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{{Short description|High-speed railway line in Japan}}
{{Infobox rail line
| box_width                       = 30em
| name                            = Yamagata Shinkansen
| native_name                     = 山形新幹線
| native_name_lang                = ja
| color                           = {{rcr|JR East|Yamagata Shinkansen}}
| mapcolor                        = {{rcb|JR East|Yamagata Shinkansen|box}} [[Orange (colour)|Orange]] (#{{rcr|JR East|Yamagata Shinkansen}})
| logo                            = 
| logo_width                      = 
| image                           = E3-2000 L72 Yonezawa 20250712a.jpg
| image_width                     = 300px
| caption                         = E3-2000 series set L72 on a ''Tsubasa'' service at Yonezawa Station, July 2025
| type                            = [[Mini-shinkansen]]
| system                          = 
| status                          = Operational
| locale                          = [[Fukushima Prefecture|Fukushima]] and [[Yamagata Prefecture]]s
| start                           = {{STN|Fukushima|x|Fukushima}}
| end                             = {{STN|Shinjō|x}}
| stations                        = 11
| routes                          = 
| daily_ridership                 = 
| open                            = {{Plainlist|
* {{start date and age|1992|07|01}} ({{STN|Tokyo|x}}–{{STN|Yamagata|x}})
* {{start date and age|1999|12|04}} (Yamagata–Shinjō)
}}
| close                           = 
| owner                           = {{ric|JR East|name=y}}
| operator                        = JR East
| character                       = 
| depot                           = Yamagata
| stock                           = {{plainlist|
*[[E3 Series Shinkansen|E3 series]]
*[[E8 Series Shinkansen|E8 series]]
}}
| linelength                      = {{cvt|148.6|km}}
| tracklength                     = 
| tracks                          = [[Double-track railway|Double-track]] (Single-track in some sections)
| gauge                           = {{RailGauge|sg|allk=on}}
| electrification                 = [[Overhead line]]:<br/>{{Plainlist|
* {{20 kV 50 Hz}}  (Fukushima–Shinjō)
}}
| speed                           = {{ubl|class=nowrap
 |{{cvt|130|km/h|round=10}}
}}
| elevation                       = 
| maxincline                      = 3.75%
| map                             = [[File:JR Yamagata Shinkansen linemap.svg|240px]]
| map_name                        = Route Map (from Fukushima in blue)
| map_state                       = collapsed
}}

The {{Nihongo|'''Yamagata Shinkansen'''|山形新幹線}} is a [[Mini-shinkansen]] route in Japan, operated by [[East Japan Railway Company]] (JR East). It provides service between [[Tokyo Station|Tokyo]] and [[Shinjō Station|Shinjō]] in [[Yamagata Prefecture]] over the tracks of the [[Tohoku Shinkansen]] and the [[Ōu Main Line]].

The term Yamagata Shinkansen refers to the segment that connects [[Fukushima Station (Fukushima)|Fukushima]] and Shinjō. Because the shinkansen trains share tracks with local trains running on {{Nihongo|conventional lines|在来線|zairaisen}}, it is often referred to as a "mini-shinkansen".

==Operations==
[[File:山形新幹線分岐.jpg|thumb|An aerial view showing the Yamagata Shinkansen diverging to the left from the [[Tohoku Shinkansen]] north of Fukushima Station]]
Trains consist of 7-car [[E3 Series Shinkansen|E3]] and [[E8 Series Shinkansen|E8 series]] trainsets operating as ''[[Tsubasa (train)|Tsubasa]]'' services. Between {{STN|Tokyo|x}} and [[Fukushima Station (Fukushima)|Fukushima]], some trains run coupled to ''[[Yamabiko]]'' trains on the Tōhoku Shinkansen. Between Fukushima and Shinjō, the trains run on their own at a maximum speed of {{Convert|130|km/h|mph|abbr=on|round=5}} and share the line with regular Ōu Main Line trains.<ref name="railfan612">{{cite magazine| title = 300km/hのトップランナー|trans-title= 300 km/h Top Runners|magazine=[[Japan Railfan Magazine]]| volume = 52| issue = 612| page =14| publisher = Koyusha Co., Ltd.| location = Japan| date = April 2012}}</ref>

As of July 2012, about 62 million passengers had ridden the line since it opened in July 1992.<ref name="jt20120703">{{cite web |url= http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120703a7.html|title= Yamagata Shinkansen Line turns 20|date= 3 July 2012|work= [[The Japan Times]] |page = 2|publisher= The Japan Times Ltd.|location= Japan|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120725071525/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120703a7.html|archive-date= 25 July 2012|access-date= 30 December 2013}}</ref> The fastest trains connect Tokyo and Yamagata stations in two hours and 29 minutes.<ref name="jt20120703"/>

===Construction of a new approach line at Fukushima Station===

In April 2021, JR East started construction of 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 the crossing and reducing the gravitude of transport disruption. Construction is expected to finish by the end of fiscal year 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-24 |title=【解説】下り線を"またぐ"運転解消へ 山形新幹線「アプローチ線」工事中 JR福島駅 {{!}} TBS NEWS DIG (1ページ) |url=https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/346391 |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=TBS NEWS DIG |language=ja}}</ref>

===Proposed Ou base tunnel===
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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |date=7 November 2022 |title=Yamagata mini-Shinkansen base tunnel proposal makes progress |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/infrastructure/yamagata-mini-shinkansen-base-tunnel-proposal-makes-progress/62884.article |url-access=subscription |access-date=12 November 2022 |website=Railway Gazette International |language=en}}</ref> {{Convert|23.1|km|mi|abbr=on}} of the proposed {{Convert|24.9|km|mi|abbr=on}} line would be in tunnel, mostly to the north of the existing {{Convert|88|km|mi|abbr=on}} 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 {{Cvt|200|km/h|4=0}}.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-23 |title=Yamagata pins hopes on shinkansen tunnel, but faces roadblocks |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/01/23/national/yamagata-shinkansen-tunnel/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=The Japan Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

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 {{Convert|548|m|ft|abbr=on}}. The curvature and steep grades limit train speeds to {{Convert|55|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} or less, and the line is vulnerable to heavy rain and snowfall as well as high winds.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref name=":0" />

If the {{Yen|150 billion}} base tunnel is authorised, detailed design would take five years and construction another 15 years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-14 |title=A 23 km tunnel planned on Yamagata Shinkansen – Difficult section with heavy snowing - [WTM] Railway & Travel News |url=https://en.wtmnews.net/202211141283 |access-date=2023-05-22 |language=en-US}}</ref> The cost could increase by {{Yen|12 billion}} if 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]].<ref name=":0" />

==Station list==
{{routemap
| title=Route map
| title-bg=Green
| collapse=yes
| map=
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STRr\kSTR3\STR!~STRc2\STR3~~[[Fukushima Kōtsū Iizaka Line]]
kSTRr+1\kSTRc4\ABZg+1\STRc4~~[[Tōhoku Main Line]], [[Abukuma Express Line]]
\BHF~~3.8~~Sasakino
\BHF~~6.9~~Niwasaka
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\\STR+c1\STR+4
\\TUNNEL2\TUNNEL2
\\TUNNEL2\tSTRa!~POINTERg@fq~~No. 2 Yoshigasawa Tunnel
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\extSTR+1e\tSTRa\tSTRa
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exkSTRc1\exkSTRl+4\eABZg+r\
exKBHFaq\eABZg+r~~ ~~''Akaiwa''~~ ~~Until 1990
\BHF~~14.6~~Akaiwa~~ ~~Since 1990
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STRc2\ABZg3
STR+1\TUNNEL2!~STRc4
tSTRa\STR
tSTR!~POINTERg@fq\TUNNEL2~~大日向 Tunnel
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\STR\eABZg2xu\extSTRc3
\tSTRa\tSTRa\exSTR+4u
\tSTR!~POINTERg@fq\tSTR!~POINTERg@fq\exTUNNEL2~~環金 Tunnel
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\STR2\STR+c3!~exSTRc2\exSTR3
\STRc1\eABZg+1!~STR+4\exSTRc4
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\BHF~~21.2~~Itaya~~ ~~Since 1990
\\eABZgl\exENDEeq
\BS2+l\BS2+r
\tSTRa!~POINTERg@fq\TUNNEL2~~Itayatoge Tunnel
\tSTRe\TUNNEL2!~POINTERg@fq~~2nd Itayatoge Tunnel
\BS2l\BS2r
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\BHF~~24.5~~Toge~~ ~~Since 1990
\\eABZgl\exKBHFeq~~ ~~''Toge''~~ ~~Until 1990
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\TUNNEL2\tSTRa
\TUNNEL2\tSTRe
\STR\TUNNEL1
\BS2l\BS2r
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\BHF~~28.8~~Ōsawa~~ ~~Since 1990
\\eABZgl\exKBHFeq~~ ~~''Ōsawa''~~ ~~Until 1990
\BS2+l\BS2+r
\TUNNEL1\TUNNEL1
\BS2l\BS2r
\BHF~~34.8~~Sekine
\\STR\STR+l~~[[Yonesaka Line]]
\\BHF\KBHFxe~~40.1~~Yonezawa
\\eKRWg+l\exKRWr
\BHF~~45.6~~Oitama
exKBHFa\BHF~~49.9~~Takahata
\exSTRr\eKRWgl\exKRW+r~~''Yamako Takahata Line''
\\BHF\KBHFxa~~56.1~~Akayu
\\STR\STRl~~[[Yamagata Railway Flower Nagai Line]]
\DST~~61.6~~Kita-Akayu (Signal Box)
\BHF~~64.4~~Nakagawa
\BHF~~68.3~~Uzen-Nakayama
\BHF~~75.0~~Kaminoyama-Onsen
\BHF~~77.8~~Mokichi Memorial Museum
\BHF~~81.8~~Zaō
\\ABZg+l\KDSTeq~~Yamagata Locomotive Depot
\\eKRWgl\exKRW+r
\\BHF\KBHFxa~~87.1~~Yamagata
\\BHF\BHF~~89.0~~Kita-Yamagata
\\STR\ABZgl~~[[Aterazawa Line]]
\STR+l\KRZ\STRr
BHF\BHF~~91.9~~Uzen-Chitose
STRr\STR~~[[Senzan Line]]
\BHF~~93.6~~Minami-Dewa
\BHF~~94.9~~Urushiyama
\BHF~~97.0~~Takatama
\BHF~~98.3~~Tendō-Minami
\BHF~~100.4~~Tendō
\BHF~~103.4~~Midaregawa
\\STR\uexSTR+l~~''Yachikidō''
\\BHF\uexKBHFe~~106.3~~Jimmachi
\BHF~~108.1~~Sakuranbo Higashine
\eBHF~~109.0~~''Kanisawa''~~ ~~Until 1999
\BHF~~110.6~~Higashine
\BHF~~113.5~~Murayama
\eDST~~117.9~~''金谷 (Signal Box)''~~ ~~Until 1999
\BHF~~121.5~~Sodesaki
exSTR+r\STR~~''Yamako Obanazawa Line''
exKBHFe\BHF~~126.9~~Ōishida
\BHF~~130.8~~Kita-Ōishida
\BHF~~133.7~~Ashisawa
\BHF~~140.3~~Funagata
STR+r\STR~~[[Rikuu East Line]]
HST\STR~~Minami-Shinjō
eKRWgl\eKRWg+r
STR\eDST~~144.1~~''Torigoe (Signal Box)''~~ ~~Until 1999
BHF\KBHFxe~~148.6~~Shinjõ
KRWl\xKRWg+r~~''Yamako Obanazawa Line''
\\ABZgl\STRq~~[[Rikuu West Line]]
\STR~~[[Ōu Main Line]]
}}
* All stations listed below are located on the [[Ōu Main Line]].

{|class="wikitable" rules="all"
!rowspan="2"|Station
!rowspan="2"|Japanese
!colspan="2"|Distance (km)
!rowspan="2"|Transfers
!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Location
|-
!style="width:2.5em"|From {{STN|Tokyo|x}}
!style="width:2.5em"|From {{STN|Fukushima|x|Fukushima}}
|-
|align="center" colspan="6"|'''↑ [[Through service]]s towards {{STN|Tokyo|x}} via the [[Tōhoku Shinkansen]] {{refn|Trains bound for Tokyo run with [[Tohoku Shinkansen]] [[E5 and H5 Series Shinkansen|E5 or H5]] trains.}} ↑'''
|-
|{{STN|Fukushima|x|Fukushima}}
|{{lang|ja|福島}}
|align=right|272.8
|align=right|0.0
|{{Plainlist|
* {{ric|JR East|Tohoku Shinkansen|name=y}} (for Morioka)
* {{rcb|JR East|Tohoku}}
* {{rcb|Fukushima Transportation|Iizaka}}
* {{rcb|AbukumaExpress|Abukuma Express}}}}
|[[Fukushima, Fukushima|Fukushima]]
|[[Fukushima Prefecture|Fukushima]]
|-
|{{STN|Yonezawa|x}}
|{{lang|ja|米沢}}
|align=right|312.9
|align=right|40.1
|{{Plainlist|
* {{rcb|JR East|Yonesaka}}}}
|[[Yonezawa, Yamagata|Yonezawa]]
|rowspan=10|[[Yamagata Prefecture|Yamagata]]
|-
|{{STN|Takahata|x}}
|{{lang|ja|高畠}}
|align=right|322.7
|align=right|49.9
|&nbsp;
|[[Takahata, Yamagata|Takahata]], [[Higashiokitama District, Yamagata|Higashiokitama District]]
|-
|{{STN|Akayu|x}}
|{{lang|ja|赤湯}}
|align=right|328.9
|align=right|56.1
|{{Plainlist|
* {{rcb|Yamagata Railway|Flower Nagai}}}}
|[[Nanyō, Yamagata|Nanyō]]
|-
|{{STN|Kaminoyama-Onsen|x}}
|{{lang|ja|かみのやま温泉}}
|align=right|347.8
|align=right|75.0
|&nbsp;
|[[Kaminoyama, Yamagata|Kaminoyama]]
|-
|{{STN|Yamagata|x}}
|{{lang|ja|山形}}
|align=right|359.9
|align=right|87.1
|&nbsp;
|[[Yamagata, Yamagata|Yamagata]]
|-
|{{STN|Tendō|x}}
|{{lang|ja|天童}}
|align=right|373.2
|align=right|100.4
|&nbsp;
|[[Tendō, Yamagata|Tendō]]
|-
|{{STN|Sakurambo-Higashine|x}}
|{{lang|ja|さくらんぼ東根}}
|align=right|380.9
|align=right|108.1
|&nbsp;
|[[Higashine, Yamagata|Higashine]]
|-
|{{STN|Murayama|x|Yamagata}}
|{{lang|ja|村山}}
|align=right|386.3
|align=right|113.5
|&nbsp;
|[[Murayama, Yamagata|Murayama]]
|-
|{{STN|Ōishida|x}}
|{{lang|ja|大石田}}
|align=right|399.7
|align=right|126.9
|&nbsp;
|[[Ōishida, Yamagata|Ōishida]], [[Kitamurayama District, Yamagata|Kitamurayama District]]
|-
|{{STN|Shinjō|x}}
|{{lang|ja|新庄}}
|align=right|421.4
|align=right|148.6
|{{Plainlist|
* {{rcb|JR East|Ou Main}}
* {{rcb|JR East|Rikuu East}}
* {{rcb|JR East|Rikuu West}}}}
|[[Shinjō, Yamagata|Shinjō]]
|}

==Rolling stock==
As of March 2024, the following types are used on Yamagata Shinkansen services.
[[File:JReastE3-2000-1000.jpg|thumb|right|[[E3 Series Shinkansen#E3-2000 series|E3-2000 series]] (left) and [[E3 Series Shinkansen#E3-1000 series|E3-1000 series]] (right) in their older liveries at [[Shinjō Station|Shinjō]]]]
* [[E3 Series Shinkansen#E3-2000 series|E3-2000 series]] 7 car sets, since 20 December 2008 (to be replaced by [[E8 Series Shinkansen|E8 series]] after 2024)
* [[E8 Series Shinkansen|E8 series]] 7-car sets, since 16 March 2024<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last= |date=16 March 2024 |title=山形新幹線 25年ぶりの新型車両「E8系」営業運転開始 |trans-title="E8 series", begins revenue service, the first new vehicle on the Yamagata Shinkansen in 25 years |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240316/k10014392931000.html |access-date=16 March 2024 |website=NHK}}</ref>
<gallery>
File:E3-2000-L67-of-Yamagata-Shinkansen.jpg|E3-2000 series set L67 carrying original livery
File:E3-2000_L67_Akayu_Tsubasa_128_20150905.jpg|E3-2000 series set L67 of on a ''Tsubasa'' service carrying new livery
File:E8系(大宮駅).jpg|E8 series set G1 undergoing testing in July 2023
</gallery>

===Former rolling stock===
* [[400 Series Shinkansen|400 series]] 7-car sets (originally 6-car sets) withdrawn by 18 April 2010
* [[E3 Series Shinkansen#E3-1000 series|E3-1000 series]] 7-car sets (from 4 December 1999 until 18 March 2024)<ref name="E3-1000withdrawn">{{cite web |title=E3系L53編成が新潟へ |trans-title=E3 series set L53 forwarded to Niigata |url=https://railf.jp/news/2024/03/19/170300.html |website=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |publisher=Koyusha Co., Ltd. |access-date=19 April 2024 |location=Japan |language=Japanese |date=19 March 2024}}</ref>
<gallery>
File:Tsubasa 422-6.jpg|A 400 series set on a ''Tsubasa'' service, March 2005
File:E3-1000 L54 Tsubasa 144 Kita-Yamagata 20150307.jpg|E3-1000 series train set L54 in its newer livery on the Yamagata Shinkansen between Kita-yamagata and Yamagata in March 2015
</gallery>

===Non-revenue-earning-types===
[[File:Shinkansen E926 East-i.jpg|thumb|E926 East i train at Omiya Station, May 2001]]
* [[Class E926 Shinkansen|East i (E926)]]

==History==
* 1 July 1992: ''[[Tsubasa (train)|Tsubasa]]'' services start from Tokyo to Yamagata with six-car [[400 Series Shinkansen]] attached to a [[200 Series Shinkansen]] on Tōhoku Shinkansen tracks between Tokyo and [[Fukushima Station (Fukushima)|Fukushima]].
* 1 December 1995: Trains are extended to seven cars.
* 4 December 1999: Line is extended to Shinjō.
* 18 March 2007: All cars are made non-smoking.
* 20 December 2008: [[E3 Series Shinkansen#E3-2000 series|E3-2000 series]] trains enter service.
* 18 April 2010: 400 series trains cease operations.
* 11 March 2011: All services are suspended due to the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]].
* 31 March 2011: Partial services resume between Fukushima and Shinjō.
* 12 April 2011: Through-service resumed between Tokyo and Shinjō but at half of previous capacity.<ref>[[NHK]], "Yamagata Shinkansen fully resumes operations", 12 April 2011.</ref>
*13 February 2021: Services suspended north of [[Nasushiobara Station]] due to the [[2021 Fukushima earthquake]].<ref>{{cite news|last=|first=|date=14 February 2021|title=Tohoku Shinkansen line breaks from the base of utility poles|language=ja|work=|agency=TBS News|url=https://news.tbs.co.jp/newseye/tbs_newseye4198620.html|access-date=14 February 2021|archive-date=14 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214014100/http://news.tbs.co.jp/newseye/tbs_newseye4198620.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*9 June 2022: The line celebrates 30 years of operation. An [[E3 Series Shinkansen|E3 series]] trainset will be wrapped in a commemorative livery and will stay in service until November 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 June 2022 |title=山形新幹線開業30周年を記念したラッピング車両を運転 |trans-title=Driving a wrapping vehicle commemorating the 30th anniversary of the opening of the Yamagata Shinkansen |url=https://railf.jp/news/2022/06/07/143000.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607064109/https://railf.jp/news/2022/06/07/143000.html |archive-date=7 June 2022 |access-date=8 June 2022 |website=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |language=ja}}</ref>
*16 March 2024: [[E8 series]] trains enter service<ref name=":1" />
*6 March 2025: Due to a combined [[Hayabusa (train)|''Hayabusa'']]–[[Komachi (train)|''Komachi'']] service uncoupling near [[Nishi-Nippori Station|Nishi-Nippori station]], coupled formations with ''[[Yamabiko]]'' trains on Yamagata Shinkansen were suspended until 14 March.<ref>{{Cite web  |date=2025-03-14 |title=JR East resumes coupled shinkansen operations |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/14/japan/tohoku-shinkansen-resumes-coupled-trains/ |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=The Japan Times |language=en}}</ref> Passengers travelling from Tokyo to Yamagata/Shinjō and vice versa were instructed to transfer at [[Fukushima Station (Fukushima)|Fukushima station]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=東北新幹線が走行中分離、「こまち」側に連結解除の痕跡…原因判明まで新幹線の連結運転取りやめ（読売新聞オンライン） |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/1fec00eae9fe6becbee03b71e99d4bd688a3088e |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=Yahoo!ニュース |language=ja}}</ref>{{Dead link|date=July 2025}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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* [http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/result.aspx?mode=2&rosen=77=1=山形新幹線 Stations of Yamagata Shinkansen] (JR East) {{in lang|ja}}

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