Hakushin Line

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Hakushin Line
115 series EMU bound for Niigata approaching Toyosaka Station, May 2008
Overview
Native name	白新線
Locale	Niigata Prefecture
Termini	Niigata Shibata
Stations	10
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Operator(s)	JR East
History
Opened	1952
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.

• 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

Limited express, Rapid

As of March 2018^[update], the following services are operated.

Local

Niigata - Toyosaka: every 20 minutes

Toyosaka - Shibata: every 60 minutes (every 20 minutes during peaks)

• All stations are located in Niigata Prefecture.

Symbols:

• ◇ - Single-track; station where trains can pass
• ^ - Double-track section starts from this point
• ∥ - Double-track
• ∨ - Single-track section starts from this point

• E129 series 2/4-car EMUs (since December 2014)
• E653 series 7-car EMUs (Inaho limited express, since September 2013)

• 
  E129 series

• 115 series 2/3/4-car EMUs (until March 2018)
• E127 series 2-car EMUs (until March 2015)
• 485 series 6-car EMUs (Inaho, until July 2014)
• 165 series
• 70 series

• 
  115 series
• 
  E127 series
• 
  485 series EMU passing through Higashi-Niigata Station on an Inaho service, May 2008
• 
  165 series

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.^{[citation needed]}

The line was electrified at 1,500 V DC in 1972, and double-tracked in sections between 1978 and 1981.^{[citation needed]}

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hakushin Line.

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