Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Asama trains, named for Mount Asama, an active volcano alongside the line, currently connect Tokyo and Nagano in a minimum of 79 minutes, at a maximum speed of 260 km/h. These services are run by JR East E2 Series sets. There are approximately 2 services an hour; stopping patterns are varied, with only a few services stopping at all stations. The trains run along the Joetsu and Tohoku Shinkansen lines from Tokyo to Takasaki. The Nagano Shinkansen services replaced the conventional Shinetsu Main Line limited express services, also named Asama, which previously took 2 hours 50 minutes from Tokyo (Ueno Station) to Nagano. Following the opening of the Shinkansen, part of the conventional line was abandoned between Yokokawa and Karuizawa. This segment included the steeply-graded Usui Pass which required the use of bank engines on all trains.

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