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Native name | えちごトキめき鉄道株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Echigo TOKImeki Tetsudō kabushiki gaisha |
| Company type | Private KK |
| Genre | Rail transport |
| Founded | 22 November 2010 |
| Headquarters | , Japan |
Area served | Niigata Prefecture |
Key people | Tadahiro Shimazu (President) |
| Services | Passenger railway |
| Website | www |
The Echigo TOKImeki Railway Company (えちごトキめき鉄道株式会社, Echigo TOKImeki Tetsudō kabushiki-gaisha) (ETR) is a Japanese third-sector railway operator. It was established in 2010 to operate passenger railway services on the sections of the JR East Shinetsu Main Line and JR West Hokuriku Main Line within Niigata Prefecture when they were separated from the respective JR Group operators in March 2015, coinciding with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa. The main shareholders of the company are Niigata Prefecture, the City of Joetsu, the City of Itoigawa, and the City of Myoko.[1]