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The is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen rail line, connecting Tokyo with Aomori in Aomori Prefecture in a route length of 674 km (419 miles), making it Japan's longest Shinkansen line. It runs through the more sparsely populated Tōhoku region of Japan's main island, Honshu, and is being extended as the Hokkaido Shinkansen to Shin-Hakodate (due to open in March 2016) and Sapporo by 2035. It has two Mini-shinkansen branch lines, the Yamagata Shinkansen and Akita Shinkansen. The line is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). ==Services== There are four services in operation: * ''Hayabusa'', Tokyo - Shin-Aomori limited-stop, starting 5 March 2011 * ''Hayate'', Tokyo - Shin-Aomori limited-stop (slower than Hayabusa), starting December 2002 * ''Yamabiko'', Tokyo - Sendai limited-stop, and all-stations to Morioka, starting June 1982 * ''Nasuno'', Tokyo - Oyama/Nasushiobara/Kōriyama all-stations, starting 1995 One service has been discontinued: * ''Aoba'', Tokyo - Sendai all-stations, June 1982 - October 1997 (consolidated with ''Nasuno'') Through trains on the Akita Shinkansen and Yamagata Shinkansen lines also run on Tōhoku Shinkansen tracks from Morioka and Fukushima respectively. As of 16 March 2013, the maximum line speed is between Tokyo and Ōmiya, between Ōmiya and Utsunomiya, between Utsunomiya and Morioka, and between Morioka and Shin-Aomori.〔JR East press release: ("東北新幹線八戸～新青森間の開業時期について" (10 November 2008) ). Retrieved on 11 November 2008. 〕 On 30 October 2012, JR East announced that it is pursuing research and development to increase speeds to on the Tohoku Shinkansen by 2020. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tōhoku Shinkansen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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