User:Srextra/Moonlight Echigo
 A 485 series EMU formation on a Moonlight Echigo service, March 2007 | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | Rapid |
| Status | Seasonal operation |
| Locale | Japan |
| First service | 1986 |
| Current operator(s) | JR East |
| Route | |
| Termini | Shinjuku Niigata |
| Stops | Ikebukuro, Omiya, Takasaki, Nagaoka, Mitsuke, Higashi-Sanjō, Kamo, Niitsu |
| Line(s) used | Tohoku Main Line, Takasaki Line, Joetsu Line, Shinetsu Main Line |
| On-board services | |
| Catering facilities | None |
| Technical | |
| Rolling stock | 485 series EMU |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
| Electrification | 1,500 V DC |
The Moonlight Echigo (ムーンライトえちご) is a rapid overnight train service operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), which runs from Shinjuku to Niigata in Niigata Prefecture via the Takasaki Line, the Joetsu Line, and the Shinetsu Main Line.
Rolling stock
[edit]Since December 2013, Moonlight Echigo services are formed of 485 series electric multiple unit (EMU) 10-car (4+6-car) formations based at Niigata Depot.
Past rolling stock
[edit]- 183 series EMUs
- 165 series EMUs
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165 series, July 2006 -
183 series, April 2010
History
[edit]The Moonlight Echigo service was introduced in 1986 to directly compete with bus services from Ikebukuro to Niigata. The name is taken from the Echigo Province, the old name of Niigata Prefecture.
From March 14, 2009, the daily Moonlight Echigo was discontinued and became a seasonal train running only during Japanese holidays.[1]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "東京発ブルトレ終焉「はやぶさ・富士」廃止へ". MSN Japan (in Japanese). Japan: The Sankei Shimbun & Sankei Digital. 19 December 2008. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
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