High-speed route
Akita Shinkansen
Tokyo → Akita · Japan
- Distance
- 663 km
- Fastest time
- 3 h 37 min
- Top speed
- 320 km/h
- Operator
- JR East
- Train
- E6 “Komachi”
- Countries
- Japan
- In service since
- 1997
Crimson “Komachi” units ride the Hayabusa at 320 km/h to Morioka, then swap to single-track mountain rails past Lake Tazawa — a bullet train on a branch-line stage.
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