Tōhoku Shinkansen

Tōhoku Shinkansen
Route
Route length:	674.9 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	25 kV 50 Hz  ~
Minimum radius :	4,000 m
Top speed:	320 km / h
Legend ↑ JR Central : Tōkaidō Shinkansen ↑ JR East : Tōkaidō Main Line ↑ ↓ JR East: Keihin-Tōhoku Line / Yamanote Line ← JR East: Keiyō Line / ↑ Yokosuka Line 0.0 Tokyo (東京 駅) ← JR East: Sōbu main line Kanda (神 田 駅) JR East : Chūō Main Line → Akihabara (秋葉原 駅) ← JR East: Chūō-Sōbu Line → 3.6 Ueno (上 野 駅) ↓ JR East: Tōhoku main line Ueno Tunnel (2,806 m) / Nippori (日暮 里 駅) ← JR East: Jōban Line Tabata (田 端 駅) → JR East: Yamanote Line → JR East: Syōnan-Shinjuku Line Tokyo Shinkansen Depot Kami-Nakazato (上 中 里 駅) → JR East: Saikyō Line Akabane (赤 羽 駅) Akabane-Dai tunnel ← JR East: Musashino Line → Musashi-Urawa (武 蔵 浦 和 駅) ↑ JR East: Keihin-Tōhoku Line 31.3 Ōmiya (大 宮 駅) → JR East: Saikyō Line → JR East: Takasaki Line → JR East: Jōetsu Shinkansen ← JR East: Mito Line 80.3 Oyama (小山 駅) Oyama Shinkansen depot → JR East: Ryōmō Line → JR East: Nikko Line 109.0 Utsunomiya (宇 都 宮 駅) Hōsyakuji (宝 積 寺 駅) ← JR East: Karasuyama Line 152.4 Nasu-Shiobara (那 須 塩 原 駅) Nasu Tunnel (7,030 m) 178.4 Shin-Shirakawa (新 白河 駅) ← JR East: Suigun Line Asaka-Nagamori (安 積 永盛 駅) 213.9 Kōriyama (郡山 駅) ← JR East: Ban'etsu East Line → JR East: Ban'etsu West Line Fukushima Tunnel (11,705 m) 255.1 Fukushima (福島 駅) → JR East: Ōu main line → JR East: Yamagata Shinkansen Zaō Tunnel (11,215 m) 286.2 Shiroishi-Zaō (白石 蔵 王 駅) ← JR East: Jōban Line Iwanuma (岩 沼 駅) ← JR East: Sendai Airport Access Line Natori (名 取 駅) 325.4 Sendai (仙台 駅) ← JR East: Senseki Line → → JR East: Senzan Line Iwakiri (岩 切 駅) Shinkansen general depot Rifu (利 府 駅) / → JR East: Rufu Line Kogota (小牛 田 駅) 363.8 Furukawa (古 川 駅) → Rikū East Line ← JR East: Ishinomaki Line 385.7 Kurikoma-Kogen (く り こ ま 高原 駅) ← JR East: Ōfunato Line 406.3 Ichinoseki (一 ノ 関 駅) Kitakami River First Bridge (3,868 m) Ichinoseki Tunnel (9,730 m) 431.3 Mizusawa-Esahi (水 沢 江 刺 駅) 448.6 Kitakami (北上 駅) Kitakami (river) / → JR East: Kitakami Line Hanamaki (花 巻 駅) 463.1 Shin-Hanamaki (新 花 巻 駅) ← JR East: Kamaishi Line 496.5 Morioka (盛 岡 駅) ↑ Tōhoku main line ← JR East: Yamada Line → JR East: Tazawako Line , Akita Shinkansen ↓ Iwate Ginga Railway Morioka Shinkansen depot Kōma (好 摩 駅) → JR East: Hanawa Line 527.6 Iwate-Numakunai (い わ て 沼 ​​宮内 駅) Iwate-Ichinohe Tunnel (25,808 m) 562.2 Ninohe (二 戸 駅) ^ Iwate Ginga Railway Kindaichi Tunnel (8,725 m) / Metoki (目 時 駅) Sannohe Tunnel (8,250 m) ↓ Aoimori Railway 593.1 Hachinohe (八 戸 駅) ← JR East: Hachinohe Line 628.2 Shichinohe-Towada (七 戸 十 和田 駅) Hakkōda Tunnel (26,455 m) ↑ Aoimori Railway Aomori (青森 駅) → JR East: Ōu main line 674.9 Shin-Aomori (新 青森 駅) Aomori Shinkansen depot ↓ JR East: Tsugaru Line ↓ JR Hokkaidō : Hokkaidō Shinkansen

The Tōhoku Shinkansen ( Japanese 東北 新 幹線^{? / I} ), named after the Tōhoku region , is a 674.9 km long high-speed route of the Japanese Shinkansen between Tokyo and Aomori . The line is operated by the East Japan Railway Company .

history

Construction of the Tōhoku Shinkansen began in November 1971. It complements the Tōhoku main line . Test drives began around mid-1980. With a six-part, 260 km / h prototype train of the 961 series , a 42.8 km long section between Kuki-shi and Ishibashimachi was first covered. The section consists of seven different types of viaducts along its entire length in order to study their effects on noise and vibration. For the test drives, the contact wire voltage was increased from 25 to 37 kV.

The line was completed in June 1982 between Morioka and the provisional terminus Ōmiya . Because of the mountainous terrain, many tunnels had to be built. One of them, the Iwate Ichinohe Tunnel , was 25.8 km long and was the longest mountain railway tunnel in the world from 2002 to 2005. In March 1985, the section between Ueno and Ōmiya station went into operation, the number of trains was increased to 95 per day, and in March 1989 to 120 per day. In 1991 the Tokyo –Ueno section followed.

On December 1, 2002, the 97 km long Morioka –Hachinohe section went into operation. The total route thus reached a length of 593.5 km. The new section was initially used by 16 pairs of trains per day.

In spring 1998, the Japanese government decided to extend the route from Hachinohe to Aomori . The 81.2 km extension opened on December 4, 2010. Among other things, the 26.5 km long Hakkōda Tunnel was built here, which was at times the longest mountain railway tunnel in the world. In addition, a connection to Hakodate via the Hokkaidō Shinkansen went into operation in 2016.

The Shinkansen series E5 has been in use since March 2011 , so that the maximum speed between the Ōmiya and Utsunomiya stations has been increased to 275 km / h and between the Utsunomiya and Morioka stations to 300 km / h for the time being. With the commissioning of the Shinkansen series E6 on the Akita Shinkansen in March 2013, the maximum speed on the latter section was increased to 320 km / h. This reduced the travel time between Tokyo Station and Shin-Aomori (674.9 km) to 3 hours 5 minutes.

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• Hayabusa (は や ぶ さ , Eng. " Peregrine Falcon "): The fastest connection on the Tōhoku Shinkansen, which has beenservedwith the E5 series since March 5, 2011. Two train pairs between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori with a travel time of three hours and 10 minutes and one train pair between Tokyo and Sendai are set updaily. The trains stop i. d. Usually only at Bahnmiya, Sendai and Morioka train stations. The Hayabusa connections operate at a maximum speed of 320 km / h between Utsunomiya and Morioka (in 2013 the maximum speed was increased to 320 km / h, so that the travel time between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori was then reduced by five minutes). The fare for first class (green class) and second class (normal class) isincreasedby 500 yen compared to the Hayate connection due to the higher travel speed and better ride comfort .
• Hayate ( は や て , dt. "Storm wind"): Fast connection that has been running between Tokyo and Hachinohe since December 1, 2002, and then since December 4, 2010 to Shin-Aomori with a travel time of around three hours and 23 minutes. Basically, the trains stop at Ueno, Omiya, Sendai, Morioka and Hachinohe stations as well as some additional stops between Sendai and Shin-Aomori. Hayate runs every hour during the day and every half hour in the morning and evening. Also, some repeater trains only run Tokyo-Morioka, Sendai-Shin-Aomori, and Morioka-Shin-Aomori. The trains are operated with the series E2 , E5 and E3 (amplifier cars only Tokyo-Morioka) with a top speed of up to 275 km / h. Most trains on the Hayate connection between Tokyo and Morioka are coupled with trains on the Komachi connection of the Akita Shinkansen .
• Yamabiko ( や ま び こ , dt. "Bergecho"): connection between the train stations Tokyo and Sendai or Morioka . Basically, the trains stop at the stations Ueno, Omiya, Utsunomiya, Kōriyama and Fukushima as well as all train stations between Sendai and Morioka. The series E2, E3, E5 and E4 (Tokyo-Sendai only) operate as Yamabiko . The E1 series was used between 1994 and 1999 and the 200 series between 1982 and 2011 . The trains operated with the E4 series are called Max Yamabiko and are generally coupled between Tokyo and Fukushima with trains of the Tsubasa connection of the Yamagata Shinkansen . Two or three Yamabiko trains run every hour . The name Yamabiko comes from the former express train that ran between Ueno and Morioka between 1959 and 1982. From the opening of the Töhoku Shinkansen on June 23, 1982 to December 2002, the Yamabiko connection was the fastest connection on the Tōhoku Shinkansen. Between June 1991 and March 1997 the variant H of the 200 series ran with 16 cars (including two double-decker cars) as the fastest Yamabiko , connecting Tokyo and Morioka with a travel time of two hours and 50 minutes with just one stopover from Sendai. Between March 1997 and December 2002 the E2 series were used and the trains were coupled with trains on the Komachi connection between Tokyo and Morioka. This reduced the travel time between Tokyo and Morioka to two hours and 21 minutes.
• Nasuno ( な す の , dt. "Field in Nasu "): the trains have been running every hour between Tokyo and Nasu-Shiobara or Kōriyama stations since December 1, 1995 and stop at all stations. In the mornings and evenings at rush hour, some amplifier trains run. The Nasuno connection is used with the E2, E3 and E4 series (until 1998 with the E1 series and until 2011 with the 200 series). The predecessor of the Shinkansen connection was an express train between Ueno and Kuroiso on the Tōhoku main line, which was offered between 1959 and 1995.

Former train names

• Aoba ( あ お ば , dt. "Aoba Castle"): between June 23, 1982 and September 30, 1997 the trains between Tokyo and Nasu-Shiobara or Sendai were operated with the series 200, 400, E1 and E2 and stopped at all stations. The trains between Tokyo and Nasu-Shiobara were replaced on December 1, 1995 by the Nasuno connection and the trains between Tokyo and Sendai on October 1, 1997 by the Yamabiko connection. The name of Aoba comes from Aoba Castle in Sendai and was the name of an express train connection between Tokyo and Sendai from 1949 to 1970.

Line course

Train stations	Japanese	Distance from Tokyo (km)	Served by				Transfer options	place
			Hayabusa	Hayate	Yamabiko	Nasuno
Tokyo	東京	0	●	●	●	●	Jōetsu-Shinkansen , Tōkaidō-Shinkansen , Tōkaidō-Main Line , Keihin-Tōhoku-Line , Yamanote-Line , Keiyō-Line , Sōbu-Main-Line , Tōkyō Metro : Marunouchi-Line , Yokosuka-Line , Chūō-Main-Line	Chiyoda	Tokyo prefecture
Ueno	上 野	3.6	｜	●	●	●	Jōetsu Shinkansen , Tōhoku Main Line , Takasaki Line , Jōban Line , Keihin-Tōhoku Line , Yamanote Line	Taitō
Ōmiya	大 宮	31.3	●	●	●	●	Jōetsu Shinkansen , Tōhoku Main Line , Takasaki Line , Keihin Tōhoku Line , Saikyō Line , Tōbu-Noda Line ( Tōbu Tetsudō ),	Saitama	Saitama Prefecture
Oyama	小山	80.3	｜	｜	◦	●	Main Tōhoku Line , Ryōmō Line , Mito Line	Oyama	Tochigi prefecture
Utsunomiya	宇 都 宮	109.0	｜	｜	●	●	Tōhoku main line , Nikkō line	Utsunomiya
Nasu- Shiobara	那 須 塩 原	152.4	｜	｜	◦	●	Tōhoku main line	Nasu- Shiobara
Shin- Shirakawa	新 白河	178.4	｜	｜	◦	●	Tōhoku main line	Nishigō	Fukushima prefecture
Kōriyama	郡山	213.9	｜	｜	●	●	Tōhoku Main Line , Suigun Line , Ban'etsu East Line , Ban'etsu West Line	Kōriyama
Fukushima	福島	255.1	｜	｜	●	｜	Yamagata Shinkansen , Tōhoku Main Line , Ōu Main Line , Abukuma Express Line , Iizaka Line (Fukushima Traffic)	Fukushima
Shiroishi- Zaō	白石 蔵 王	286.2	｜	｜	◦	｜		Shiroishi	Miyagi Prefecture
Sendai	仙台	325.4	●	●	●	｜	Tōhoku Main Line , Senzan Line , Senseki Line , Sendai Airport Access Line , Sendai City Transport Office: North-South Line (Metro)	Sendai
Furukawa	古 川	363.8	｜	｜	●	｜	Riku East Line	Ōsaki
Kurikoma- Kōgen	く り こ ま 高原	385.7	｜	｜	●	｜		Kurihara
Ichinoseki	一 ノ 関	406.3	｜	◦	●	｜	Tōhoku main line , Ōfunato line	Ichinoseki	Iwate Prefecture
Mizusawa- Esashi	水 沢 江 刺	431.3	｜	｜	●	｜		Ōshū
Kitakami	北上	448.6	｜	◦	●	｜	Tōhoku main line , Kitakami line	Kitakami
Shin- Hanamaki	新 花 巻	463.1	｜	｜	●	｜	Kamaishi line	Hanamaki
Morioka	盛 岡	496.5	●	●	●	｜	Akita Shinkansen , Tōhoku Main Line , Tazawako Line , Yamada Line , Iwate Ginga Railway , Hanawa Line	Morioka
Iwate- Numakunai	い わ て 沼 宮内	527.6	｜	◦	｜	｜	Iwate Ginga Railway	Iwate
Ninohe	二 戸	562.2	｜	◦	｜	｜	Iwate Ginga Railway	Ninohe
Hachinohe	八 戸	593.1	◦	●	｜	｜	Hachinohe Line , Aoimori Railway	Hachinohe	Aomori Prefecture
Shichinohe Towada	七 戸 十 和田	628.2	｜	◦	｜	｜		Shichinohe
Shin- Aomori	新 青森	674.9	●	●	｜	｜	Ōu main line , Hokkaidō Shinkansen	Aomori

● = All trains stop

◦ = stop individual trains

｜ = trains don't stop

Web links

Commons : Tōhoku Shinkansen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Japan: Test drives on a new high-speed route . In: Railway technical review . tape 27 , no. 10 , 1978, ISSN  0013-2845 , ZDB -ID 240040-6 , p. 674 .
2. ↑ Report Japan: Test drives on a new high-speed route . In: DB Deine Bahn , issue 10/1980, p. 621.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Message 25 years of Shinkansen . In: Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau , 38 (1989), issue 12, p. 790 f.
4. ^ Sven Andersen: Tohoku Shinkansen extended from Morioka to Hachinohe . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International , issue 2/2003, ISSN  1421-2811 , p. 61.
5. ↑ News Shinkansen network is growing . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International , Issue 5, 1998, ISSN  1421-2811 , p. 206
6. ↑ JE East:　JR East: 東北 新 幹線 に お け る 高速 化 の 実 施 に つ い て (PDF; 14 kB). Press release from November 6, 2007
7. ↑ ^{a b} http://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2010/20101107.pdf 東北 新 幹線 は や ぶ さ 3 月 5 日 デ ビ ュ ー . Press release from November 11, 2010
8. ↑ JR East: 東北 新 幹線 に お け る 高速 化 の 実 施 に つ い て (PDF; 14 kB). Press release from November 6, 2007
9. ↑ JR East: は や ぶ さ の 特急 料 金 ・ グ ラ ン ク ラ ス ス の 料 金 に つ い て . Press release from November 11, 2010
10. ↑ Zugbezeichnungen JNR and JR, history of Yamabiko train (Japanese) . Kotsu Shinbun Sya website
11. ↑ Shinkansen vehicles (Japanese) ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . JR East website 
12. ^ JR East: timetable change on December 1, 2002 (Japanese). Press release from September 20, 2002. p. 6.
13. ↑ Timetable of the Tōhoku Shinkansen ( Memento from August 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English)