Sendai Subway

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Sendai Subway
Sendai City Subway Logo.png
Overview
Native name仙台市地下鉄
Sendai-shi Chikatetsu
Locale Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Transit type Rapid transit
Number of lines2
Number of stations30
Operation
Began operation1987
Operator(s) Sendai City Transportation Bureau
Technical
System length28.7 km (17.8 mi)
Track gauge
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) (Namboku Line)

1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) (Tozai Line)

Contents

System map
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Sendai Subway network
Sendai Subway
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Izumi-Chūō
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Yaotome
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Kuromatsu
Izumi-ku
Aoba-ku
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boundary
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Asahigaoka
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Dainohara
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Kita-Sendai
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Kita-Yobanchō
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Kōtōdai-Kōen
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Hirose-dōri
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Sendai
Aoba-dori Ichibancho
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Miyagino-dori
Omachi Nishi-koen
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Rembo
International Center
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Yakushido
Kawauchi
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Oroshimachi
Aobayama
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Rokuchonome
Yagiyama
Zoological Park
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Arai
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Itsutsubashi
Aoba-ku
Wakabayashi-ku
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Atagobashi
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Kawaramachi
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Nagamachi-Itchōme
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Nagamachi
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Nagamachi-Minami
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Tomizawa
Namboku Line
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Tōzai Line

The Sendai Subway (仙台市地下鉄, Sendai-shi Chikatetsu) 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 December 2015. [1]

The subway was damaged in the 11 March 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami and shut down. It reopened on 29 April 2011. [2]

Lines

SymbolNameOpenedCompletedLengthStationsTrain

Length

N Namboku Line July 1987July 199214.8 km (9.2 mi)174 cars
T Tozai Line 6 December 20156 December 201513.9 km (8.6 mi)134 cars

Rolling stock

Network Map

Sendai Subway

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References

  1. "New subway line opens in disaster-hit Sendai".
  2. "Sendai subway to fully resume operation April 29, earlier than planned". Kyodo News . 6 April 2011.