Senseki Line

Senseki Line
Senseki Line 205-3100 series in September 2021
Overview
Native name仙石線
StatusOperating
OwnerJR East
LocaleMiyagi Prefecture
Termini
Stations32
Service
TypeHeavy rail
SystemJR East
Operator(s)JR East, JR Freight
Rolling stock205 series
History
OpenedJune 5, 1925; 99 years ago (1925-06-05)
Technical
Track length50.2 km (31.2 mi)
Number of tracks2 (Aoba-dōri — Higashi-Shiogama), 1 (Higashi-Shiogama — Ishinomaki)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC
Operating speed95 km/h (59 mph)
Route map

0.0
Aoba-dōri
Sendai Subway Namboku Line
Sendai
(1) -1952
Sendai
(2) 1952–2000 Sendai Tram 1926–76
0.5
Sendai
(3) 2000– Sendai Subway Namboku Line
1.3
Tsutsujigaoka
2.4
Miyaginohara
Rikuzen-Haranomachi Depot
3.2
Rikuzen-Haranomachi
Tōhoku Main Line(Miyagino Freight Line)
former line
-2000
4.0
Nigatake
4.6
Shinden Stop
-1944
5.6
Kozurushinden
6.8
Miyagino Signal
Sendai Rail Yard
Miyagino branch Yard
7.7
Fukudamachi
Nanakita River
8.6
Rikuzen-Takasago
10.3
Nakanosakae
Sendai Rinkai Railway:Rinkai Main Line
12.6
Tagajō
14.4
Geba
Shiogama Line
15.2
Nishi-Shiogama
Shiogamakō
16.0
Hon-Shiogama
Shiogama Line
Higashi-Shiogama
(1) -1981
Shiogama Uoichiba
17.2
Higashi-Shiogama(2)
1981–
Tōhoku Main Line
20.3
Rikuzen-Hamada
Koishihama Amusement Park
23.2
Matsushima-Kaigan
Matsushima
Shin-Tomiyama Stop
-1944
Matsushima Densha (1922–44)
25.5
Takagimachi
27.3
Tetaru
28.6
Rikuzen-Tomiyama
30.8
Rikuzen-Ōtsuka
former line
-2015
32.2
Tōna
33.4
Nobiru
Naruse River
36.0
Rikuzen-Ono
37.6
Kazuma
40.2
Yamoto
41.6
Higashi-Yamoto
43.1
Rikuzen-Akai
45.2
Ishinomakiayumino
2.9#
Ishinomakifutō
46.6
Hebita
49.7
Ishinomakikō Freight Terminal
(2)
47.6
52.5
Ishinomakikō Freight Terminal
(1) -1971
49.0
Ishinomaki

The Senseki Line (仙石線, Senseki-sen) is a railway line in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Aoba-dōri Station in Sendai to Ishinomaki Station in Ishinomaki, and provides access to the central coast areas of Miyagi Prefecture, significantly the Matsushima area. It connects with the Sendai Subway Nanboku Line at Aoba-dōri Station; the Tōhoku Shinkansen, the Tōhoku Main Line and the Senzan Line at Sendai Station; and the Ishinomaki Line in Ishinomaki. The name Senseki (仙石) comes from the combination of the first kanji of Sendai (台) and Ishinomaki (巻), the two cities that the Senseki Line connects. It is also the only line in Sendai area that is powered by DC overhead power line.