Sendai Subway Tōzai Line
Sendai Subway Tozai Line | |
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Overview | |
Native name | |
Status | Operational |
Owner | ![]() |
Locale | Sendai, Miyagi |
Termini | |
Stations | 13 |
Service | |
Type | Rapid transit |
System | ![]() |
Depot(s) | Arai |
Rolling stock | 2000 series |
Daily ridership | Approx. 80,000 daily (forecast) |
History | |
Opened | 6 December 2015 |
Technical | |
Line length | 13.9 km (8.6 mi) |
Number of tracks | 2 |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
Electrification | 1,500 V DC from overhead catenary |
Operating speed | 70 km/h (45 mph) |
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The Sendai Subway Tozai Line (
Stations[edit]
All stations are located in Sendai.
No. | Station name | Japanese | Distance (km) |
Transfers | Location |
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T01 | Yagiyama Zoological Park | 0.0 | Taihaku-ku | ||
T02 | Aobayama | 2.1 | Aoba-ku | ||
T03 | Kawauchi | 3.7 | |||
T04 | International Center | 4.3 | |||
T05 | Omachi Nishi-koen | 5.0 | |||
T06 | Aoba-dori Ichibancho | 5.7 | |||
T07 | Sendai | 6.5 | |||
T08 | Miyagino-dori | 7.2 | Miyagino-ku | ||
T09 | Rembo | 8.4 | Wakabayashi-ku | ||
T10 | Yakushido | 9.5 | |||
T11 | Oroshimachi | 11.0 | |||
T12 | Rokuchonome | 12.3 | |||
T13 | Arai | 13.9 |
From the start of operations on the line, nine out of the line's 13 stations are staffed and operated by sub-contracted employees from the security company Alsok.[3] Operations at Omachi Nishi-koen Station will also be sub-contracted to Alsok from fiscal 2018, leaving only the two termini and Sendai Station staffed by Sendai City Transportation Bureau employees.[3]
Rolling stock[edit]
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Sendai-Tozai-Line_Series2000-2513.jpg/220px-Sendai-Tozai-Line_Series2000-2513.jpg)
Services are operated by a fleet of 15 four-car Sendai Subway 2000 series electric trains manufactured by Kinki Sharyo.[2][4]
Passenger statistics[edit]
According to forecasts published by Sendai City Transportation Bureau in August 2012, the line is expected initially to be used by an average of approximately 80,000 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[5]
History[edit]
The line opened on 6 December 2015, with a departure ceremony for the first train at Arai Station.[6]
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Construction work on the Hirosegawa Bridge in March 2009
References[edit]
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仙台 市 地下鉄 東西線 来年 12月 6日 開業 へ [Sendai Subway Tozai Line to open on 6 December 2015]. Tetsudo Hobidas (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing Co., Ltd. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014. - ^ a b
仙台 市営 地下鉄 東西 線 の車両 デザインが決定 [Train design finalized for Sendai Subway Tozai Line]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012. - ^ a b <
仙台 東西線 >駅 サービス ALSOK委託 [Sendai Tozai Line station services to be sub-contracted to Alsok]. Kahoku Shimpo Online News (in Japanese). Japan: Kahoku Shimpo Publishing Co. 2 December 2015. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015. - ^
仙台 市 交通 局 殿 から東西線 用 新型 車両 2000系 を受注 しました [Order from Sendai City Transportation Bureau received for new 2000 series trains for Tozai Line]. News release (in Japanese). Japan: The Kinki Sharyo Co., Ltd. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012. - ^
地下鉄 東西線 建設 事業 の再 評価 における需要 予測 の事例 (その2) [Demand forecast case studies in reevaluation of Tozai Line construction project (Part 2)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Sendai City Transportation Bureau. August 2012. p. 8. Retrieved 7 December 2015. - ^ "New subway line opens in disaster-hit Sendai". The Japan Times. Japan: The Japan Times Ltd. 6 December 2015. Archived from the original on 6 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
External links[edit]
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- Official website (in Japanese)