Route: Tokyo - Hachinohe

Length: 593 km
Company:

Service operating: Hayate (Tokyo to Hachinohe), Yamabiko (Services between Tokyo and Sendai or Morioka), Nasuno(all station service)
Train:
E2 and E3 series for Hayate service
200, E2+E3, E4 series for Yamabiko,
200 and E4 series for Nasuno.

Date of open:
* June 1982: Omiya-Morioka
* March 1985: Ueno-Omiya
* June 1991: Tokyo-Ueno
* December 2002: Morioka-Hachinohe
JR East Planned to open a new tract Hachinohe to Shin-Aomori at the end of 2012

In this line there is the longest land rail tunnel (the Hakkoda Tunnel) 26,5 km, briefly this tunnel will be superseded by Ghottard tunnel in Switzerland (57 km).
Maximum speed of 275 km/h south of Morioka and 260 km/h north of Morioka.