The Hakushin Line (白新線, Hakushin-sen) is a Japanese railway line which runs between Niigata and Shibata stations in the cities of Niigata and Shibata in Niigata Prefecture.

It is part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) network.

As of March 2018[update], the following services are operated.

On 15 April 1956, the line was extended 14.9 km from Kuzutsuka to Niigata.

[citation needed] The line was electrified at 1,500 V DC in 1972, and double-tracked in sections between 1978 and 1981.