The Tōhoku Shinkansen is a Japanese high-speed rail line and part of the nationwide Shinkansen network. Operated by the East Japan Railway Company, it runs along the Tōhoku region of Japan's main isla
E5 series set coupled to an E6 series set on a combined Hayabusa/Komachi service near Nasushiobara Station, August 2023
The E5 series and the H5 series are Shinkansen high-speed train types. A total of 63 ten-car trainsets are being built by Hitachi Rail and Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing between 2009 and the present.
Tōhoku Shinkansen
…E3 series: Tsubasa services to/from Shinjo (since 1997, retirement underway) E5/H5 series: Hayabusa / Hayate / Yamabiko / Nasuno services (since 2011) E6 series: Komachi services to/from Akita (since 2013…
E5 series set on a Yamabiko service, May 2022
E5 series set U6 on a Hayate service, November 2011
E5 logo, depicting a Hayabusa