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Tōhoku Main Line [Sendai - Morioka]


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JR East Tōhoku hon (Sendai - Morioka)

Tōhoku hon (Rifu branch)

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

Tōhoku hon (Sendai - Morioka) 東北本線 JR railway      1067 mm     20 kV 50 Hz AC
Read more about the line in English Wikipedia: Tōhoku Main Line

Opened1887-1890Sendai - Morioka *)
TracksDouble 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.

MapsKmStation name Official name Furigana nameConnecting linesCityPrefecture
351.8 Sendai仙台せんだい JR East: Senseki >Aobadōri >Ishinomaki
JR East: Senzan >Yamagata
JR East: Tōhoku hon >Kuroiso
JR East: Tōhoku Shinkansen >Tōkyō >Shin-Aomori
Sendai Airport Transit: Sendai Kūkō* >Sendai Airport
Sendai City: Namboku >Izumi-chūō >Tomizawa
Sendai City: Tōzai >Yagiyama Zoological Park >Arai
Sendai-shi Miyagi
355.8 Higashi-Sendai東仙台ひがしせんだい
359.9 Iwakiri岩切いわきり JR East: Tōhoku hon >Rifu
362.2 Rikuzen-Sannō陸前山王りくぜんさんのう
Tagajō-shi
363.5 Kokufu-Tagajō国府多賀城こくふたがじょう
365.2 Shiogama塩釜しおがま JR East: Senseki [Takagimachi] >Ishinomaki (see note)
JR East: Senseki [Nishi-Shiogama] >Aobadōri - Sendai >Ishinomaki
Shiogama-shi
375.2 Matsushima松島まつしま JR East: Senseki [Takagimachi] >Aobadōri - Sendai >Ishinomaki
Matsushima-machi
377.2 Atago愛宕あたご
381.6 Shinainuma品井沼しないぬま
386.6 Kashimadai鹿島台かしまだい
Ōsaki-shi
391.5 Matsuyamamachi松山町まつやままち
395.0 Kogota小牛田こごた JR East: Ishinomaki >Onagawa
JR East: Kesennuma* >Kesennuma
JR East: Rikuu-tō >Shinjō
Misato-machi
401.1 Tajiri田尻たじり
Ōsaki-shi
407.8 Semine瀬峰せみね
Kurihara-shi
411.5 Umegasawa梅ケ沢うめがさわ
Tome-shi
416.2 Nitta新田にった
423.5 Ishikoshi石越いしこし
427.0 Yushima油島ゆしま
Ichinoseki-shi Iwate
431.2 Hanaizumi花泉はないずみ
434.4 Shimizuhara清水原しみずはら
437.8 Arikabe有壁ありかべ
Kurihara-shi Miyagi
445.1 Ichinoseki一ノ関いちのせき JR East: Ōfunato >Sakari
JR East: Tōhoku Shinkansen >Tōkyō >Shin-Aomori
Ichinoseki-shi Iwate
448.0 Yamanome山ノ目やまのめ
452.3 Hiraizumi平泉ひらいずみ
Hiraizumi-chō
459.9 Maesawa前沢まえさわ
Ōshū-shi
465.1 Rikuchū-Orii陸中折居りくちゅうおりい
470.1 Mizusawa水沢みずさわ
477.7 Kanegasaki金ケ崎かねがさき
Kanegasaki-chō
481.1 Rokuhara六原ろくはら
487.5 Kitakami北上きたかみ JR East: Kitakami >Yokote
JR East: Tōhoku Shinkansen >Tōkyō >Shin-Aomori
Kitakami-shi
492.2 Murasakino村崎野むらさきの
500.0 Hanamaki花巻はなまき JR East: Kamaishi >Kamaishi
Hanamaki-shi
505.7 Hanamaki Airport
Hanamaki-kūkō
花巻空港はなまきくうこう
511.4 Ishidoriya石鳥谷いしどりや
516.8 Hizume日詰ひづめ
Shiwa-chō
518.6 Shiwa-chūō紫波中央しわちゅうおう
521.5 Furudate古館ふるだて
525.1 Yahaba矢幅やはば
Yahaba-chō
529.6 Iwate-Iioka岩手飯岡いわていいおか
Morioka-shi
533.5 Sembokuchō仙北町せんぼくちょう
535.3 Morioka盛岡もりおか IGR: Iwate Ginga Tetsudō >Metoki
JR East: Akita Shinkansen >Akita
JR East: Tazawako >Ōmagari
JR East: Tōhoku Shinkansen >Tōkyō >Shin-Aomori
JR East: Yamada >Kamaishi

Traffic notes
The Senseki-Tōhoku Line service uses Tōhoku Hon line between Sendai and a junction 0.6 km south of Matsushima station and Senseki Line between Takagimachi and Ishinomaki, linked by a 0.3 km connection opened 30 May 2015.

Tōhoku hon (Rifu branch) 東北本線利府支線 JR railway      1067 mm     20 kV 50 Hz AC
Read more about the line in English Wikipedia: Tōhoku Main Line

Opened1890TracksSingle track
This was originally the Tōhoku main line. In 1944, the sea side line via Shiogama was completed. In 1962 the old route was abolished between Rifu and Shinainuma.
MapsKmStation name Official name Furigana nameConnecting linesCityPrefecture
0.0 Iwakiri岩切いわきり JR East: Tōhoku hon >Sendai >Morioka
Sendai-shi Miyagi
2.5 Shin-Rifu新利府しんりふ
Rifu-chō
4.2 Rifu利府りふ


This page is updated Mar 29, 2023