【Train Trip Japan】JR Iiyama Line & Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line in heavy snow（飯山線 北越急行 冬 豪雪）[4K]

The Iiyama Line is a railway line in Japan linking Toyono Station in Nagano, Nagano Prefecture and Echigo-Kawaguchi Station in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture. It is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The Iiyama Railway Co. opened the first section from Toyono to its namesake town in 1921, and extended the line in sections to Tokamachi in 1929, where it connected to the Japanese Government Railways line from Echigo-Kawaguchi which had opened in 1927. The Iiyama Railway Co. was nationalised in 1944, and freight services ceased in 1987. The line sees much snow in the winter. The line uses avalanche fences along steep slopes, snow sheds and has a melting system at level crossings to deal with the snow. A record 7.85m of snow fell at Mori-Miyanohara Station in February 1945, an event that is remembered with a pole just outside the station marking the vast amount of snow (52:43). The Hokuhoku Line is a Japanese railway line in Niigata Prefecture that runs from Muikamachi in Minamiuonuma City to Saigata in Jōetsu City. It is the sole railway line operated by Hokuetsu Express. Construction of the line first began in 1968 by the Japanese National Railways (JNR), and was initially referred to as the Hokuetsu-Kita Line. However, the construction of the line was plagued by numerous delays, and was finally completed as a third sector line on 23 March 1997, including the 10,472 m (6.5 mi) Akakura Tunnel, the longest on a non-JR line. Unlike most other third sector company lines, the Hokuhoku Line made steady profits after its opening, as the former Hakutaka Limited Express train service, which travelled using the line, served as the principal link between the Tokyo metropolitan area and the Hokuriku region until the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen in 2015. The line's former maximum speed limit of 160 km/h (100 mph) allowed the Hakutaka to become the fastest narrow gauge train service in the country, matched only by the standard gauge Keisei Skyliner services to Narita International Airport as the fastest non-Shinkansen service (also at 160 km/h); however, following the withdrawal of Hakutaka services on the line on 14 March 2015, the maximum speed limit of the line was reduced to 130 km/h (80 mph). (Source: Wikipedia) ★Chapter 00:00 Introduction 01:15 Nagano Station 03:30 Nagano ▶ Toyono 07:44 Toyono ▶ Iiyama 15:35 Iiyama ▶ Togari Nozawa Onsen 25:56 Togari-Nozawaonsen Station 26:25 Togari-Nozawaonsen ▶ Morimiyanohara 52:11 Mori-Miyanohara Station 52:54 Mori-Miyanohara ▶ Tōkamachi 1:01:23 Tōkamachi Station 1:06:48 Tōkamachi ▶ Naoetsu 1:15:13 Naoetsu Station ★Data Date : 2022-01-01 Camera : DJI Pocket 2/iPhone13 Pro 3840 × 2160（4K） 60fps ★Website East Japan Railway Company https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/ Hokuetsu Express https://hokuhoku-line.jp/ ★Related channel 999 Drive & Walk    / @999drivewalk