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*1981 – Construction started
*July 15, 1987 – Line opened from Yaotome to Tomizawa.
*July 15, 1992 – Line extended from Yaotome to Izumi-Chūō.
*March 11, 2011 – Damaged in the
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{{Sendai transit Railway lines opened in 1987 1987 establishments in Japan 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan Transport in Sendai 1500 V DC railway electrification
rapid transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as heavy rail or metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas. A rapid transit system that primarily or traditionally runs below the surface may be c ...
line of Sendai Subway in Sendai
is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Miyagi Prefecture, the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,091,407 in 525,828 households, and is one of Japan's 20 Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, desig ...
, Japan. It connects Izumi-Chūō Station in Izumi-ku, Sendai, with Tomizawa Station
is a metro station on the Sendai Subway Namboku Line in Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
Lines
Tomizawa Station is a terminal station on the Sendai Subway Nanboku Line and is located 14.8 rail kilometers from the opposing termi ...
in Taihaku-ku, Sendai. The line is long and has 17 stations. Like many mainline trains and metros in Japan, it uses the 1067 mm track gauge and runs on 1,500 V overhead line. The name "Namboku" means south–north, which is the general direction that the track runs.
The Namboku Line was the world's first public railway to use fuzzy logic
Fuzzy logic is a form of many-valued logic in which the truth value of variables may be any real number between 0 and 1. It is employed to handle the concept of partial truth, where the truth value may range between completely true and completely ...
to control its speed. This system (developed by Hitachi
() is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is the parent company of the Hitachi Group (''Hitachi Gurūpu'') and had formed part of the Ni ...
) accounts for the relative smoothness of the starts and stops when compared to other trains, and is 10% more energy efficient than human-controlled acceleration.
Stations
History
*1981 – Construction started
*July 15, 1987 – Line opened from Yaotome to Tomizawa.
*July 15, 1992 – Line extended from Yaotome to Izumi-Chūō.
*March 11, 2011 – Damaged in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on 11 March. The magnitude 9.0–9.1 (M) undersea megathrust earthquake had an epicenter in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region, and lasted approximately six minutes ...
and subsequently shut down for repairs.
*April 29, 2011 – Line reopens after repair works were finished.Kyodo News
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, "Sendai subway to fully resume operation April 29, earlier than planned", 6 April 2011.
Rolling stock
* 1000 series 4-car EMUsSee also
*List of rapid transit systems
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References
External links
*Sendai City Transportation Bureau Home Page
{{Sendai transit Railway lines opened in 1987 1987 establishments in Japan 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan Transport in Sendai 1500 V DC railway electrification