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20-429: The term Yamagata Shinkansen refers to the segment that connects Fukushima and Shinjō. Because the shinkansen trains share tracks with local trains running on conventional lines ( 在来線 , zairaisen ) , it is often referred to as a "mini-shinkansen". Trains consist of 7-car E3 and E8 series trainsets operating as Tsubasa services. Between Tokyo and Fukushima , some trains run coupled to Yamabiko trains on

40-606: A new approach line at Fukushima station. Currently, the Yamagata Shinkansen can only enter and exit the Tohoku Shinkansen through platform 14 at Fukushima Station. This current layout requires the Yamagata Shinkansen to cross the north bound tracks to reach the Tokyo bound tracks. This new approach line will pass under the Tohoku Shinkansen, which will allow Yamagata Shinkansen to enter the Tohoku Shinkansen on platform 11 removing

60-1072: A train ticket reservation system used by the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and travel agencies in Japan. It was developed jointly by Hitachi and the former Japanese National Railways (JNR), and inherited by the Railway Information Systems Company  [ ja ] (JR Systems), which is jointly owned by the seven railway companies of the JR Group: the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), West Japan Railway Company (JR West), Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku), Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu), and Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight). The MARS system used in JR ticket offices

80-694: A tunnel to access the opposite section. Cyclists and other vehicles must utilize the bridges to either the north or south of the station. All lines, except for the Abukuma Express Line and the Iizaka Line , are accessible through the main entrance of the East or West sections of the station. The Abukuma Express Line and the Iizaka Line have a separate entrance on the Northeast side of the station. The JR portion of

100-401: Is 2026. In fiscal year 2016, the station was used by an average of 16,536 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). Fukushima Station is located in the centre of the city of Fukushima. For stations between Tokyo and Fukushima, see Tōhoku Shinkansen Midori no Madoguchi MARS ( マルス , Marusu ) , short for M agnetic-electronic A utomatic R eservation S ystem, is

120-422: Is Japan’s largest online real-time system , providing a year-round availability of 99.999%. It offers a range of services, including seat reservations on Shinkansen and Limited Express trains and fare calculation for basic fare tickets, commuter passes, and express tickets. It is currently connected to approximately 10,000 terminals at JR ticket offices and travel agencies, as well as to online systems run by

140-508: Is possible for passengers to reserve tickets of buses and trains from one month prior to the given trip. In the JR Central region, these are instead called by the name きっぷうりば kippu uriba , meaning "ticket sales counter". Originally short for "Magnetic-electronic Automatic (seat) Reservation System", the backronym was later changed to "Multi Access Reservation System". It has since been reverted to its original meaning. The MARS-1 system

160-555: Is the terminus for the JR East Yamagata Shinkansen, and Ōu Main Line, as well as the third-sector Abukuma Express Line and privately operated Fukushima Kotsu Iizaka Line. The station is separated into an east and a west section. Within the area after entering the ticket gates, the opposite sections of the station are accessible via a pedestrian tunnel that runs over the tracks. Outside of the ticketed area, pedestrians must use

180-687: The Abukuma Express Line opened on July 1, 1988. Through services between the Tōhoku Shinkansen and the Ōu Main Line, under the name Yamagata Shinkansen, began on July 1, 1992. JR East announced in 2020 a plan to construct an elevated crossing serving the Yamagata Shinkansen to rectify bottleneck issues with Tokyo-bound Yamabiko trains having to cross over to Platform 14 to connect with Tsubasa trains. The new line will consist of 760 m of surface level track and 540 m of elevated viaduct connecting to Platform 11. Estimated date of completion

200-532: The MARS 501 introduced the concept of an Ethernet -based client–server model . Also, the ticket paper type was changed to thermal paper . The latest version of MARS uses the MARS 505 system which was introduced in April 2020, which expanded on contactless, and ticketless boarding and booking capabilities brought along by the rise of mobile apps on smartphones and tablets. This Japanese rail transport related article

220-460: The Tōhoku Shinkansen. Between Fukushima and Shinjō, the trains run on their own at a maximum speed of 130 km/h (80 mph) and share the line with regular Ōu Main Line trains. As of July 2012, about 62 million passengers had ridden the line since it opened in July 1992. The fastest trains connect Tokyo and Yamagata stations in two hours and 29 minutes. In April 2021, JR East started construction of

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240-428: The crossing and reducing the gravitude of transport disruption. Construction is expected to finish by the end of fiscal year 2026. Construction of a base tunnel on the Yamagata Shinkansen is proposed, with JR East having undertaken a survey of a planned route from Niwasaka to Sekine, just south of Yonezawa station. 23.1 km (14.4 mi) of the proposed 24.9 km (15.5 mi) line would be in tunnel, mostly to

260-759: The individual JR companies. The system is accessed about 8 million times every day, with a daily average of over 1.9 million tickets sold. The host computer of the system was previously located in Kokubunji, Tokyo until 2013, when it was moved to an undisclosed location in the northern part of the Kantō region . The system is managed by JR Systems since 1 April 1987 following the division and privatization of JNR. Ticket offices at JR stations equipped with MARS terminals are called Midori-no-madoguchi ( みどりの窓口 , literally "green window") , selling tickets of all JR Group trains and partly highway buses and route buses and ferries. It

280-472: The line is vulnerable to heavy rain and snowfall as well as high winds. Between 2011 and 2017 a total of 410 Yamagata mini-Shinkansen services were either suspended or delayed, and 40% of these incidents occurred on the line over the Itaya Toge pass. If the ¥150 billion base tunnel is authorised, detailed design would take five years and construction another 15 years. The cost could increase by ¥12 billion if

300-589: The north of the existing 88 km (55 mi) Fukushima – Yamagata section. To be built on an improved alignment, the tunnel would lower journey times between Fukushima and Yamagata by ~10 min due to a proposed line speed of up to 200 km/h (124 mph). The tunnel would avoid the Itaya Toge pass through the Ou mountains west of Fukushima. Gradients range from 3.0% to 3.8% and the line reaches an altitude of 548 m (1,798 ft). The curvature and steep grades limit train speeds to 55 km/h (34 mph) or less, and

320-572: The railway between Kōriyama Station and Shiogama Station (later called Shiogamakō Station) on December 15, 1887. This railway was later nationalized and named the Tōhoku Main Line . The government railways opened the railway, later named the Ōu Main Line , between Fukushima Station and Yonezawa Station on May 15, 1899. The Iizaka Line was opened on April 13, 1924 by Fukushima Iizaka Electric Tramway ( 福島飯坂電気軌道 , Fukushima Iizaka Denki Kidō ) . The Tōhoku Shinkansen opened on June 23, 1982 and

340-488: The station uses one side platform , one island platform and one bay platform (with two bays) to serve a total of six tracks for regular trains, and two elevated island platforms for Shinkansen operations. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The Abukuma Express Line and the Fukushima Kōtsū Iizaka Line share a single island platform . Nippon Railway opened Fukushima Station and

360-406: The tunnel were to be built with a cross-section large enough to permit the line to be upgraded to the full Shinkansen Loading gauge . As of March 2024, the following types are used on Yamagata Shinkansen services. Fukushima Station (Fukushima) Fukushima Station ( 福島駅 , Fukushima-eki ) is a railway station in the city of Fukushima , Fukushima Prefecture , Japan. The station

380-609: Was controlled by a Hitachi mainframe transistor computer with a central processing unit consisting of a thousand transistors and a magnetic drum memory unit for data storage, which was where the MARS acronym originated from. In 2008, the MARS-1 system received a "One Step on Electro Technology -Look Back to the Future-" commemorative plaque from the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan . Introduced in stages between 2002 and 2004,

400-673: Was created by Mamoru Hosaka, Yutaka Ohno, and others at the Japanese National Railways' R&D Institute (now the Railway Technical Research Institute ), and was built in 1958. It was the world's first seat reservation system for trains, and entered service in February 1960, initially only providing bookings for the Kodama and Tsubame limited express services. The MARS-1 was capable of reserving seat positions, and

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