Shinetsu Main Line

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The Shinetsu Main Line is a major railway line in Japan operated by JR East that historically connected the Tokyo region with Niigata Prefecture across central Honshu.

All labels observed (5)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rail transport infrastructure ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
belongsToNetwork JR East conventional line network ⓘ
linked to: JR East rail lines
closureEvent Usui Pass section closed after Nagano Shinkansen opening ⓘ
connects Niigata Prefecture ⓘ
Tokyo region ⓘ
connectsTo Banetsu West Line ⓘ
Hakushin Line ⓘ
Joetsu Line ⓘ
linked to: Jōetsu Line

Takasaki Line ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
electrification 1500 V DC overhead catenary ⓘ
electrificationStatus fully electrified on remaining JR East sections ⓘ
formerOperator Japanese National Railways ⓘ
formerRackSection Usui Pass section between Yokokawa and Karuizawa ⓘ
historicalImportance key trunk line linking Sea of Japan coast with Tokyo area ⓘ
historicalRole main rail route between Tokyo region and Niigata ⓘ
historicalSection Nagaoka–Niigata corridor ⓘ
Takasaki–Nagaoka corridor ⓘ
locale Chubu region ⓘ
linked to: Chūbu region

Gunma Prefecture ⓘ
Honshu ⓘ
Kanto region ⓘ
linked to: Kantō region

Nagano Prefecture ⓘ
Niigata Prefecture ⓘ
notablePass Usui Pass ⓘ
numberOfTracks double track on major sections ⓘ
single track on some sections ⓘ
openingPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
operator East Japan Railway Company ⓘ
JR East ⓘ
owner East Japan Railway Company ⓘ
JR East ⓘ
primaryUse passenger transport ⓘ
reducedBy opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen ⓘ
regionCrossed central Honshu ⓘ
secondaryUse freight transport ⓘ
servedBy limited express trains ⓘ
local trains ⓘ
rapid trains ⓘ
status partly in operation ⓘ
partly transferred to third-sector railways ⓘ
successorOnSomeSections Echigo Tokimeki Railway Myoko Haneuma Line ⓘ
Hokuriku Shinkansen ⓘ
Shinano Railway Line ⓘ
trackGauge 1067 mm ⓘ
Cape gauge ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan → servedBy → Shinetsu Main Line ⓘ
Nagano → railwayServedBy → Shinetsu Main Line ⓘ
Takasaki Station → railwayLineServed → Shinetsu Main Line ⓘ
Jōetsu Line → connectsWith → Shinetsu Main Line ⓘ
Niigata Prefecture → hasRailwayLine → Shinetsu Main Line ⓘ
Nagaoka Station → railwayLineServed → Shinetsu Main Line ⓘ
Nagaoka Station → hasStationCode → JA28 (Shinetsu Main Line) ⓘ
linked to: Shinetsu Main Line
Takasaki → servedByRailwayLine → Shinetsu Main Line ⓘ
Shinano Railway Line → formerSectionOf → Shinetsu Main Line ⓘ
Nagano Station → servedBy → Shinetsu Main Line ⓘ
Chuo-ku, Niigata → hasTransportation → Shin’etsu Main Line ⓘ
linked to: Shinetsu Main Line
JR East rail lines → includesLine → Shinetsu Main Line (JR East section) ⓘ
linked to: Shinetsu Main Line
Nagaoka City → servedByRailwayLine → Shinetsu Main Line ⓘ
Usui Pass → hasRailwayLine → Shinetsu Main Line (historical section) ⓘ
linked to: Shinetsu Main Line