The Uetsu Main Line ( 羽越本線 , Uetsu-hon-sen ) is a railway line in the Tohoku and Chubu regions of Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) system, it connects Niitsu Station in the city of Niigata and Akita Station in Akita . The name "Uetsu" refers to the ancient provinces of Dewa (出 羽 ) and Echigo ( 越 後), which the line connects.
6-540: As of March 2020, the following services are operated. Between Shibata and Murakami, most of the local trains travel through to/from Niigata via Hakushin Line . Symbols: The line was opened in sections between 1912 and 1924, and electrified in 1972, the same year CTC signalling was commissioned. Work to double-track the line in sections commenced in 1957, and continued for 25 years until being suspended due to capital expenditure restrictions in 1983, at which time 51% of
12-426: A " Midori no Madoguchi " staffed ticket counter and "View Plaza" travel agency. Niigata Station opened on 3 May 1904. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 37,461 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below. Both
18-606: Is a major railway station in Chūō-ku, Niigata , Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station is in the center of Niigata city, the largest city on the Sea of Japan coast in Honshu . It forms the central station for the railway infrastructure along the Sea of Japan coast, and is also the terminus of the Jōetsu Shinkansen high-speed line from Tokyo. Niigata Station
24-637: Is served by the following lines. The station has two side platforms (former 1, 4) and two island platforms (former 2/3, and 8/9) at ground level serving a total of six tracks for conventional narrow gauge lines, of which only one island platform remains in use for trains originating from Niigata Station. This island platform (8/9) is an extension of one of the side platforms (1). The station also has two elevated side platforms 2, 5) and one island platform 3,4) serving conventional narrow gauge lines, and two more elevated island platforms serving four shinkansen tracks (11 to 14). The elevated station building has
30-670: The route was double-tracked. On July 28, 2022, JR East announced that ridership in some sectors was less than 2000 persons/day, the deficit for the sector between Murakami Station to Tsuruoka Station being 4,990 billion yen, the largest deficit within the JR East system. On December 25, 2005, all six cars of a limited express train Inaho No.14 on the Uetsu Line derailed in Yamagata prefecture , about 350 kilometres (220 mi) north of Tokyo. The train
36-495: Was headed south towards Kita-Amarume Station . Three of the cars turned over, causing the deaths of five people and injuring 33 others. Three other persons were originally reported missing, but authorities later discovered that they had disembarked from the train before the accident. It is likely that the event was caused by a tornado although it is uncertain whether or not a tornado was involved with this accident. Niigata Station Niigata Station ( 新潟駅 , Niigata-eki )
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