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Hokuetsu Express (Hokuhoku Line)

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Hokuetsu Express (Hokuhoku Line)
Hokuetsu Express (Hokuhoku Line)
Hokuetsu Express (Hokuhoku Line)
Hokuetsu Express (Hokuhoku Line)
Hokuetsu Express (Hokuhoku Line)
Hokuetsu Express (Hokuhoku Line)
Hokuetsu Express (Hokuhoku Line)
Hokuetsu Express (Hokuhoku Line)
Hokuetsu Express (Hokuhoku Line)
Hokuetsu Express (Hokuhoku Line)
Hokuetsu Express (Hokuhoku Line)
Hokuetsu Express (Hokuhoku Line)
Hokuetsu Express (Hokuhoku Line)
Hokuetsu Express (Hokuhoku Line)
Hokuetsu Express (Hokuhoku Line)
Phone:
+81 25-752-0770

Address:
Minamiuonuma 949-6680, Niigata Prefecture

The Hokuhoku Line is a Japanese railway line in Niigata Prefecture, between Muikamachi in Minamiuonuma and Saigata in Jōetsu. This is the only railway line Hokuetsu Express operates. Construction began in 1968 by the Japanese National Railways , and it was finally completed as a third sector line in 1997, including the 10,472 m Akakura Tunnel, the longest on a non-JR line. Unlike most other third sector company lines, the line made steady profits. Until the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen in 2015, the shortest rail link between Kantō and Hokuriku was to take the Jōetsu Shinkansen to Echigo-Yuzawa and then transfer to the Hakutaka express service on the Hokuhoku Line. The previous maximum line speed of 160 km/h made the Hakutaka the fastest narrow gauge service in the country, matched only by the standard gauge Keisei Skyliner services to Narita Airport as the fastest non-Shinkansen service , however this was reduced to 130 km/h on 14 March 2015 following the withdrawal of Hakutaka services on the line.
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