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A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Tohoku area approximately 46 km (29 mi) east of Namie on the evening of 13 February 2021. [21] Following the quake, infrastructure damage was discovered between Shin-Shirakawa and Furukawa stations. [22] East Japan Railway closed the Tohoku Shinkansen between Nasushiobara and Morioka. [22]
This is a route-map template for the Tōbu Urban Park Line, a railway in the Kantō region, Japan.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The Iwate-Ichinohe Tunnel (岩手一戸トンネル, Iwate-Ichinohe Ton’neru) is a 25.81 km [1] terrestrial railway tunnel in Japan — part of the Tōhoku Shinkansen, linking Tokyo with Aomori. When opened in 2002 it was the longest in-use terrestrial (land based) tunnel in world, but the title was overtaken by the Lötschberg Base Tunnel in ...
A JNR map from the October 1964 English-language timetable, showing the then-new Tokaido Shinkansen line (in red) and conventional lines A 0 series set in front of Mount Fuji Japan was the first country to build dedicated railway lines for high-speed travel.
Hachinohe Station is served by the high-speed Tōhoku Shinkansen line between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori, and forms the starting point of the Hachinohe Line to Kuji.Local services are operated by the third sector Aoimori Railway on the section of the former JR Tōhoku Main Line between Metoki and Aomori.
Hayate (はやて) is a high-speed Shinkansen service operated in Japan, on the Tōhoku Shinkansen by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) since 2002 and on the Hokkaido Shinkansen by JR Hokkaido since 26 March 2016. It operates as far as the northern terminus of Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto, and it is the second-fastest service on the Tohoku ...
Sannohe Tunnel (三戸トンネル, Sannohe tonneru) is a tunnel on JR's Tohoku Shinkansen located between Ninohe Station (Iwate Prefecture) and Hachinohe Station in Nanbu town, Sannohe, Aomori Prefecture with total length of 8.250 km. It was built and completed in 2002.
However, when the Tōhoku Shinkansen opened, it occupied land previously used for the tracks of mid and long-distance Tōhoku Main Line trains. As a result, only a small number of commuter lines such as the Keihin–Tōhoku Line now operate to Tokyo from the north, making Tokyo Station's status as part of the Tōhoku Main Line somewhat circumspect.