Tōhoku Shinkansen (東北新幹線) is a line of Shinkansen high speed rail, connecting Tokyo with Hachinohe in Aomori for a total length of 593.0 km. The line is operated by East Japan Railway Company.
Timeline
An extension from Hachinohe to Aomori is under construction and is scheduled for completion around 2012. Long-term plans include passing through the Seikan Tunnel to Hakodate on Hokkaido, and eventually all the way to Sapporo.
Trains
There are currently three types of trains in operation:
- Hayate, Tokyo-Hachinohe express, starting December 2002
- Yamabiko, Tokyo-Sendai/Morioka express, starting June 1982
- Nasuno, Tokyo-Koriyama local, starting 1995
One train has been discontinued:
- Aoba, Tokyo - Sendai local, June 1982 - October 1997 (consolidated with Nasuno)
Through trains on the Akita Shinkansen and Yamagata Shinkansen lines also run on Tohoku Shinkansen tracks from Morioka and Fukushima respectively.
List of stations
| Station | Distance | Location | Transfers
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| Tokyo Station | | Chiyoda, Tokyo | Tokaido Shinkansen, Eidan Marunouchi Line, Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tohoku Line, Chuo Line, Tokaido Line, Yokosuka Line, Sobu Line, Keiyo Line
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| Ueno Station | 3.6 | Taito, Tokyo | Eidan Ginza Line, Eidan Hibiya Line, Keisei Main Line, Joban Line, Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tohoku Line, Tohoku Line, Takasaki Line
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| Omiya Station | 30.3 | Omiya-ku, Saitama, Saitama | Joetsu Shinkansen, Tobu Noda Line, New Shuttle, Nagano Shinkansen, Keihin-Tohoku Line, Saikyo Line, Kawagoe Line, Tohoku Line, Takasaki Line
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| Oyama Station | 80.6 | Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture | Tohoku Line, Ryomo Line, Mito Line
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| Utsunomiya Station | 109.5 | Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture | Tohoku Line, Nikko Line
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| Nasu-Shiobara Station | 157.8 | Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture | Tohoku Line
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| Shin-Shirakawa Station | 185.4 | Nishigou, Fukushima Prefecture | Tohoku Line
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| Koriyama Station | 226.7 | Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture | Tohoku Line, Ban'etsusai Line, Ban'etsuto Line, Suigun Line
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| Fukushima Station | 272.8 | Fukushima (city), Fukushima Prefecture | Yamagata Shinkansen, Tohoku Line, Yamagata Line
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| Shiroishi-Zao Station | 306.8 | Shiroishi, Miyagi Prefecture
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| Sendai Station | 351.8 | Aoba, Sendai | Tohoku Line, Senzan Line, Senseki Line, Sendai Subway Namboku Line
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| Furukawa Station | 395.0 | Furukawa, Miyagi Prefecture | Rikuutousen Line
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| Kurikoma-Kogen Station | 416.2 | Shiwahime, Miyagi Prefecture |
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| Ichinoseki Station | 445.1 | Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture | Tohoku Line, Ofunato Line
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| Mizusawa-Esashi Station | 470.1 | Mizusawa, Iwate Prefecture
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| Kitakami Station | 487.5 | Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture | Tohoku Line, Kitakami Line
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| Shin-Hanamaki Station | 500 | Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture | Kamaishi Line
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| Morioka Station | 535.3 | Morioka, Iwate Prefecture | Akita Shinkansen, Tohoku Line, Tazawako Line, Yamada Line, Iwate Ginga Railway
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| Iwate-Numakunai Station | 566.4 | Iwate (city), Iwate Prefecture | Iwate Ginga Railway
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| Ninohe Station | 601.0 | Ninohe, Iwate Prefecture | Iwate Ginga Railway
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| Hachinohe Station | 631.9 | Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture | Tohoku Line, Hachinohe Line, Aomori Railway
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