Tohoku Shinkansen
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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

• 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:

• 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

• Tokyo
• Ueno
• Omiya
• Oyama
• Utsunomiya
• Nasu-Shiobara
• Shin-Shirakawa
• Koriyama
• Fukushima
• Shiroishi-Zao
• Sendai
• Furukawa
• Kurikoma-Kogen
• Ichinoseki
• Mizusawa-Esashi
• Kitakami
• Shin-Hanamaki
• Morioka
• Iwate-Numakunai
• Ninohe
• Hachinohe

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