Senseki Line

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The Senseki Line (仙石線) is a rail line in Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) system, it runs from Aoba-dōri Station in Sendai, Miyagi to Ishinomaki Station in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, providing access to the central coast areas of Miyagi Prefecture, significantly the Matsushima area. It connects with the Sendai Subway at Aoba-dōri Station in Sendai; the Tōhoku Shinkansen, the Tōhoku Main Line and the Senzan Line at Sendai Station in Sendai; and the Ishinomaki Line in Ishinomaki.

1 Name
2 Service
- 2.1 Local
- 2.2 Rapid
3 Timeline
4 Station List

[edit] Name

The name Senseki (仙石) comes from the combination of the first kanji of Sendai (仙台) and Ishinomaki (石巻), the two cities that the Senseki Line connects.

[edit] Service

The Senseki Line runs under three categories: one local train and two types of rapid tains.

[edit] Local

Local trains originating from Aoba-dōri may have any of the following destinations:

Kozurushinden
Tagajo
Higashi-Shiogama
Takagimachi
Ishinomaki

Any train originating from any of the previous destinations will head to Aoba-dōri.

[edit] Rapid

All rapid trains will stop at the following stations:

Aoba-dōri
Sendai
Tagajo
Hon-Shiogama
Matsushima-Kaigan
Takagimachi
Nobiru
Rikuzen-Ono
Yamoto
Higashi-Yamoto
Rikuzen-Akai
Hebita
Rikuzen-Yamashita
Ishinomaki

The first kind of rapid train will only stop at the previous stations, while a second type, in addition to the previous stations, will also stop at all stations between Tagajo and Sendai Stations.

[edit] Timeline

June 5, 1925: Miyagi Electric Railway (later Senseki Line): Sendai – Nishi-Shiogama
January 1, 1926: Miyaginohara station opens
April 14, 1926: Nishi-Shiogama – Hon-Shiogama
April 18, 1927: Hon-Shiogama – Matsushima-Kōen (later Matsushima-Kaigan station)
April 10, 1928: Matsushima-Kōen – Rikuzen-Ono
May 15, 1928: Nigatake station opens
November 22, 1928: Rikuzen-Ono – Ishinomaki station, connecting Sendai to Ishinomaki
June 1, 1929: Kazuma station opens
October 23, 1931: Nobiru station becomes Tōhoku-Suma station
December 1, 1931: Tōna station opens
January 8, 1932: Ishinomaki station becomes Miyaden-Ishinomaki station
August 1, 1932: Geba station opens
February 1, 1939: Miyaden-Yamashita station (later Rikuzen-Yamashita station) opens
November 7, 1939: Miyaden-Yamashita – Kama (later Ishinomaki Port station) freight connection opens
May 1, 1944: Miyagi Electric Railway is nationalized, becomes the Senseki Line; Higashi-Nanabanchō; station becomes Sendai Higashi-Guchi station, Hamada becomes Rikuzen-Hamada, Matsushima-Kōen becomes Matsushima-Kaigan, Tomiyama becomes Rikuzen-Tomiyama, Ōtsuka becomes Rikuzen-Ōtsuka, Tōhoku-Suma becomes Nobiru, and Miyaden-Ishinomaki becomes Ishinomaki.
June 1, 1952: Sendai – Sendai Higashi-Guchi stops
September 26, 1952: Sendai – Sendai Higashi-Gushi abolished
1957: Rapid trains begin operation
February 23, 1968: Two tracks open from Fukudamachi – Tagajō
March 19, 1968: Two tracks open from Rikuzen-Haranomachi – Fukudamachi
October 11, 1968: Kama – Ishinomaki-Futō freight connection opens
September 26, 1969: Two tracks open from Tagajō to Nishi-Shiogama
April 1, 1971: Kama – Ishinomaki-Minato freight connection abolished
March 15, 1972: Kama station becomes Ishinomaki-Minato Station
1974: Type 72 and 79 trains begin operation
October 1, 1979: Type 103 trains begin operation
April 1, 1981: Nakanosakae station opens
November 1, 1981: Nishi-Shiogama – Higashi-Shiogama become elevated, double tracks; Hon-Shiogama and Higashi-Shiogama stations moved
October 2, 1983: Weekend schedule different from regular schedule is implemented
February 1, 1984:
March 31, 1987: Higashi-Yamoto station opens
April 1, 1987: Senseki Line becomes part of the East Japan Railway Co.
March 13, 1988: Rapid trains take the name "Umikaze" along with scheduling changes
July 21, 1990: Ishinomaki and Senseki Lines' Ishinomaki stations are merged
March 15, 1991:
November 1, 1999: Ishinomaki-Minato – Ishinomaki-Futō; freight connection abolished
March 11, 2000: Sendai – Rikuzen-Haranomachi placed underground; Aoba-dōri – Sendai added
November 5, 2002: Type 205 trains begin operation
March 13, 2004: Kozurushinden station opens
October 16, 2004: "Umikaze" name is discontinued, weekday and Saturday schedules are merged
March 16, 2005: Nishi-Shiogama becomes automated

[edit] Station List

Station Name	Japanese	Distance from previous station	Distance from Aoba-dōri	Rapid	Rapid (Tagajo-Sendai local)	Transfers	Location
Aoba-dōri	あおば通	N/A	0.0 km	●	●	Sendai City Subway (Namboku Line)	Aoba-ku, Sendai
Sendai	仙台	0.5 km	0.5 km	●	●	Tōhoku Shinkansen, Akita Shinkansen, Tōhoku Main Line, Senzan Line, Jōban Line, Sendai City Subway (Namboku Line)	Miyagino-ku, Sendai
Tsutsujigaoka	榴ヶ岡	0.8 km	1.3 km	\|	●
Miyaginohara	宮城野原	1.1 km	2.4 km	\|	●
Rikuzen-Haranomachi	陸前原ノ町	0.8 km	3.2 km	\|	●
Nigatake	苦竹	0.8 km	4.0 km	\|	●
Kozurushinden	小鶴新田	1.6 km	5.6 km	\|	●
Fukudamachi	福田町	2.1 km	7.7 km	\|	●
Rikuzen-Takasago	陸前高砂	0.9 km	8.6 km	\|	●
Nakanosakae	中野栄	1.7 km	10.3 km	\|	●
Tagajō	多賀城	2.3 km	12.6 km	●	●		Tagajo, Miyagi
Geba	下馬	1.8 km	14.4 km	\|	\|		Tagajo, Miyagi
Nishi-Shiogama	西塩釜	0.8 km	15.2 km	\|	\|	≈1 km from Tōhoku Main Line Shiogama Station.	Shiogama, Miyagi
Hon-Shiogama	本塩釜	0.8 km	16.0 km	●	●
Higashi-Shiogama	東塩釜	1.2 km	17.2 km	\|	\|
Rikuzen-Hamada	陸前浜田	3.1 km	20.3 km	\|	\|		Rifu, Miyagi
Matsushima-Kaigan	松島海岸	2.9 km	23.2 km	●	●	≈2 km from Tōhoku Main Line Matsushima Station.	Matsushima, Miyagi
Takagimachi	高城町	2.3 km	25.5 km	●	●	≈1 km from Tōhoku Main Line Matsushima Station.
Tetaru	手樽	1.8 km	27.3 km	\|	\|
Rikuzen-Tomiyama	陸前富山	1.3 km	28.6 km	\|	\|
Rikuzen-Ōtsuka	陸前大塚	2.2 km	30.8 km	\|	\|		Higashimatsushima, Miyagi
Tōna	東名	1.6 km	32.4 km	\|	\|
Nobiru	野蒜	1.6 km	34.0 km	●	●
Rikuzen-Ono	陸前小野	3.2 km	37.2 km	●	●
Kazuma	鹿妻	1.6 km	38.8 km	\|	\|
Yamoto	矢本	2.6 km	41.4 km	●	●
Higashi-Yamoto	東矢本	1.4 km	42.8 km	●	●
Rikuzen-Akai	陸前赤井	1.5 km	44.3 km	●	●
Hebita	蛇田	3.5 km	47.8 km	●	●		Ishinomaki, Miyagi
Rikuzen-Yamashita	陸前山下	1.0 km	48.8 km	●	●
Ishinomaki	石巻	1.4 km	50.2 km	●	●	Ishinomaki Line