Sendai Subway Namboku Line

Sendai Subway Namboku Line
Overview
Status	In operation
Owner	Sendai City Transportation Bureau
Locale	Sendai, Miyagi
Termini	Tomizawa Izumi-Chūō
Stations	17
Service
Type	Rapid transit
Rolling stock	1000 series
Technical
Line length	14.8 km (9.2 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC from overhead catenary
Operating speed	75 km/h (45 mph)

The Sendai Subway Namboku Line (仙台市地下鉄南北線, Sendai shi chikatetsu nanbokusen) is a rapid transit line of Sendai Subway in Sendai, Japan. It connects Izumi-Chūō Station in Izumi-ku, Sendai, with Tomizawa Station in Taihaku-ku, Sendai. The line is 14.8 km (9.2 mi) 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 to control its speed. This system (developed by Hitachi) 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

All stations are in Sendai.

No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km) from		Transfers	Location
			previous station	Tomizawa
N17	Tomizawa	富沢	-	0.0		Taihaku-ku
N16	Nagamachi-Minami	長町南	1.5	1.5
N15	Nagamachi	長町	0.9	2.4	■ Tōhoku Main Line ■ Jōban Line Sendai Airport Line
N14	Nagamachi-Itchōme	長町一丁目	0.7	3.1
N13	Kawaramachi	河原町	0.8	3.9		Wakabayashi-ku
N12	Atagobashi	愛宕橋	0.9	4.8
N11	Itsutsubashi	五橋	0.6	5.4		Aoba-ku
N10	Sendai	仙台	0.9	6.3	JR East: Tōzai Line (T07) Tōhoku Shinkansen Akita Shinkansen ■ Tōhoku Main Line ■ Senzan Line ■ Jōban Line ■ Senseki Line Sendai Airport Line
N09	Hirose-dōri	広瀬通	0.6	6.9
N08	Kōtōdai-Kōen	勾当台公園	0.6	7.5
N07	Kita-Yobanchō	北四番丁	0.7	8.2
N06	Kita-Sendai	北仙台	1.2	9.4	■ Senzan Line
N05	Dainohara	台原	1.1	10.5
N04	Asahigaoka	旭ヶ丘	1.0	11.5
N03	Kuromatsu	黒松	0.8	12.3		Izumi-ku
N02	Yaotome	八乙女	1.3	13.6
N01	Izumi-Chūō	泉中央	1.2	14.8

History

An entrance leading down to Dainohara Station

Tracks between Yaotome and Izumi-Chūō stations

• 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 and subsequently shut down for repairs.
• April 29, 2011 – Line reopens after repair works were finished.
• 20 February 2024 – Newly delivered 3000 series begins testing.
• 25 October 2024 - 3000 series begins operations.

Rolling stock

• 1000 series 4-car EMUs
• 3000 series 4-car EMUs

See also

• List of rapid transit systems

External links

• Sendai City Transportation Bureau Home Page (in English)
• Urban Rail article on Sendai Subway (in English)