Sendai Subway Namboku Line
# Sendai Subway Namboku Line

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

## 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 and subsequently shut down for repairs.
* April 29, 2011 – Line reopens after repair works were finished.

## Rolling stock

* 1000 series 4-car EMUs
