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The is a Japanese railway line in Niigata Prefecture, between Muikamachi in Minamiuonuma and Saigata in Jōetsu. This is the only railway line operates. Construction began in 1968 was begun by the Japanese National Railways (JNR), and was finally completed as a third sector line in 1997, including the 10,472m Akakura Tunnel, the longest on a non-JR line. Unlike most other third sector company lines, the line is steadily making profits. This is because the shortest rail link between Kantō and Hokuriku is to use Jōetsu Shinkansen, stop at Echigo-Yuzawa, and transfer to the ''Hakutaka'' express service on the Hokuhoku Line. However, most of these users are expected to use the Hokuriku Shinkansen when it is extended to Kanazawa in 2014. The maximum line speed of is the fastest non shinkansen JR service in the country, matched only by the Keisei ''Skyliner'' services to Narita Airport (also at 160 km/h). ==Services== On 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen, the thirteen Express services in each direction〔https://web.archive.org/web/20130516162403/http://hokuhoku-line.jp/2_time/2013_kudari_en.pdf〕 were cancelled〔https://web.archive.org/web/20140827091047/http://www.hokuhoku.co.jp/1osirase/press-release/2014_0827_press.pdf〕 and replaced by a daily Cho-rapid service in each direction. The express service ran from 1997 with an average of 6,900 people per day by providing a convenient link for travellers from the Kanto region to Kanazawa. Since then the services are:〔http://hokuhoku-line.jp/pdf/2015jikoku.pdf〕 * 14 local services each day * An early morning and evening rapid service from Naoetsu to Echigo-Yuzawa with a lunchtime service in the reverse direction * A single Cho-rapid service, from Echigo-Yuzawa to Naoetsu in the morning returning in the evening * Two additional or extended "Yumezora" local services on the weekends and public holidays 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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