Moonlight Echigo
A 485 series EMU formation on a Moonlight Echigo service, March 2007 | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | Rapid |
| Status | Discontinued |
| Locale | Japan |
| First service | 1986 |
| Last service | 2014 |
| Current operator | JR East |
| Former operator | JNR |
| Route | |
| Termini | Shinjuku Niigata |
| Stops | Ikebukuro, Ōmiya, Takasaki, Nagaoka, Mitsuke, Higashi-Sanjō, Kamo, Niitsu |
| Lines 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) was a seasonal 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. The name is taken from the Echigo Province, the old name of Niigata Prefecture. Service was reduced to run on a seasonal basis in 2009 and, while JR East has not formally announced its discontinuation, no services have operated since May 2014.