| Minori | |
| Type: | Limited express |
| Status: | Discontinued |
| Locale: | Shinetsu Main Line |
| First: | 22 March 1997 |
| Last: | 30 November 2002 |
| Successor: | Kubikino |
| Formeroperator: | JR East |
| Class: | Standard + Green |
| Stock: | 485 series EMUs |
| El: | 1,500 V DC overhead |
The was a Limited express train service in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) between and on the Shinetsu Main Line in Niigata Prefecture between March 1997 and 2002.[1]
Services were formed of Niigata-based 4- and 6-car 485 series EMUs.[2] [3]
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, 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 .[1]