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Nanboku Line (Sendai)

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The Sendai City Subway Line (or Sendai City Underground Nanboku Line (仙台市営地下鉄南北線 Sendai shiei chikatetsu nanbokusen?) as it is officially known) is a subway line in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It connects Izumi-chūō Station in Izumi-ku, Sendai, with Tomizawa Station in Taihaku-ku, Sendai. This 1067 mm gauge line is 14.8 km long has 17 stations and runs on 1500 volt underground overhead electric system. The name Nanboku means north-south, which is the general direction that the track runs.

The Nanboku Line was the world's first public train to use fuzzy logic to control its speed, and is often used as an example in university courses on the subject of neural networks. 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].


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History

An entrance leading down to Dainohara Station
  • 1981 - Construction Started
  • July 15, 1987 - From Yaotome Station to Tomizawa Station opened.
  • July 15, 1992 - Line extended from Yaotome Station to Izumi-Chūō Station.
  • March 11, 2011 - Damaged in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and subsequently shut down for repairs.
  • April 29, 2011 - Line reopenes after repair works were finished.[3]


Nanboku Line Station List

Station Name Japanese Distance from previous station Distance from Tomizawa Coordinates Transfers Location
Tomizawa 富沢 N/A 0.0 km 38°12′51″N 140°52′14″E / 38.214167°N 140.870556°E / 38.214167; 140.870556 (Tomizawa Station) Taihaku-ku, Sendai
Nagamachi-Minami 長町南 1.5 km 1.5 km 38°13′29″N 140°52′36″E / 38.224722°N 140.876667°E / 38.224722; 140.876667 (Nagamachi-Minami Station)
Nagamachi 長町 0.9 km 2.4 km 38°13′35″N 140°53′08″E / 38.226389°N 140.885556°E / 38.226389; 140.885556 (Nagamachi Station) Tōhoku Main Line, Jōban Line
Nagamachi-Itchōme 長町一丁 0.7 km 3.1 km 38°14′03″N 140°53′15″E / 38.234167°N 140.8875°E / 38.234167; 140.8875 (Nagamachi-Itchōme Station)
Kawaramachi 河原町 0.8 km 3.9 km 38°14′28″N 140°53′16″E / 38.241111°N 140.887778°E / 38.241111; 140.887778 (Kawaramachi Station) Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai
Atagobashi 愛宕橋 0.9 km 4.8 km 38°14′51″N 140°52′54″E / 38.2475°N 140.881667°E / 38.2475; 140.881667 (Atagobashi Station)
Itsutsubashi 五橋 0.6 km 5.4 km 38°15′07″N 140°52′52″E / 38.251944°N 140.881111°E / 38.251944; 140.881111 (Itsutsubashi Station) Aoba-ku, Sendai
Sendai 仙台 0.9 km 6.3 km 38°15′37″N 140°52′55″E / 38.260278°N 140.881944°E / 38.260278; 140.881944 (Sendai Station) Tōhoku Shinkansen, Tōhoku Main Line, Senzan Line, Senseki Line (at Aoba-dōri Station), Jōban Line
Hirose-dōri 広瀬通 0.6 km 6.9 km 38°15′46″N 140°52′33″E / 38.262778°N 140.875833°E / 38.262778; 140.875833 (Hirose-dōri Station)
Kōtōdai-Kōen 勾当台公園 0.6 km 7.5 km 38°15′59″N 140°52′17″E / 38.266389°N 140.871389°E / 38.266389; 140.871389 (Kōtōdai-Kōen Station)
Kita-Yobanchō 北四番丁 0.7 km 8.2 km 38°16′20″N 140°52′08″E / 38.272222°N 140.868889°E / 38.272222; 140.868889 (Kita-Yobanchō Station)
Kita-Sendai 北仙台 1.2 km 9.4 km 38°16′54″N 140°52′09″E / 38.281667°N 140.869167°E / 38.281667; 140.869167 (Kita-Sendai Station) Senzan Line
Dainohara 台原 1.1 km 10.5 km 38°17′19″N 140°52′43″E / 38.288611°N 140.878611°E / 38.288611; 140.878611 (Dainohara Station)
Asahigaoka 旭ヶ丘 1.0 km 11.5 km 38°17′45″N 140°53′01″E / 38.295833°N 140.883611°E / 38.295833; 140.883611 (Asahigaoka Station)
Kuromatsu 黒松 0.8 km 12.3 km 38°18′11″N 140°53′11″E / 38.303056°N 140.886389°E / 38.303056; 140.886389 (Kuromatsu Station) Izumi-ku, Sendai
Yaotome 八乙女 1.3 km 13.6 km 38°18′47″N 140°53′03″E / 38.313056°N 140.884028°E / 38.313056; 140.884028 (Yaotome Station)
Izumi-Chūō 泉中央 1.2 km 14.8 km 38°19′23″N 140°52′50″E / 38.323056°N 140.880556°E / 38.323056; 140.880556 (Izumi-Chūō Station)

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See also

References

  1. ^ Andrew Pollack (April 2, 1989). "Fuzzy Computer Theory: How to Mimic the Mind?". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE5DF133EF931A35757C0A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print. Retrieved 2007-10-31. 
  2. ^ Philip Elmer-DeWitt (September 25, 1989). "Time For Some Fuzzy Thinking". Time. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,958640,00.html. Retrieved 2007-10-31. 
  3. ^ Kyodo News, "Sendai subway to fully resume operation April 29, earlier than planned", 6 April 2011.

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