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line of

Sendai Subway The is a rapid transit system in Sendai, Japan. It is operated by the Sendai City Transportation Bureau. The subway consists of two lines, the north-south Namboku Line, which opened in July 1987, and the east-west Tozai Line, which opened 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 is the northernmost ward of the city of Sendai, in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. , the ward had a population of 215,048 and a population density of 1470 persons per km2 in 90,336 households. The total area of the ward was . Izumi-ku is the twelfth- ...

, 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 term ...

Taihaku-ku, Sendai is the southernmost ward of the city Sendai, in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. , the ward had a population of 226,069 and a population density of 1470 persons per km2 in 102,728 households. The total area of the ward was . Taihaku-ku is eleventh larg ...

. 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

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to control its speed. This system (developed by

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) 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.

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, "Sendai subway to fully resume operation April 29, earlier than planned", 6 April 2011.

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* 1000 series 4-car EMUs

References

External links

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Sendai City Transportation Bureau Home Page

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Stations

History

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