Tōhoku Main Line
Tōhoku Main Line Route Diagram |
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The Tōhoku Main Line (東北本線, Tōhoku-honsen?) is a 575.7 km long railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company. Though officially the line starts from Tokyo Station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, most of the long-distance trains actually begin at Ueno Station in Taitō, Tokyo, and pass through such cities as Saitama, Utsunomiya, Fukushima, and Sendai, before reaching the end of the line in Morioka. The Tōhoku Main Line runs mostly parallel to the Tōhoku Shinkansen.
The 159.9 km long portion of the line between Ueno Station and Kuroiso Station in Nasushiobara, Tochigi is often referred to as the (JR) Utsunomiya Line. A portion of the Tōhoku Main Line is also shared with the Keihin-Tōhoku Line (29.6 km between Tokyo Station and Ōmiya Station in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama) and the Saikyō Line (18.0 km between Akabane Station in the Kita ward of Tokyo and Ōmiya Station).
History
The construction of the Tōhoku Main Line began in the Kantō region and extended to the north end of Honshū, and the city of Aomori. It is one of oldest railway lines in Japan, with construction beginning in the late 19th century. Until November 1, 1906, the current Tōhoku Main Line was run by a private company Nippon Railway. In 1883, the first segment between Ueno and Kumagaya opened. In 1885, it was extended to Utsunomiya, but the Tone River still had to be crossed by boat. It was not until the construction of the Tone River Bridge in 1886 that Utsunomiya and Ueno were finally directly connected. The line gradually extended further to the north; to Kōriyama, Sendai, Ichinoseki and Morioka. In 1891, the segment between Morioka and Aomori opened, creating the longest continuous railway line in Japan.
After 1906, the line was nationalized and became the Tōhoku Main Line run by the Ministry of Railways. When Tokyo Station opened in 1925, the Tōhoku Main Line extended from Ueno to the new station. Until the 1950s, this segment was used and many trains ran through both the Tōkaidō Main Line and Tōhoku Main Line. However, when the Tōhoku Shinkansen arrived, it used land previously reserved 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 run to Tokyo from the north, making Tokyo Station's status as part of the Tōhoku Main Line somewhat circumspect. This is set to be remedied by the end of fiscal year 2013, when the under-construction Tōhoku Through Line is completed, allowing through service between the Tōkaidō Line and the Utsunomiya and Jōban Lines.
In 2002, the Tōhoku Shinkansen was further extended from Morioka to Hachinohe and the operations of the local track segment between those two cities was turned over to Iwate Ginga Railway (IGR) and Aoimori Railway.[1] With the extension of the Tōhoku Shinkansen to Shin-Aomori station in 2010, the segment between Hachinohe and Aomori was delegated to the Aoimori Railway Company. The shortened Tōhoku Main Line is now the second-longest line in Japan, after the Sanin Main Line.
Station list
Utsunomiya Line
From Ueno to Kuroiso
Station |
Japanese |
Distance (km)
(from Tokyo Station) |
Transfers
(JR East line unless otherwise indicated) |
Location |
Ueno |
上野 |
3.6 |
Tōhoku Shinkansen, Jōetsu Shinkansen, Jōban Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Takasaki Line, Yamanote Line
Tokyo Metro: ○Ginza Line (G-16), ○Hibiya Line (H-17), Keisei Electric Railway: Keisei Main Line (at Keisei Ueno Station) |
Taitō-ku |
Tokyo |
Oku |
尾久 |
8.4 |
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Kita-ku |
Akabane |
赤羽 |
13.2 |
Takasaki Line, Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Saikyō Line |
Urawa |
浦和 |
24.2 |
Takasaki Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line |
Urawa-ku, Saitama |
Saitama
Prefecture |
Saitama-Shintoshin |
さいたま新都心 |
28.7 |
Takasaki Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line |
Ōmiya-ku, Saitama |
Ōmiya |
大宮 |
30.3 |
Tōhoku Shinkansen, Jōetsu Shinkansen, Takasaki Line, Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Saikyō Line, Kawagoe Line,
Tobu Railway: Tōbu Noda Line, Saitama New Urban Transit: Ina Line |
Toro |
土呂 |
33.3 |
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Kita-ku, Saitama |
Higashi-Ōmiya |
東大宮 |
35.4 |
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Minuma-ku, Saitama |
Hasuda |
蓮田 |
39.2 |
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Hasuda |
Shiraoka |
白岡 |
43.5 |
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Shiraoka |
Shin-Shiraoka |
新白岡 |
45.9 |
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Kuki |
久喜 |
48.9 |
Tōbu Railway: Tōbu Isesaki Line |
Kuki |
Higashi-Washinomiya |
東鷲宮 |
51.6 |
|
Kurihashi |
栗橋 |
57.2 |
Tōbu Railway: Tōbu Nikkō Line |
Koga |
古河 |
64.7 |
|
Koga |
Ibaraki
Prefecture |
Nogi |
野木 |
69.4 |
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Nogi |
Tochigi
Prefecture |
Mamada |
間々田 |
73.3 |
|
Oyama |
Oyama |
小山 |
80.6 |
Tōhoku Shinkansen, Mito Line, Ryōmō Line |
Koganei |
小金井 |
88.1 |
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Shimotsuke |
Jichi-idai |
自治医大 |
90.7 |
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Ishibashi |
石橋 |
95.4 |
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Suzumenomiya |
雀宮 |
101.8 |
|
Utsunomiya |
Utsunomiya |
宇都宮 |
109.5 |
Tōhoku Shinkansen, Nikkō Line |
Okamoto |
岡本 |
115.7 |
|
Hōshakuji |
宝積寺 |
121.2 |
Karasuyama Line |
Takanezawa |
Ujiie |
氏家 |
127.1 |
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Sakura |
Kamasusaka |
蒲須坂 |
131.6 |
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Kataoka |
片岡 |
135.5 |
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Yaita |
Yaita |
矢板 |
141.8 |
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Nozaki |
野崎 |
146.6 |
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Otawara |
Nishi-Nasuno |
西那須野 |
151.8 |
|
Nasushiobara |
Nasushiobara |
那須塩原 |
157.8 |
Tōhoku Shinkansen |
Kuroiso |
黒磯 |
163.3 |
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Southern Tōhoku Main Line
From Kuroiso to Sendai
- ●: All rapid trains stop
- *: Some rapid trains stop
- |: All rapid trains pass
Station |
Japanese |
Distance (km)
(from Tokyo Station) |
Rapid |
Transfers
(JR East line unless otherwise stated) |
Location |
Kuroiso |
黒磯 |
163.3 |
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Nasushiobara |
Tochigi
Prefecture |
Takaku |
高久 |
167.3 |
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Nasu |
Kurodahara |
黒田原 |
171.5 |
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Toyohara |
豊原 |
176.7 |
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Shirasaka |
白坂 |
182.0 |
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Shirakawa |
Fukushima
Prefecture |
Shin-Shirakawa |
新白河 |
185.4 |
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Tōhoku Shinkansen |
Nishigo |
Shirakawa |
白河 |
188.2 |
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Shirakawa |
Kutano |
久田野 |
192.9 |
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Izumizaki |
泉崎 |
197.4 |
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Izumizaki |
Yabuki |
矢吹 |
203.4 |
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Yabuki |
Kagamiishi |
鏡石 |
208.8 |
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Kagamiishi |
Sukagawa |
須賀川 |
215.1 |
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Sukagawa |
Asaka-Nagamori |
安積永盛 |
221.8 |
|
Suigun Line |
Kōriyama |
Kōriyama |
郡山 |
226.7 |
|
Tōhoku Shinkansen, West Ban'etsu Line, East Ban'etsu Line, Suigun Line (runs through from Asaka-Nagamori to Kōriyama) |
Hiwada |
日和田 |
232.4 |
|
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Gohyakugawa |
五百川 |
236.9 |
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Motomiya |
Motomiya |
本宮 |
240.7 |
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Sugita |
杉田 |
246.6 |
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Nihonmatsu |
Nihonmatsu |
二本松 |
250.3 |
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Adachi |
安達 |
254.5 |
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Matsukawa |
松川 |
259.5 |
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Fukushima |
Kanayagawa |
金谷川 |
264.0 |
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Minami-Fukushima |
南福島 |
269.4 |
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Fukushima |
福島 |
272.8 |
● |
Tōhoku Shinkansen, Yamagata Shinkansen, Ōu Main Line
Fukushima Transportation: Iizaka Line, AbukumaExpress: Abukuma Express Line |
Higashi-Fukushima |
東福島 |
278.8 |
* |
|
Date |
伊達 |
281.9 |
* |
|
Date |
Kōri |
桑折 |
285.9 |
* |
|
Kōri |
Fujita |
藤田 |
289.3 |
* |
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Kunimi |
Kaida |
貝田 |
294.9 |
| |
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Kosugō |
越河 |
298.6 |
| |
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Shiroishi |
Miyagi
Prefecture |
Shiroishi |
白石 |
306.8 |
● |
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Higashi-Shiroishi |
東白石 |
311.0 |
| |
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Kita-Shirakawa |
北白川 |
315.3 |
| |
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Ōgawara |
大河原 |
320.1 |
● |
|
Ōgawara |
Funaoka |
船岡 |
323.1 |
* |
|
Shibata |
Tsukinoki |
槻木 |
327.7 |
* |
Abukuma Express Line |
Iwanuma |
岩沼 |
334.2 |
● |
Jōban Line |
Iwanuma |
Tatekoshi |
館腰 |
337.9 |
| |
Jōban Line |
Natori |
Natori |
名取 |
341.4 |
● |
Jōban Line
Sendai Airport Transit: Sendai Airport Line |
Minami-Sendai |
南仙台 |
344.1 |
| |
Jōban Line |
Taihaku-ku, Sendai |
Taishidō |
太子堂 |
346.3 |
| |
Jōban Line |
Nagamachi |
長町 |
347.3 |
| |
Jōban Line, Sendai Subway Nanboku Line |
Sendai |
仙台 |
351.8 |
● |
Akita Shinkansen, Tōhoku Shinkansen, Senzan Line, Senseki Line, Jōban Line (runs through from Iwanuma to Sendai)
Sendai Subway: Nanboku Line, Sendai Airport Transit: Sendai Airport Line (runs through from Natori) |
Aoba-ku, Sendai |
Central Tōhoku Main Line
From Sendai to Morioka
Station |
Japanese |
Distance (km)
(from Tokyo Station) |
Rapid |
Transfers
(JR East line unless otherwise stated) |
Location |
"Minami
Sanriku" |
"Aterui" |
"Hamayuri" |
Sendai |
仙台 |
351.8 |
● |
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Akita Shinkansen, Tōhoku Shinkansen, Senzan Line, Senseki Line, Jōban Line (runs through from Iwanuma to Sendai)
Sendai Subway: Nanboku Line, Sendai Airport Transit: Sendai Airport Line (runs through from Natori) |
Aoba-ku, Sendai |
Miyagi
Prefecture |
Higashi-Sendai |
東仙台 |
355.8 |
| |
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Miyagino-ku, Sendai |
Iwakiri |
岩切 |
359.9 |
| |
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Shin-Rifu |
新利府 |
2.5 (from Iwakiri) |
Branch line from Iwakiri |
Rifu |
Rifu |
利府 |
4.2 (from Iwakiri) |
Rikuzen-Sannō |
陸前山王 |
362.2 |
| |
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Tagajō, Miyagi |
Kokufu-Tagajō |
国府多賀城 |
363.5 |
| |
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Shiogama |
塩釜 |
365.2 |
| |
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Shiogama |
Matsushima |
松島 |
375.2 |
| |
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Matsushima |
Atago |
愛宕 |
377.2 |
| |
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Shinainuma |
品井沼 |
381.6 |
| |
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Kashimadai |
鹿島台 |
386.6 |
| |
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Ōsaki |
Matsuyama-Machi |
松山町 |
391.5 |
| |
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Kogota |
小牛田 |
395.0 |
● |
|
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Rikuu East Line, Ishinomaki Line |
Misato |
Tajiri |
田尻 |
401.1 |
|
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Ōsaki |
Semine |
瀬峰 |
407.8 |
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Kurihara |
Umegasawa |
梅ヶ沢 |
411.5 |
|
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Tome |
Nitta |
新田 |
416.2 |
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Ishikoshi |
石越 |
423.5 |
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Yushima |
油島 |
427.0 |
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Ichinoseki |
Iwate Prefecture |
Hanaizumi |
花泉 |
431.2 |
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Shimizuhara |
清水原 |
434.4 |
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Arikabe |
有壁 |
437.8 |
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Kurihara |
Miyagi Prefecture |
Ichinoseki |
一ノ関 |
445.1 |
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Tōhoku Shinkansen, Ōfunato Line |
Ichinoseki |
Iwate Prefecture |
Yamanome |
山ノ目 |
448.0 |
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Hiraizumi |
平泉 |
452.3 |
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Hiraizumi |
Maesawa |
前沢 |
459.9 |
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Ōshū |
Rikuchū-Orii |
陸中折居 |
465.1 |
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Mizusawa |
水沢 |
470.1 |
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● |
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Kanegasaki |
金ヶ崎 |
477.7 |
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Kanegasaki |
Rokuhara |
六原 |
481.1 |
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Kitakami |
北上 |
487.5 |
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● |
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Tōhoku Shinkansen, Kitakami Line |
Kitakami |
Murasakino |
村崎野 |
492.2 |
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Hanamaki |
花巻 |
500.0 |
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● |
● |
Kamaishi Line |
Hanamaki |
Hanamaki Airport |
花巻空港 |
505.7 |
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Ishidoriya |
石鳥谷 |
511.4 |
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Hizume |
日詰 |
516.8 |
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Shiwa |
Shiwachūō |
紫波中央 |
518.6 |
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Furudate |
古館 |
521.5 |
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Yahaba |
矢幅 |
525.1 |
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● |
● |
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Yahaba |
Iwate-Iioka |
岩手飯岡 |
529.6 |
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Morioka |
Senbokuchō |
仙北町 |
533.5 |
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● |
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Morioka |
盛岡 |
535.3 |
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Tōhoku Shinkansen, Akita Shinkansen, Yamada Line, Tazawako Line
Iwate Galaxy Railway Line |
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