Senseki-Tōhoku Line

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Senseki-Tōhoku Line
Overview
Native name 仙石東北ライン
Type Commuter rail
System JR East
Locale Miyagi Prefecture
Termini Sendai
Ishinomaki
Stations 21
Operation
Opened 30 May 2015
Owner JR East
Rolling stock HB-E210 series hybrid DMUs
Technical
Line length 47.2 km (29.3 mi)
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The Senseki-Tōhoku Line (仙石東北ライン Senseki-Tōhoku Rain?) is a 47.2 km (29.3 mi) railway line in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, opened by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on 30 May 2015.[1][2] It connects Sendai Station in Sendai with Ishinomaki Station in Ishinomaki, using existing Tōhoku Main Line tracks between Sendai and Shiogama and Senseki Line tracks between Takagimachi and Ishinomaki, linked by a new 0.3 km connection between Shiogama and Takagimachi stations.

Service outline

In addition to all-stations "Local" services, semi-fast "Rapid" services and one limited-stop "Special Rapid" service operate on the line between Sendai and Ishinomaki.

Stations

Line name Name Japanese Distance (km) Rapid Special Rapid Transfers Location
Tohoku Main Line Sendai 仙台 0.0 O O Akita Shinkansen, Tohoku Shinkansen, Senzan Line, Senseki Line, Jōban Line
Sendai Subway Namboku Line, Sendai Subway Tōzai Line
Sendai Airport Line		 Aoba-ku, Sendai
Higashi-Sendai 東仙台 4.0 O[Note 1] | Miyagino-ku, Sendai
Iwakiri 岩切 8.1 O[Note 1] |
Rikuzen-Sannō 陸前山王 10.4 O[Note 1] | Tagajo
Kokufu-Tagajō 国府多賀城 11.7 O[Note 1] |
Shiogama 塩釜 13.4 O O Shiogama
Senseki Line Takagimachi 高城町 23.7 O O approx. 1 km from Tohoku Main Line Matsushima Station. Matsushima
Tetaru 手樽 | |
Rikuzen-Tomiyama 陸前富山 | |
Rikuzen-Ōtsuka 陸前大塚 | | Higashimatsushima
Tōna 東名 | |
Nobiru 野蒜 31.6 O |
Rikuzen-Ono 陸前小野 34.2 O |
Kazuma 鹿妻 | |
Yamoto 矢本 38.4 O O
Higashi-Yamoto 東矢本 | |
Rikuzen-Akai 陸前赤井 41.3 O |
Ishinomakiayumino 石巻あゆみ野 43.4 | | Ishinomaki
Hebita 蛇田 44.8 O |
Rikuzen-Yamashita 陸前山下 45.8 O |
Ishinomaki 石巻 47.2 O O Ishinomaki Line

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Not all Rapid services stop

Rolling stock

Senseki-Tohoku Line services use a fleet of new HB-E210 series 2-car hybrid diesel multiple unit (DMU) trains, mostly operated as four-car formations.[1][3]

  • HB-E210 C-3 5531D Rikuzen-sanno 20150614.jpg

    An HB-E210 series hybrid DMU

History

Government approval to build the new 0.3 km connecting line between the existing Tohoku Main Line and Senseki Line was granted in March 2013.[4] In July 2013, JR East announced its plans to build a fleet of new two-car HB-E210 series hybrid DMUs to be used on through services between Sendai and Ishinomaki via the new line.[5] The Senseki-Tohoku Line name for the new through services was formally announced in July 2014.[6] The official opening date of 30 May 2015 was announced by JR East in January 2015.[7] The opening of the Senseki-Tōhoku Line and the resumption of the entire Senseki Line were celebrated in the ceremony held at Nobiru Station on 30 May 2015 with Yoshihiro Murai, the Governor of Miyagi Prefecture.[2]

References

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