Tōhoku line [Sendai

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Tōhoku line [Sendai - Morioka]

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Prefectures on this page: Miyagi Iwate

Lines on this page

Railway	Line	Linetype
JR East	Tōhoku Hon (Rifu branch)	JR railway
	Tōhoku Hon (Sendai - Morioka)	JR railway

JR East 東日本旅客鉄道 Higashi Nihon Ryokaku Tetsudō East Japan Railway

Tōhoku Hon (Rifu branch) 東北本線利府支線 1067 mm 20 kV 50 Hz AC

You can find a Kitayama Rail Map for this line on this page: Sendai

Opened	1890
Tracks	Single track

This was originally the Tōhoku main line. In 1944, the sea side line via Shiogama was completed. In 1962 was the old route abolished between Rifu and Shinainuma.

Mapion	Google	Major stations	Connecting lines	Km	City	Prefecture
Map	Map	Iwakiri	JR East: Tōhoku Hon (Sendai - Morioka)	0.0	Sendai-shi	Miyagi
Map	Map	Rifu		4.2	Rifu-chō

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Dec 1, 2011

Type	Origin - Major stops - Destination	Trains per day	Fastest train	Average speed
Local Futsū 普通	Sendai - Iwakiri - Rifu	18	15 min	49 km/h
Local Futsū 普通	Iwakiri - Rifu	7	6 min	42 km/h

Tōhoku Hon (Sendai - Morioka) 東北本線 1067 mm 20 kV 50 Hz AC

You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages:
Morioka Sendai & Yamagata
Sendai

Opened	1887-1890	Sendai - Morioka *)
Tracks	Double track

*) Between Iwakiri and Shinainuma, the original route from 1890 was via Rifu. In 1944 the sea side line was completed. In 1962 the old route was abolished between Rifu and Shinainuma.

Mapion	Google	Major stations	Connecting lines	Km	City	Prefecture
Map	Map	Sendai	Sendai-shi: Namboku, JR East: Tōhoku Shinkansen, JR East: Senseki, JR East: Senzan, JR East: Tōhoku Hon (Kuroiso - Sendai)	351.8	Sendai-shi	Miyagi
Map	Map	Iwakiri	JR East: Tōhoku Hon (Rifu branch)	359.9	Sendai-shi
Map	Map	Shiogama		365.2	Shiogama-shi
Map	Map	Matsushima		375.2	Matsushima-machi
Map	Map	Shinainuma		381.6	Matsushima-machi
Map	Map	Kogota	JR East: Ishinomaki, JR East: Rikuu-tō	395.0	Misato-machi
Map	Map	Ishikoshi	Kurihara	423.5	Tome-shi
Map	Map	Hanaizumi		431.1	Ichinoseki-shi	Iwate
Map	Map	Arikabe		437.8	Kurihara-shi	Miyagi
Map	Map	Ichinoseki	JR East: Tōhoku Shinkansen, JR East: Ōfunato	445.1	Ichinoseki-shi	Iwate
Map	Map	Mizusawa		470.1	Ōshū-shi
Map	Map	Kitakami	JR East: Tōhoku Shinkansen, JR East: Kitakami	487.5	Kitakami-shi
Map	Map	Hanamaki	JR East: Kamaishi	500.0	Hanamaki-shi
Map	Map	Hizume		516.8	Shiwa-chō
Map	Map	Morioka	IGR: Iwate Ginga Tetsudō, JR East: Tōhoku Shinkansen, JR East: Yamada, JR East: Akita Shinkansen, JR East: Tazawako	535.3	Morioka-shi

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Jan 10, 2012

Type	Name	Origin - Major stops - Destination	Trains per day	Fastest train	Average speed
Sleeper Limited Express Shindai tokkyū 寝台特急	Cassiopeia カシオペア	Ueno Tōkyō - Morioka - (no stops) - Hakodate - Sapporo	3-4 times/week	17h12	71 km/h
Sleeper Limited Express Shindai tokkyū 寝台特急	Hokutosei 北斗星	Ueno Tōkyō - Sendai - (no stops) - Hakodate - Sapporo	1	16h12	75 km/h
Rapid Kaisoku 快速	Hamayuri はまゆり	Kamaishi - Kamaishi line - Hanamaki - Morioka	3	2h11	57 km/h
Rapid Kaisoku 快速	Aterui アテルイ	Mizusawa - Morioka (only this direction)	1	53 min	74 km/h
Local Futsū 普通		Sendai - Ichinoseki	9	1h30	62 km/h
		Sendai - Ishikoshi	4	1h09	62 km/h
		Sendai - Kogota	21	44 min	59 km/h
		Sendai - Matsushima	14	24 min	59 km/h
		Sendai - Iwakiri - Rifu branch - Rifu	18	15 min	49 km/h
		Kogota - Ichinoseki	7	46 min	65 km/h
		Ichinoseki - Kitakami - Morioka	18	1h28	62 km/h
		Ichinoseki - Kitakami	1	40 min	64 km/h
		Kitakami - Morioka	11	49 min	59 km/h
		Kamaishi - Kamaishi line - Hanamaki - Morioka	3	2h47	45 km/h
		Hizume - Morioka	4	25 min	44 km/h

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This page is updated Jan 1, 2012