Yamagata Shinkansen
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Train the E3-2000 series in Akayu
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Route length: | 148.6 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Power system : | 20 kV 50 Hz (25 kV 50 Hz) ~ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Top speed: | 130 km / h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Yamagata Shinkansen ( Japanese 山形 新 幹線 ) is a mini-Shinkansen expanded Japanese railway line between Shinjō and Fukushima operated by the JR East operating company .
history
In order to remain competitive with the ever-growing domestic air traffic, the Japanese state railway company JNR decided in the 1980s to expand the Shinkansen network. Since there are no metropolises in the north of the Japanese main island of Honshū in particular , and therefore an exorbitant demand was not to be expected, independent Shinkansen routes were not built. Instead, it was decided to convert an existing line of the conventional railway network and upgrade it for higher speeds.
The conversion was necessary in particular because the conventional railway network of Japan has Cape Gauge , whereas the Shinkansen network has standard gauge . Since the construction of the mini Shinkansen was supposed to create connections to Tokyo without changing trains, a conversion to standard gauge was essential in order to be able to tie trains through .
The Yamagata Shinkansen opened in 1992 as the first mini-Shinkansen. For this purpose, the Ōu main line between Fukushima and Shinjō was converted from Cape gauge to standard gauge and converted to Shinkansen standard in terms of signaling and safety. The Ōu main line is thus now divided into four, as it continues to have sections in Cape Gauge.
The maximum permissible speed has been increased from 100 km / h to 130 km / h, but is now well below the maximum speeds achieved in the Shinkansen network.
Connections and fleet
Trains of the E3-1000 and -2000 series are currently running on the Yamagata Shinkansen as a Tsubasa connection between Tokyo and Shinjō . Between Tokyo and Fukushima , the trains use the Tōhoku Shinkansen and are coupled with trains of the E2 or E5 series. The E3 series must therefore both meet the requirements for the tight curve radii of the Yamagata Shinkansen and be able to achieve a control speed of 275 km / h on the Tōhoku Shinkansen.
For the opening of the Yamagata Shinkansen, the 400 series was specially developed and manufactured, as the track gauge was adjusted when the mini Shinkansen was built, but the clearance profile was left unchanged. As a result, the existing Shinkansen series were too wide. The 400 series trains were in service from 1992 to 2009 and were then replaced by the E3-1000 and E3-2000 series.
Train stations
Train stations | Japanese | Distance from Tokyo (km) |
Transfer options | place | |
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Fukushima | 福島 | 272.8 | Tōhoku Shinkansen , Tōhoku Main Line , Ōu Main Line , Abukuma Express: Main Line, Fukushima Traffic: Iizaka Line | Fukushima | Fukushima prefecture |
Yonezawa | 米 沢 | 312.9 | Yonesaka line | Yonezawa | Yamagata Prefecture |
Takahata | 高 畠 | 322.7 | Takahata | ||
Akayu | 赤 湯 | 328.9 | Yamagata Railway: Furawā-Nagai Line | Nan'yō | |
Kaminoyama onsen | か み の や ま 温泉 | 347.8 | Kaminoyama | ||
Yamagata | 山形 | 359.9 | Senzan Line , Aterazawa Line | Yamagata | |
Tendo | 天 童 | 373.2 | Tendo | ||
Sakuranbo higashine | さ く ら ん ぼ 東 根 | 380.9 | Higashine | ||
Murayama | 村 山 | 386.3 | Murayama | ||
Ōishida | 大 石田 | 399.7 | Ōishida | ||
Shinjō | 新 庄 | 421.4 | Ōu main line, Rikū east line , Rikū west line | Shinjō |
Impact of the Tōhoku earthquake in 2011
In the aftermath of the Tōhoku earthquake on March 11, 2011, the Yamagata Shinkansen came to a complete standstill. On March 31, 2011, the section between Fukushima and Shinjō was first put back into operation. From April 12, 2011, individual connections to Tokyo were tied through again. The number was then gradually increased.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ NHK, "Yamagata Shinkansen fully resumes operations", April 12, 2011 ( Memento of August 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)