Tohoku Shinkansen: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

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.

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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.

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List of stations

Station Distance Location Transfers
Tokyo Station Chiyoda, Tokyo Tokaido Shinkansen, Eidan Marunouchi Line, Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tohoku Line, Chuo Line, Tokaido Line, Yokosuka Line, Sobu Line, Keiyo Line
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
Omiya Station 30.3 Omiya, Saitama Joetsu Shinkansen, Tobu Noda Line, New Shuttle, Nagano Shinkansen, Keihin-Tohoku Line, Saikyo Line, Kawagoe Line, Tohoku Line, Takasaki Line
Oyama Station 80.6 Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture Tohoku Line, Ryomo Line, Mito Line
Utsunomiya Station 109.5 Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture Tohoku Line, Nikko Line
Nasu-Shiobara Station 157.8 Kuroiso, Tochigi Prefecture Tohoku Line
Shin-Shirakawa Station 185.4 Nishigo, Fukushima Prefecture Tohoku Line
Koriyama Station 226.7 Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture Tohoku Line, Ban'etsusai Line, Ban'etsuto Line, Suigun Line
Fukushima Station 272.8 Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture Yamagata Shinkansen, Tohoku Line, Yamagata Line
Shiroishi-Zao Station 306.8 Shiroishi, Miyagi Prefecture
Sendai Station 351.8 Aoba, Sendai Tohoku Line, Senzan Line, Senseki Line, Sendai Subway Namboku Line
Furukawa Station 395.0 Furukawa, Miyagi Prefecture Rikuto Line
Kurikoma-Kogen Station 416.2 Shiwahime, Miyagi Prefecture
Ichinoseki Station 445.1 Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture Tohoku Line, Ofunato Line
Mizusawa-Esashi Station 470.1 Mizusawa, Iwate Prefecture
Kitakami Station 487.5 Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture Tohoku Line, Kitakami Line
Shin-Hanamaki Station 500 Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture Kamaishi Line
Morioka Station 535.3 Morioka, Iwate Prefecture Akita Shinkansen, Tohoku Line, Tazawako Line, Yamada Line, Iwate Ginga Railway
Iwate-Numakunai Station 566.4 Iwate, Iwate Prefecture Iwate Ginga Railway
Ninohe Station 601.0 Ninohe, Iwate Prefecture Iwate Ginga Railway
Hachinohe Station 631.9 Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture Tohoku Line, Hachinohe Line, Aomori Railway

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