The Yamagata Shinkansen (山形新幹線) is a Mini-shinkansen route in Japan, and is a part of the JR East railway company. It provides service between Tokyo and Shinjō in Yamagata Prefecture over the tracks of the Tōhoku Shinkansen and the Ōu Main Line.
The term Yamagata Shinkansen refers to the segment that connects Fukushima in Fukushima Prefecture and Shinjō.
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Operations
Trains consist of 7-car 400 series and E3 series trainsets operating as Tsubasa services. Between Tokyo and Fukushima, the trains run coupled to Yamabiko trains on the Tōhoku Shinkansen. Between Fukushima and Shinjō, the trains run on their own.
History
- July 1, 1992: Tsubasa services start from Tokyo to Yamagata with 6-car 400 Series Shinkansen attached to a 200 Series Shinkansen on Tōhoku Shinkansen tracks between Tokyo and Fukushima.
- December 1, 1995: Trains are extended to 7 cars.
- December 4, 1999: Line is extended to Shinjō.
- September 21, 2001: Double-decker E4 Series Shinkansen replace the 200 series trains on the Tōhoku Shinkansen.
- March 18, 2007: All cars are made non-smoking.
Stations
The stations consist of those on the segment of the Tōhoku Shinkansen plus the following:
| Station | Japanese | Distance (km) from Fukushima |
Transfers | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fukushima | 福島 | 0.0 | Tōhoku Shinkansen, Tōhoku Main Line, Ōu Main Line, Abukuma Express Line, Iizaka Line | Fukushima | Fukushima Prefecture |
| Yonezawa | 米沢 | 40.1 | Ōu Main Line, Yonesaka Line | Yonezawa | Yamagata Prefecture |
| Takahata | 高畠 | 49.9 | Ōu Main Line | Takahata | |
| Akayu | 赤湯 | 56.1 | Ōu Main Line, Flower Nagai Line | Nanyō | |
| Kaminoyama Onsen | かみのやま温泉 | 75.0 | Ōu Main Line | Kaminoyama | |
| Yamagata | 山形 | 87.1 | Senzan Line, Aterazawa Line, Ōu Main Line | Yamagata | |
| Tendō | 天童 | 100.4 | Ōu Main Line | Tendō | |
| Sakurambo Higashine | さくらんぼ東根 | 108.1 | Ōu Main Line | Higashine | |
| Murayama | 村山 | 113.5 | Ōu Main Line | Murayama | |
| Ōishida | 大石田 | 126.9 | Ōu Main Line | Ōishida | |
| Shinjō | 新庄 | 148.6 | Ōu Main Line, Rikuu East Line, Rikuu West Line | Shinjō | |
See also
Media related to Yamagata Shinkansen at Wikimedia Commons
External links
- Stations of Yamagata Shinkansen (JR East) (Japanese)
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