Yamagata Shinkansen
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The Yamagata Shinkansen (山形新幹線) is a Mini-shinkansen route in Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company. It provides service between Tokyo and Shinjō in Yamagata Prefecture over the tracks of the Tohoku Shinkansen and the Ōu Main Line.
E3-1000 series train set L54 on the Yamagata Shinkansen between Kita and Yamagata in March 2015
An aerial view showing the Yamagata Shinkansen diverging to the left from the Tohoku Shinkansen north of Fukushima Station
E3-2000 series (left) and E3-1000 series (right) at Shinjō
A 400 series set on a Tsubasa service, March 2005
East Japan Railway Company
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The East Japan Railway Company is a major passenger railway company in Japan, the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as JR Higashi-Nihon in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo, next to Shinjuku Station. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and is one of three Japan Railways Group constituents of the Nikkei 225 index, the others being JR Central and JR West.
The company headquarters in Shibuya ward, Tokyo
Line up of JR East Shinkansen trains, October 2009
Commuter trains on the Yamanote Line in Tokyo
HB-E210 series hybrid DMU on Senseki Line