Naoetsu to Toyama, current operations on Echigo Tokimeki and Ainokaze Toyama Railways

[Sacto1985]

YouTube member OleOleSaggy filmed this zenmen tenbou video of the new Echigo Tokimeki Railway local service on the Nihonkai Hisui LIne (former Hokuriku Main Line) from Naoetsu to Toyama on the new ET122 (neé KiHa 122) DMU trainset part of the way, then switches to an ex-JR West 413 Series EMU for the rest of the way to Toyama:

 

 

Compare this against the video taken by YouTube user saremya, taken from a JR West 475 Series EMU a few years earlier (and has been posted before):

 

 

 

[Sacto1985]

Another YouTube member film two zenmen tenbou videos during the first day of operations of the new third-sector railroads on March 14, 2015:

 

Kanazawa to Tomari on IR Ishikawa Railway and Ainokaze Toyama Railway Lines from an ex-JR West 521 Series EMU:

 

 

Tomari to Naoetsu on the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Nihonkai Hisui Line from an ET122 DMU:

 

 

Note the much more crowded train after Itoigawa Station and celebration of the opening of the new service at a number of stations along the way.