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An extension from Hachinohe to Aomori is under construction and is scheduled for completion around 2012. Long-term plans include passing through the Seikan Tunnel to Hakodate on Hokkaido, and eventually all the way to Sapporo.
There are currently three types of trains in operation:
One train has been discontinued:
Through trains on the Akita ShinkansenThe Akita Shinkansen is a Mini-Shinkansen high-speed rail line on Honshu, the largest island of Japan. Serving the Kanto and Tohoku regions of the country, it links Tokyo Station and Akita Station (which is in the city of Akita, Akita Prefecture) with dir and Yamagata ShinkansenThe Yamagata Shinkansen is a Mini-Shinkansen in Honshu, Japan. It provides service between Tokyo Station and Shinjo Station (in the city of Shinjo in Yamagata Prefecture) over the tracks of the Tohoku Shinkansen and the Oou Main Line. The segment from Fuk lines also run on Tohoku Shinkansen tracks from Morioka and Fukushima respectively.
| Station | Distance | Location | Transfers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Station | Chiyoda, Tokyo | Tokaido Shinkansen, Eidan Marunouchi Line , Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tohoku Line, Chuo Line, Tokaido Line, Yokosuka Line, Sobu Line, Keiyo Line | |
| Ueno Station | 3.6 | Taito, Tokyo | Eidan Ginza Line, Eidan Hibiya Line, Keisei Main Line , Joban Line , Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tohoku Line, Tohoku Line, Takasaki Line |
| Omiya Station | 30.3 | Omiya, Saitama | Joetsu Shinkansen, Tobu Noda Line , New Shuttle , Nagano Shinkansen, Keihin-Tohoku Line, Saikyo Line, Kawagoe Line , Tohoku Line, Takasaki Line |
| Oyama Station | 80.6 | Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture | Tohoku Line, Ryomo Line , Mito Line |
| Utsunomiya Station | 109.5 | Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture | Tohoku Line, Nikko Line |
| Nasu-Shiobara Station | 157.8 | Kuroiso, Tochigi Prefecture | Tohoku Line |
| Shin-Shirakawa Station | 185.4 | Nishigo , Fukushima Prefecture | Tohoku Line |
| Koriyama Station | 226.7 | Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture | Tohoku Line, Ban'etsusai Line , Ban'etsuto Line , Suigun Line |
| Fukushima Station | 272.8 | Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture | Yamagata Shinkansen, Tohoku Line, Yamagata Line |
| Shiroishi-Zao Station | 306.8 | Shiroishi, Miyagi Prefecture | |
| Sendai Station | 351.8 | Aoba , Sendai | Tohoku Line, Senzan Line , Senseki Line , Sendai Subway Namboku Line |
| Furukawa Station | 395.0 | Furukawa, Miyagi Prefecture | Rikuto Line |
| Kurikoma-Kogen Station | 416.2 | Shiwahime , Miyagi Prefecture | |
| Ichinoseki Station | 445.1 | Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture | Tohoku Line, Ofunato Line |
| Mizusawa-Esashi Station | 470.1 | Mizusawa, Iwate Prefecture | |
| Kitakami Station | 487.5 | Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture | Tohoku Line, Kitakami Line |
| Shin-Hanamaki Station | 500 | Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture | Kamaishi Line |
| Morioka Station | 535.3 | Morioka, Iwate Prefecture | Akita Shinkansen, Tohoku Line, Tazawako Line , Yamada Line , Iwate Ginga Railway |
| Iwate-Numakunai Station | 566.4 | Iwate, Iwate Prefecture | Iwate Ginga Railway |
| Ninohe Station | 601.0 | Ninohe, Iwate Prefecture | Iwate Ginga Railway |
| Hachinohe Station | 631.9 | Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture | Tohoku Line, Hachinohe Line , Aomori Railway |