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Senseki-Tōhoku Line
A Senseki-Tōhoku Line HB-E210 series hybrid DMU train
Overview
Native name	仙石東北ライン
Owner	JR East
Locale	Miyagi Prefecture
Termini	Sendai Onagawa
Stations	22
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	JR East
Rolling stock	HB-E210 series hybrid DMUs
History
Opened	30 May 2015
Technical
Line length	64.0 km (39.8 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 64.0 km (39.77 mi) railway line in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, opened by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on 30 May 2015. 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 (0.19 mi) connection between Shiogama and Takagimachi stations. One return service a day goes to and from Onagawa.

Service outline

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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

O - all trains stop
◇ - some trains stop
△ - Sendai bound trains only stop
| - trains do not 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.

• An HB-E210 series hybrid DMU

History

Government approval to build the new 0.3 km (0.19 mi) connecting line between the existing Tohoku Main Line and Senseki Line was granted in March 2013. 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. The Senseki-Tohoku Line name for the new through services was formally announced in July 2014. The official opening date of 30 May 2015 was announced by JR East in January 2015. 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.

References

1. ^ ＜ＪＲ東＞仙台－石巻間上下６６本、最速は５２分 [JR East to run 66 trains between Sendai and Ishinomaki – fastest service taking 52 minutes]. Kahoku Shimpo Online News (in Japanese). Japan: Kahoku Shimpo Publishing Co. 27 February 2015. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
2. ^ ＜仙石線全線再開＞復興をつなげる鉄路 [Entire Senseki Line resumes to lead reconstruction]. Kahoku Shimpo Online News (in Japanese). Japan: Kahoku Shimpo Publishing Co. 31 May 2015. Archived from the original on 31 May 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
3. 仙石東北ライン一部列車の女川駅直通運転の開始について - 東日本旅客鉄道仙台支社プレスリリース 2016年6月29日
4. JR東日本 通勤型ハイブリッド車両HB-E210系を公開 [JR East HB-E210 series hybrid commuter train unveiled]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 44, no. 371. Japan: Kotsu Shimbun. March 2015. pp. 71–72.
5. 東日本旅客鉄道株式会社申請の鉄道事業の許可について [Approval of railway project requested by East Japan Railway Company] (in Japanese). Japan: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
6. "JR東日本に新型車両2形式 – E129系とディーゼルハイブリッド車両HB-E210系" [Two new train types for JR East: E129 series and diesel hybrid HB-210 series]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan: Mynavi Corporation. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
7. 仙石線の運転再開等について [Resumption of Senseki Line services] (PDF). News release (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company Sendai Division. 30 July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
8. 仙石線全線運転再開ならびに仙石東北ライン運転開始日の決定について [Date for resumption of Senseki Line services and start of Senseki-Tohoku Line services] (PDF). News release (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company Sendai Division. 29 January 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.

External links

• 26 February 2015 JR East press release (in Japanese)

v t e Transit in Sendai
Shinkansen	Tōhoku Akita
JR East	Tohoku (Rifu branch) Joban Senzan Senseki Senseki-Tohoku
Sendai Subway	Namboku Tozai
Other railways	Sendai Airport Abukuma Express
Terminals	Rail Sendai Izumi-Chuo Aoba-dori Natori Iwanuma Airports Sendai Ports Ishinomaki
Miscellaneous	Suica Rail transport in Japan
Japan transit: Tokyo Keihanshin Chūkyō Fukuoka–Kitakyushu Hakone–Fuji–Izu Hokkaido Aomori Sendai Akita Niigata Toyama Nagano Okayama Hiroshima Shikoku Metro systems Shinkansen trams (list) aerial lifts (list)

v t e JR East lines
Shinkansen	Hokuriku Jōetsu Tōhoku Akita Yamagata
Main	Chūō Ōu Shin'etsu Sōbu Tōhoku Tōkaidō Uetsu
Local	Agatsuma Aterazawa Ban'etsu East Ban'etsu West Echigo Gonō Hachikō Hachinohe Hakushin Hanawa Iiyama Ishinomaki Itō Itsukaichi Jōban Jōetsu Kamaishi Karasuyama Kashima Kawagoe Keiyō Kesennuma Kitakami Koumi Kururi Mito Musashino Nambu Narita Negishi Nikkō Ōfunato Oga Ōito Ōme Ōminato Rikuu East Rikuu West (suspended) Ryōmō Sagami Senseki Senzan Shinonoi Sotobō Suigun Tadami Takasaki Tazawako Tōgane Tsugaru Tsurumi Uchibō Utsunomiya Yahiko Yamada Yamanote Yokohama Yokosuka Yonesaka
Others	Chūō Rapid Chūō-Sōbu Gala-Yuzawa Keihin-Tōhoku Saikyō (incl. Akabane) Senseki-Tōhoku Shōnan-Shinjuku Sōbu Rapid Ueno-Tōkyō
Past	Aizu Ashio Iwaizumi Kihara Marumori Mōka Nagai Shin'etsu Main (Shinano / Echigo Tokimeki) Tōhoku Main (Aoimori / Iwate Galaxy)

• Lines of East Japan Railway Company
• Railway lines opened in 2015
• 1067 mm gauge railways in Japan
• 2015 establishments in Japan