Hokuriku Shinkansen

Linking Tokyo and Tsuruga; the 2024 Kanazawa-Tsuruga extension brought it into Fukui Prefecture.

Updated 2026-10-28 · rev 11

Profile

Concept kind: Rail line
Opened: 1997年10月1日
Last extension: Extension: 2024-03-16
Length: 345.4km
Stations: 19 (Takasaki-Tsuruga)
Termini: Tokyo - Tsuruga (line: Takasaki - Tsuruga)
Maximum speed: 260km/h
Status: In operation
Operator: JR East and JR West
Owner: Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (Shinkansen sections) / JR companies
Depots: Nagano Shinkansen Center, Tsuruga base

Overview

The Hokuriku Shinkansen connects Takasaki (with services from Tokyo) and Tsuruga; the Takasaki-Tsuruga section runs 345.4 km at up to 260 km/h. Tokyo-Kanazawa takes about 2.5 hours, Tokyo-Tsuruga about three.

Line data

Item	Detail
Section	Takasaki - Tsuruga (services from Tokyo)
Length	345.4 km (Takasaki-Tsuruga)
Stations	19 on Takasaki-Tsuruga
Max speed	260 km/h
Opened	October 1, 1997 (Takasaki-Nagano)
Operators	JR East (Takasaki-Joetsu-Myoko) and JR West (Joetsu-Myoko-Tsuruga)
Rolling stock	E7, W7 series

Stations

Takasaki, Annaka-Haruna, Karuizawa, Sakudaira, Ueda, Nagano, Iiyama, Joetsu-Myoko, Itoigawa, Kurobe-Unazukionsen, Shin-Toyama, Toyama, Shin-Takaoka, Kanazawa, Komatsu, Kaga-Onsen, Fukui, Echizen-Takefu and Tsuruga.

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