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Tohoku 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
- June 1982:
Omiya-Morioka
- March 1985:
Ueno-Omiya
- June 1991:
Tokyo-Ueno
- December 2002:
Morioka-Hachinohe
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:
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Hayate, Tokyo-Hachinohe express, starting December 2002
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Yamabiko, Tokyo-Sendai/Morioka express, starting June 1982
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Nasuno, Tokyo-Koriyama local, starting 1995
One train has been discontinued:
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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
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Tokyo
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Ueno
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Omiya
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Oyama
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Utsunomiya
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Nasu-Shiobara
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Shin-Shirakawa
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Koriyama
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Fukushima
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Shiroishi-Zao
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Sendai
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Furukawa
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Kurikoma-Kogen
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Ichinoseki
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Mizusawa-Esashi
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Kitakami
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Shin-Hanamaki
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Morioka
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Iwate-Numakunai
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Ninohe
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Hachinohe
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