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{{Infobox rail line
| box_width   =
| name        = Hakushin Line
| native_name   = 白新線
| native_name_lang = ja
| color       = FF69B4<!-- hotpink -->
| logo        =
| logo_width  =
| image       = Hakushin 115 Toyosaka 20080526.JPG
| image_width = 300px
| caption     = [[115 series]] EMU bound for Niigata approaching [[Toyosaka Station]], May 2008
| type        = Heavy rail
| system      =
| status      =
| locale      = [[Niigata Prefecture]]
| start       = {{STN|Niigata}}
| end         = {{STN|Shibata|Niigata}}
| stations    = 10
| routes      =
| daily_ridership =
| open        = 1952
| close       =
| owner       =
| operator    = [[File:JR logo (east).svg|25px]][[JR East]]
| character   =
| depot       =
| stock       =
| linelength  = {{convert|27.3|km|mi|abbr=on}}
| tracklength = 
| tracks      =
| gauge       = {{track gauge|1067mm|lk=on}}
| electrification = 1,500 V DC [[overhead catenary]]
| speed       = 
| elevation   =
| map         = [[File:JR Hakushin Line linemap.svg|200px]]
| map_state   = collapsed
}}

The {{nihongo|'''Hakushin Line'''|白新線|Hakushin-sen}} is a Japanese railway line which runs between {{STN|Niigata}} and {{STN|Shibata|Niigata}} stations in the cities of [[Niigata, Niigata|Niigata]] and [[Shibata, Niigata|Shibata]] in [[Niigata Prefecture]]. It is part of the [[East Japan Railway Company]] (JR East) network.

==Basic data==
*Operators, distances:
** [[East Japan Railway Company]] (JR East) (Services and tracks)
*Niigata &ndash; Shibata: {{convert|27.3|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}
** [[Japan Freight Railway Company]] (JR Freight) (Services only)
*Kami-Nuttari Junction &ndash; Shibata: {{convert|25.4|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}
*Double-tracking: Niigata &ndash; Niizaki
*[[Railway signalling]]: ATS-Ps

==Services==
[[File:Linemap of Hakushin Line with Stations.svg|thumb|320px|Stations of Hakushin Line]]
;Limited express, Rapid
{{As of|2018|03}}, the following services are operated.
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Route
!Service frequency (daily)
|-
| Limited Express ''[[Inaho]]''
|Niigata – Shibata – {{STN|Sakata|Yamagata}}/{{STN|Akita}} ([[Uetsu Main Line]])
|7 return trips
|-
| Rapid ''Benibana''
|Niigata – Shibata – {{STN|Yonezawa}} ([[Yonesaka Line]])
|1 return trip
|-
|Rapid ''Rakuraku-Train-Murakami''
|Niigata – Shibata – {{STN|Murakami|Niigata}} (Uetsu Main Line)
|1 down trip in evening
|-
| Rapid
|Niigata – Shibata – Murakami (Uetsu Main Line)
|1 down trip in morning, 1 up trip in evening
|-
| Rapid ''Kirakira Uetsu''
|Niigata – Shibata – Sakata (Uetsu Main Line)
|1 return trip (only weekends)
|}

;Local
:Niigata - {{STN|Toyosaka}}: every 20 minutes
:Toyosaka - Shibata: every 60 minutes (every 20 minutes during peaks)

==Station list==
* All stations are located in [[Niigata Prefecture]].

{| class="wikitable" rules="all"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Station
!rowspan="2"|Japanese
!colspan="2"|Distance (km)
!rowspan="2"|''Inaho''<br />/Rapid
!rowspan="2"|Transfers
!rowspan="2"|&nbsp;
!rowspan="2"|Location
|-
!Between<br />stations
!Total
|-
|{{STN|Niigata}}
|新潟
|style="text-align:right;"| -
|style="text-align:right;"|0.0
|style="text-align:center;"|●
|{{Plainlist|
* [[File:Shinkansen jre.svg|18px]][[Jōetsu Shinkansen]]
* {{Colorbull|DeepSkyBlue}}[[Shinetsu Main Line]]
* {{Colorbull|Green}}[[Echigo Line]]
}}
|∥
|[[Chūō-ku, Niigata]]

|-
|{{STN|Higashi-Niigata}}
|東新潟
|style="text-align:right;"|5.0
|style="text-align:right;"|5.0
|style="text-align:center;"|｜
|&nbsp;
|∥
|rowspan="2"|[[Higashi-ku, Niigata]]
|-
|{{STN|Ōgata}}
|大形
|style="text-align:right;"|2.0
|style="text-align:right;"|7.0
|style="text-align:center;"|｜
|&nbsp;
|∥
|-
|{{STN|Niizaki}}
|新崎
|style="text-align:right;"|2.6
|style="text-align:right;"|9.6
|style="text-align:center;"|｜
|&nbsp;
|∨
|rowspan="4"|[[Kita-ku, Niigata]]
|-
|{{STN|Hayadōri}}
|早通
|style="text-align:right;"|1.9
|style="text-align:right;"|11.5
|style="text-align:center;"|｜
|&nbsp;
|◇
|-
|{{STN|Toyosaka}}
|豊栄
|style="text-align:right;"|3.5
|style="text-align:right;"|15.0
|style="text-align:center;"|●
|&nbsp;
|◇
|-
|{{STN|Kuroyama}}
|黒山
|style="text-align:right;"|3.0
|style="text-align:right;"|18.0
|style="text-align:center;"|｜
|&nbsp;
|◇
|-
|{{STN|Sasaki}}
|佐々木
|style="text-align:right;"|3.0
|style="text-align:right;"|21.0
|style="text-align:center;"|｜
|&nbsp;
|◇
|rowspan="3"|[[Shibata, Niigata|Shibata]]
|-
|{{STN|Nishi-Shibata}}
|西新発田
|style="text-align:right;"|3.3
|style="text-align:right;"|24.3
|style="text-align:center;"|｜
|&nbsp;
|◇
|-
|{{STN|Shibata|Niigata}}
|新発田
|style="text-align:right;"|3.0
|style="text-align:right;"|27.3
|style="text-align:center;"|●
|{{Colorbull|SkyBlue}}[[Uetsu Main Line]]
|◇
|}

Symbols: 
* ◇ - Single-track; station where trains can pass
* ^ - Double-track section starts from this point 
* ∥ - Double-track
* ∨ - Single-track section starts from this point

==Rolling stock==
===Present===
* [[E129 series]] 2/4-car EMUs (since December 2014)
* [[E653 series]] 7-car EMUs (''[[Inaho]]'' limited express, since September 2013)
<gallery>
File:JRE E129 A5.JPG|E129 series
</gallery>

===Former===
* [[115 series]] 2/3/4-car EMUs (until March 2018)
* [[E127 series]] 2-car EMUs (until March 2015)
* [[485 series]] 6-car EMUs (''Inaho'', until July 2014)
* [[165 series]]
* 70 series

<gallery>
File:JRE-115-nigata.JPG|115 series
File:Jre E127 V1.jpg|E127 series
File:485 Inaho 8 Higashi-Niigata 20080526.JPG|485 series EMU passing through Higashi-Niigata Station on an ''Inaho'' service, May 2008
File:JRE 165 at Toyosaka Station 19871228.jpg|165 series
</gallery>

==History==
The first section opened on 23 December 1952 was the 12.3&nbsp;km line between Shibata Station and Kuzutsuka Station (now [[Toyosaka Station]]). On 15 April 1956, the line was extended 14.9&nbsp;km from Kuzutsuka to Niigata.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

The line was electrified at 1,500 V DC in 1972, and double-tracked in sections between 1978 and 1981.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/result.aspx?mode=2&rosen=56=1=%E7%99%BD%E6%96%B0%E7%B7%9A Stations of the Hakushin Line] (JR East) {{in lang|ja}}

{{Niigata transit}}
{{East Japan Railway Company Lines}}

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[[Category:Lines of East Japan Railway Company]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Niigata Prefecture]]
[[Category:Railway lines opened in 1952]]
[[Category:1067 mm gauge railways in Japan]]