Koshino Shu*Kura

Koshino Shu*Kura

Koshino Shu*Kura at Ōmigawa Station
Overview
Service type	Rapid
Status	Operational
Locale	Japan
First service	May 2014
Current operator(s)	JR East, Echigo TOKImeki Railway
Route
Start	Jōetsumyōkō
End	Tōkamachi
Line used	Shinetsu Main Line, Iiyama Line
On-board services
Class(es)	Standard only
Technical
Rolling stock	KiHa 40, 48 DMUs
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

Sake and snacks

The Koshino Shu*Kura (越乃Shu*Kura) is a limited-stop "Rapid" service operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) as a sightseeing train in Niigata Prefecture, Japan since May 2014.

Operations

The train service usually operates between Jōetsumyōkō and Tōkamachi via the Shinetsu Main Line and Iiyama Line.

Rolling stock

Services are operated by a three-car diesel multiple unit set based at Niitsu Depot, converted from former KiHa 40, 48 DMU cars.

See also

• Joyful Train

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Koshino Shu*Kura.

• JR East Koshino Shu*Kura

Transit in Niigata Prefecture
JR East	Jōetsu Shinkansen ■Ban'etsu West Line ■Echigo Line ■Hakushin Line ■Iiyama Line ■Jōetsu Line ■Shin'etsu Main Line ■Tadami Line ■Uetsu Main Line ■Yahiko Line ■Yonesaka Line
JR West	Hokuriku Shinkansen ■Ōito Line
Echigo Tokimeki Railway	■Myōkō Haneuma Line (former Shin'etsu Main Line) ■Nihonkai Hisui Line (former Hokuriku Main Line)
Hokuetsu Express	■Hokuhoku Line
Named trains	Inaho Shirayuki Banetsu Monogatari Koshino Shu*Kura Kirakira Uetsu Oykot Genbi Shinkansen Setsugekka
Bus	Bandai-bashi Line Niigata City Loop Bus Niigata Kotsu Echigo Kotsu(ja) Kubiki Mortor(ja)
Public ferries	Sado Steam Ship Awashima-Line(ja) Shin Nihonkai Ferry
Misc	Niigata Station Cards Suica Ryuto Niigata Airport
Japan transit: Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Fukuoka Hakone Fuji Izu Hokkaido Sendai Niigata Toyama Nagano Okayama Hiroshima Shikoku Metro systems Shinkansen trams (list) aerial lifts (list)

Named trains of East Japan Railway Company
Shinkansen	Aoba Asahi Asama Hakutaka Hayabusa Hayate Kagayaki Komachi Nasuno Tanigawa Toki Tsubasa Yamabiko
Limited express (daytime)	Akagi Akita Relay Ayame Azusa Hakuchō Hatsukari Hitachi Hokuetsu Hometown Tochigi Inaho Kaiji Kamoshika Kinugawa Komakusa Kusatsu Minakami Minori Narita Express Nikkō Odoriko Ohayō Tochigi Sazanami Shiosai Shirayuki Soyokaze Spacia Kinugawa Super Azusa Super Hakuchō Super Hatsukari Hitachi Super View Odoriko Swallow Akagi Tazawa Tokiwa Tsugaru Wakashio
Limited express (overnight)	Akebono Cassiopeia Hokuriku Hokutosei Nihonkai Yume Kūkan
Express	Noto
Rapid	Airport Narita Aizu Liner Banetsu Monogatari Kubikino Moonlight Echigo Moonlight Nagara Moonlight Shinshū Myōkō Resort Shirakami
Liner	Chūō Liner Home Liner Odawara Ohayō Liner Shinjuku Ōme Liner Shōnan Liner
Local	Musashino