Sendai Subway Namboku Line

Metro line in Sendai, Japan

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)

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Namboku Line

Legend

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N01  |  |

0.0

| Izumi-Chūō
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Nanakita River

N02  |  |

1.2

| Yaotome
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Mamizawa Bridge

N03  |  |

2.5

| Kuromatsu
N04  |  |

3.3

| Asahigaoka
N05  |  |

4.3

| Dainohara
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Umeda River

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Senzan Line

N06  |  |

5.4

| Kita-Sendai
N07  |  |

6.6

| Kita-Yobanchō
N08  |  |

7.3

| Kōtōdai-Kōen
N09  |  |

7.9

| Hirose-dōri
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| Tōhoku Main Line

& Senzan Line

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Tōhoku Shinkansen

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Senseki Line

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N10  |  |

8.5

| Sendai

Tōzai Line

N11  |  |

9.4

| Itsutsubashi
N12  |  |

10.0

| Atagobashi
N13  |  |

10.9

| Kawaramachi
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Hirose River

N14  |  |

11.7

| Nagamachi-Itchōme
N15  |  |

12.4

| Nagamachi
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| Tōhoku Main Line, Joban

Line & Sendai Airport Line

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Tōhoku Shinkansen

N16  |  |

13.3

| Nagamachi-Minami
N17  |  |

14.8

| Tomizawa
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Zaru River

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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)[1] 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.[2]

## Stations

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All stations are in Sendai.

No.  | Station  | Japanese  | Distance (km) from  | Transfers  | Location

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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

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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.[3]
* 20 February 2024 – Newly delivered 3000 series begins testing.[4]
* 25 October 2024 - 3000 series begins operations.[5]

## Rolling stock

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* 1000 series 4-car EMUs
* 3000 series 4-car EMUs

## See also

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* List of rapid transit systems

## References

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1. ^ Andrew Pollack (April 2, 1989). "Fuzzy Computer Theory: How to Mimic the Mind?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
2. ^ Philip Elmer-DeWitt (September 25, 1989). "Time For Some Fuzzy Thinking". Time. Archived from the original on October 22, 2010. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
3. ^ Kyodo News, "Sendai subway to fully resume operation April 29, earlier than planned", 6 April 2011.
4. ^ "仙台市交3000系，日中の試運転を開始". Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 21 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
5. ^ "仙台市地下鉄南北線で新型車両「3000系」運行開始 2030年度まで順次切り替え". 仙台経済新聞. Retrieved 2024-10-24.

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