Tōhoku Shinkansen
Japanese high-speed railway line
Tōhoku Shinkansen
The Tōhoku Shinkansen (Japanese: 東北新幹線; lit. 'Northeast new main line') is a Japanese high-speed rail line and part of the nationwide Shinkansen network. Operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), it runs along the Tōhoku region of Japan's main island, Honshu. It links Tokyo in the south to Aomori in the north, with stops in major cities such as Morioka, Koriyama, Fukushima, Hachinohe, and Sendai. With a route length of 674.9 kilometers (419.4 mi), it is Japan's longest Shinkansen line and supports the network's highest operating speed, reaching 320 kilometers per hour (200 mph) on a 387.5-kilometer (241 mi) section between Utsunomiya and Morioka. The line opened in stages beginning in 1982 between Ōmiya and Morioka, with the final section to Shin-Aomori completed in 2010. It connects with the Hokkaido Shinkansen, which opened in 2016 and extends services through the Seikan Tunnel to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto. The Tōhoku Shinkansen also has two mini-Shinkansen branches, the Yamagata...
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