Railway signalling: ATS-Ps

Station list

• All stations are located in Niigata Prefecture.

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Rapid	Transfers	Location
		Between stations	Total
Niigata	新潟	-	0.0	●	Jōetsu Shinkansen, Shin'etsu Main Line, Echigo Line	Chūō-ku, Niigata
Kami-Nuttari Junction	上沼垂信号場	-	1.9	｜
Higashi-Niigata	東新潟	5.0	5.0	｜		Higashi-ku, Niigata
Niigata Freight Terminal	新潟貨物ターミナル
Ōgata	大形	2.0	7.0	｜
Niizaki	新崎	2.6	9.6	｜		Kita-ku, Niigata
Hayadōri	早通	1.9	11.5	｜
Toyosaka	豊栄	3.5	15.0	●
Kuroyama	黒山	3.0	18.0	｜
Sasaki	佐々木	3.0	21.0	｜		Shibata
Nishi-Shibata	西新発田	3.3	24.3	｜
Shibata	新発田	3.0	27.3	●	Uetsu Main Line

Rolling stock

A 485 series EMU passing through Higashi-Niigata Station on an Inaho service to Niigata, May 2008

• 115 series EMUs
• E127 series EMUs
• E129 series EMUs (from fiscal 2014)^[1]
• 485 series EMUs (Inaho limited express)

History

The first section opened on 23 December 1952 was the 12.3 km line between Shibata Station and Kuzutsuka Station (now Toyosaka Station). On 15 April 1956, the line was extended 14.9 km from Kuzutsuka to Niigata.

The line was electrified at 1,500 V DC in 1972, and double-tracked in sections between 1978 and 1981.

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia

1. 通勤形車両の新造計画について [New commuter train manufacture plans] (PDF) (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.

External links

• Stations of the Hakushin Line (JR East) (Japanese)