Services were formed of Niigata-based 4- and 6-car 485 series EMUs.[2][3]
History
The Minori services commenced from the start of the revised timetable on 22 March 1997, with one working in each direction daily.[4]
Services were increased to three workings in each direction daily from 1 October 1997, with two services in each direction operating between Niigata and Nagano, absorbing earlier Akakura express services and coinciding with the opening of the Nagano Shinkansen.[2] Services to and from Nagano were subsequently cut back due to poor loadings, reduced to two workings in each direction daily between Niigata and Takada from 1 December 2001. The Minori services were discontinued from the start of the revised timetable on 1 December 2002, being replaced by new Kubikino rapid services operating between Niigata and Arai.[1]
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