JR East Echigo Line - Yoshida to Niigata

[miyakoji]

Here's a series by YT contributor hksl9sd showing a local service from Yoshida to Niigata.  It's a good quality video and fairly rare, unfortunately there isn't a lot of coverage of the lines on the Sea of Japan coast.  In some mirrors you can see that the rolling stock is a 115 in Second Niigata livery, such as this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:115-niigata-2nd-color.JPG .  He seems to stop at the 6-car marker on most platforms.  Notice the marker for 9-car consists!  Must be for limited express, it seems like a lot of train for this area.

 

Yoshida to Uchino

 

Uchino to Kobari

 

Kobari to Sekiya

 

Sekiya to Niigata

[bikkuri bahn]

Nice single track line. And Niigata really is the boonies. It appears the longest regularly scheduled trains on this line are 7 car 115 series.  Perhaps 9 car consists can be seen on rinji ressha or the like. Nice sounds on the video- mt54 traction motors, and the ATS bell and "kinkonkinkon" going off on approach to the loop stations.

 

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~yz5m-stu/index.htm

[Sacto1985]

Nice sounds on the video- mt54 traction motors, and the ATS bell and "kinkonkinkon" going off on approach to the loop stations.

 

Ah so!! I was wonder why sometime when the train approaches a station I would hear a short bell ringing and then a "kinkonkinkon" going off--I heard that several times on a YT video of a local train on the Kisei Main Line going east from Shingu Station to Owase Station. Is that a common occurrence on "local" passenger trains?

[miyakoji]

Nice sounds on the video- mt54 traction motors, and the ATS bell and "kinkonkinkon" going off on approach to the loop stations.

 

Ah so!! I was wonder why sometime when the train approaches a station I would hear a short bell ringing and then a "kinkonkinkon" going off--I heard that several times on a YT video of a local train on the Kisei Main Line going east from Shingu Station to Owase Station. Is that a common occurrence on "local" passenger trains?

If there's a red signal ahead, as they cross the last or one of the last sensors before it, that alarm will sound.  So, you could hear that on any train really.  I may not be totally correct on that, someone here will know exactly, though.

 

I actually have this sound set as my ringtone.  I just couldn't resist. 

[bikkuri bahn]

Yes, it's part of the ATS system, first the bell will sound, and the driver has to acknowledge with a confirmation button within 5 seconds, turning off the bell.  The chime will continue until the train makes a full stop before the red signal.  Often seen occurrence on single track lines at loop stations.