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 Honshu, Japan. 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: