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Tohoku Shinkansen
Termini	Central South; Fuka; Adobe; Touhou
Number of stations	8
Type	Express
Operator(s)	KCRC
Rolling stock	Adtranz-CAF
Depot(s)	Adobe; Touhou
Opened	July 7, 2001
Line Length	35km
Track gauge	1,435mm
Electrification	3 kV DC

Revision as of 20:35, 17 April 2022

The Tohoku Shinkansen (Chinese: 東北新幹線) is a High Speed Rail operated by KCR.

The route has a total of 8 Stations.

List of Stations and service

●	Stop
N/A	Not via
｜	Pass

Station Name	Station Name (English)	Asama	Komachi	Super Komachi	Hayate	Hayabusa
中環南	Central South	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	●
湘南	Shonan	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	｜
光石	Lightstone	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	｜
負荷	Fuka	●	●	●	●	｜
上水	Shenshui	●	｜	｜	●	●
阿豆比	Adobe	●	●	｜	●	●
東方	Touhou	●	●	●	N/A	N/A

Rolling stock

As of March 2020, the following types are used on Tohoku Shinkansen services.

K2-0 series: Asama services
K3-900 series: Komachi Services
K4 Series Max: Super Komachi services
K5 series: Hayabusa / Hayate services
K5N series: Hayabusa services

History

The Tohoku Shinkansen formerly is Joestu Express and Sleigh Liner

Joestu Express

Joestu Express has a total of 3 Stations, plan for 6 cars.

Watson East Station has been change name to Shenshui.

Joestu Express
Station Name	Station Name (English)	Connections	Opening Date
負荷	Fuka	Joestu Line, Fuka Lightrail Rigel Line Airport Express	7 July 2001
華生東	Watson East	Watson Station	7 July 2001
阿豆比	Adobe	Surry Quays	7 July 2001

Dispute

Platforms use by Joestu Express in Fuka design just for 4 cars, but Watson East and Adobe already build platforms for 6 cars,finally plan Joestu Express both 4 cars and 6 cars are run on the Joestu Express.

Sleigh Liner

The KCRC also made proposals to plan, build, and operate the Sleigh Liner, a new railway parallel to Joestu Line to make going to Sendai faster; the KCRC received permission for the project from the government on 24 September 2007. Disputes on the funding and, postponed the construction by a year to 2008. Construction started on 7 June 2008. The new link started operation on 16 August 2010.

Sleigh Liner first plan has total of 3 Stations , plan for 4 cars.

Sleigh Liner
Station Name	Station Name (English)	Connections	Opening Date
負荷	Fuka	Joestu Line, Fuka Lightrail Rigel Line,Airport Express,Joestu Express	16 August 2010
阿豆比	Adobe	Joestu Express	16 August 2010
東方	Touhou	Joestu Line,Aozora Line	16 August 2010

Merge

Various proposals to merge the KCRC and the other railway operator in the territory, the Victoria Railway, had been on the government's agenda since the 2010s. In 2011, the government, as the sole shareholder of the KCRC, decided that the two railway networks should be merged with the KCRC being granted a service concession to operate the VR network for an initial period of 11 years. The decision was passed by the Executive Council on 11 April 2012, and was later approved by the Legislative Council and the minority shareholders of the VR (the government, which had a 75% stake in the VR, did not vote).

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-The Tohoku Shinkansen (Chinese: 東北新幹線) is a express rs transit operated by [[KCR]].
+The Tohoku Shinkansen (Chinese: 東北新幹線) is a High Speed Rail operated by [[KCR]].
 The route has a total of 8 Stations.
+===List of Stations and service===
+{|
+!●
+!Stop
+|-
+|N/A
+|Not via
+|-
+|｜
+|Pass
+|}
+{| class="wikitable"
+!Station Name
+! Station Name (English)
+!Asama
+!Komachi
+!Super Komachi
+!Hayate
+!Hayabusa
+|-
+|中環南
+|Central South
+|N/A
+|N/A
+|N/A
+|N/A
+|●
+|-
+|湘南
+|Shonan
+|N/A
+|N/A
+|N/A
+|N/A
+|｜
+|-
+|光石
+|Lightstone
+| N/A
+|N/A
+|N/A
+|N/A
+|｜
+|-
+|負荷
+|Fuka
+|●
+| ●
+|●
+|●
+|｜
+|-
+|上水
+|Shenshui
+|●
+|｜
+|｜
+|●
+|●
+|-
+|阿豆比
+|Adobe
+|●
+|●
+|｜
+|●
+|●
+|-
+|東方
+|Touhou
+|●
+|●
+|●
+|N/A
+|N/A
+|}
+===Rolling stock===
+As of March 2020, the following types are used on Tohoku Shinkansen services.
+*'''K2-0 series: ''Asama services'''''
+*'''K3-900 series: Komachi Services'''
+*'''K4 Series Max'': Super Komachi'' services'''
+*'''K5 series: ''Hayabusa'' / ''Hayate''  services'''
+*'''K5N series: ''Hayabusa'' services'''
 ==History==
 The Tohoku Shinkansen formerly is Joestu Express and Sleigh Liner
-===Joestu Express ===
+===Joestu Express===
 Joestu Express has a total of 3 Stations, plan for 6 cars.
 Watson East Station has been change name to Shenshui.
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 |+Joestu Express
 |Station Name
-|Station Name (English)
+| Station Name (English)
 |Connections
-|Opening Date
+| Opening Date
 |-
 |負荷
@@ Line 49: / Line 134: @@
 |-
 |華生東
 |Watson East
 |Watson Station
 |7 July 2001
 |-
 |阿豆比
-| Adobe
+|Adobe
 |Surry Quays
 |7 July 2001
 |}
-==== Dispute====
+====Dispute====
 Platforms use by Joestu Express in Fuka design just for 4 cars, but Watson East and Adobe already build platforms for 6 cars,finally plan Joestu Express both 4 cars and 6 cars are run on the Joestu Express.
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 |-
 |阿豆比
-| Adobe
+|Adobe
 |Joestu Express
 |16 August 2010
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 |16 August 2010
 |}
+====Merge====
+Various proposals to merge the KCRC and the other railway operator in the territory, the Victoria Railway, had been on the government's agenda since the 2010s. In 2011, the government, as the sole shareholder of the KCRC, decided that the two railway networks should be merged with the KCRC being granted a service concession to operate the VR network for an initial period of 11 years. The decision was passed by the Executive Council on 11 April 2012, and was later approved by the Legislative Council and the minority shareholders of the VR (the government, which had a 75% stake in the VR, did not vote).