Private company
Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company
Logo: えちごトキめき鉄道株式会社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Railway operating company in Japan
The Echigo TOKImeki Railway Company (えちごトキめき鉄道株式会社, Echigo TOKImeki Tetsudō kabushiki-gaisha), officially abbreviated as ETR, is a Japanese third-sector railway operator. It was 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.2 It is headquartered in Naoetsu Station.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industrypublic transport1
- HeadquartersNaoetsu Station1
- Websitewww.echigo-tokimeki.co.jp
- Legal formkabushiki gaisha1
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The Echigo TOKImeki Railway Company (えちごトキめき鉄道株式会社, Echigo TOKImeki Tetsudō kabushiki-gaisha), officially abbreviated as ETR, is a Japanese third-sector railway operator. It was 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.2
Subsidiaries and ownership
Owners
- Niigata Prefecture
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
- Nov 22, 2010Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.echigo-tokimeki.co.jp1
- YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCnqcJzztg-9uZm0Mn5jTZDg1
- WikipediaEchigo Tokimeki Railway
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ11260966
Sources
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- 3Wikimedia CommonsEchigo Tokimeki Railway Company logo by えちごトキめき鉄道株式会社, Public domain
- 4Wikimedia CommonsEchigo Tokimeki Railway Company photo by 特急東海, CC0