Yamagata Shinkansen

A 400-series shinkansen train enters Utsunomiya station with the Tsubasa 113 service bound for Shinjo. A E4-series Max Yamabiko consist is coupled at the rear.

The Yamagata Shinkansen (山形新幹線) is a Mini-Shinkansen in Honshū, Japan, and is a part of the JR East railway company. It provides service between Tokyo Station and Shinjō Station (in the city of Shinjō in Yamagata Prefecture) over the tracks of the Tōhoku Shinkansen and the Ōu Main Line. The segment from Fukushima to Yamagata opened on July 1 1992, and the extension to Shinjo began operating on December 4 1999. The term Yamagata Shinkansen refers to the segment that connects Fukushima Station (in the city of Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture) and Shinjō Station.

Trains consist of seven coaches. Series 400 and series E3 rolling stock are in use. Between Tokyo Station and Fukushima Station, the trains run coupled to Yamabiko trains on the Tōhoku Shinkansen. Between Fukushima and Shinjō, the trains run on their own.

The stations consist of those on the segment of the Tōhoku Shinkansen plus the following:

Station	Japanese	Distance (km) from Fukushima	Transfers	Location
Fukushima	福島	0.0	Tōhoku Shinkansen, Tōhoku Main Line, Ōu Main Line, Abukuma Express Line, Iizaka Line	Fukushima	Fukushima Prefecture
Yonezawa	米沢	40.1	Ōu Main Line, Yonesaka Line	Yonezawa	Yamagata Prefecture
Takahata	高畠	49.9	Ōu Main Line	Takahata
Akayu	赤湯	56.1	Ōu Main Line, Flower Nagai Line	Nanyō
Kaminoyama Onsen	かみのやま温泉	75.0	Ōu Main Line	Kaminoyama
Yamagata	山形	87.1	Senzan Line, Aterazawa Line, Ōu Main Line	Yamagata
Tendō	天童	100.4	Ōu Main Line	Tendō
Sakurambo Higashine	さくらんぼ東根	108.1	Ōu Main Line	Higashine
Murayama	村山	113.5	Ōu Main Line	Murayama
Ōishida	大石田	126.9	Ōu Main Line	Ōishida
Shinjō	新庄	148.6	Ōu Main Line, East Riku'u Line, West Riku'u Line	Shinjō