Sendai Subway

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Sendai Subway
Overview
Native name	仙台市地下鉄 Sendai-shi Chikatetsu
Locale	Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	2
Number of stations	30
Operation
Began operation	1987
Operator(s)	Sendai City Transportation Bureau
Technical
System length	28.7 km (17.8 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) (Namboku Line) 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (Tozai Line)
System map

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Legend
N01 Izumi-Chūō N02 Yaotome N03 Kuromatsu Izumi-ku Aoba-ku ward boundary N04 Asahigaoka N05 Dainohara N06 Kita-Sendai N07 Kita-Yobanchō N08 Kōtōdai-Kōen N09 Hirose-dōri Aoba-dori N10 T07 Sendai Aoba-dori Ichibancho T06 T08 Miyagino-dori Omachi Nishi-koen T05 T09 Rembo International Center T04 T10 Yakushido Kawauchi T03 T11 Oroshimachi Aobayama T02 T12 Rokuchonome Yagiyama Zoological Park T01 T13 Arai N11 Itsutsubashi Aoba-ku Wakabayashi-ku ward boundary N12 Atagobashi N13 Kawaramachi Wakabayashi-ku Taihaku-ku ward boundary N15 Nagamachi-Itchōme N15 Nagamachi N16 Nagamachi-Minami N17 Tomizawa
Namboku Line Tōzai Line

The Sendai Subway (仙台市地下鉄, Sendai-shi Chikatetsu) is a rapid transit system in Sendai, Japan. It is operated by the Sendai City Transportation Bureau. The subway consists of two lines, the north-south Namboku Line, which opened in July 1987, and the east-west Tozai Line, which opened in December 2015.^[1]

The subway was damaged in the 11 March 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami and shut down. It reopened on 29 April 2011.^[2]