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Operator JR East
Year Opened 1997
Length 117.4 km
Operating Speed 260 km/h
Terminal 1 Takasaki (Tokyo)
Terminal 2 Nagano

Japanese Mainline Railroads ->Shinkansen
Nagano or Hokuriku Line

The Nagano line was opened in time for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. It splits off of the Joetsu line at Takasaki. This is currently a short Shinkansen line. However construction is underway to extend the line to Toyama by 2014, and later onto Kanazawa.

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jpn-shin09.jpg (94984 bytes)This class train now serves the Nagano Shinkansen seen here at Takasaki on the Joetsu Line. (97) japan-bullet10.jpg (36085 bytes)Nagano Shinkansen train at Nagano terminal during the 1998 Winter Olympics. (2/98)
Sakudaria Station (9/28/10) Sakudaria Station (9/28/10)
Sakudaria Station (9/28/10) Sakudaria Station (9/28/10)
Tokyo Station (9/28/10) At Omiya (9/30/10)
Kanazawa extension under construction between Uozu and Toyama (9/29/10)  

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Last Updated: 04/04/11

 

 

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