The Echigo TOKImeki Railway is a Japanese third-sector railway operating company established in 2010 to operate passenger railway services on the sections of the JR East Shinetsu Main Line and JR West Hokuriku Main Line within Niigata Prefecture when they were separated from the respective JR Group operators in March 2015, coinciding with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa. The main shareholders of the company are Niigata Prefecture, the city of Joetsu, the city of Itoigawa, and the city of Myoko.

The 455 series is a Japanese dual-voltage (1,500 V DC and 20 kV AC 50 Hz) electric multiple unit (EMU) train type introduced by Japanese National Railways (JNR) on express services in 1965 and later operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), West Japan Railway Company (JR-West), and Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu).

The 413 series is a Japanese dual-voltage (1,500 V DC and 20 kV AC 60 Hz) electric multiple unit (EMU) train type first introduced by Japanese National Railways (JNR) in March 1986, and later operated on local services on the Hokuriku Main Line by the West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) from 1987.

Since 4 July 2021, Express service which uses 413 series and 455 series has been commenced operating on Hisui Line on only holidays.

(Source: Wikipedia)

★Chapter
00:00 Introduction
01:17 Naoetsu Station
03:31 Naoetsu ▶ Nō
16:14 Nō Station
17:26 Nō ▶ Itoigawa
22:35 Itoigawa Station
25:16 Itoigawa ▶ Naoetsu
31:22 Naoetsu Station

★Data
Train : Echigo Tokimeki Railway Nihonkai Hisui Line, Express No.3, No.4
Car : Echigo Tokimeki Railway Moha 412-6, Kuha 455-701
Date : 2021-07-11
Camera : DJI Pocket 2
3840 × 2160(4K) 60fps

★Website
Echigo Tokimeki Railway

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