Senseki Line

The nihongo|Senseki Line|仙石線|Senseki sen is a rail line in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) system, it runs from 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.

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.

ervice

There are three types of services on the Senseki Line: one local train and two types of rapid trains.

Local

Local trains originating from Aoba-dōri may have any of the following destinations:
*Kozurushinden
*Tagajō
*Higashi-Shiogama
*Takagimachi
*IshinomakiAny train originating from any of the previous destinations will head to Aoba-dōri.

Rapid

All rapid trains will stop at the following stations:
*Aoba-dōri
*Sendai
*Tagajō
*Hon-Shiogama
*Matsushima-Kaigan
*Takagimachi
*Nobiru
*Rikuzen-Ono
*Yamoto
*Higashi-Yamoto
*Rikuzen-Akai
*Hebita
*Rikuzen-Yamashita
*IshinomakiThe 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 Tagajō and Sendai Stations.

Timeline

*June 51925: Miyagi Electric Railway (later Senseki Line): Sendai – Nishi-Shiogama
*January 11926: Miyaginohara station opens
*April 141926: Nishi-Shiogama – Hon-Shiogama
*April 181927: Hon-Shiogama – Matsushima-Kōen (later Matsushima-Kaigan station)
*April 101928: Matsushima-Kōen – Rikuzen-Ono
*May 151928: Nigatake station opens
*November 221928: Rikuzen-Ono – Ishinomaki station, connecting Sendai to Ishinomaki
*June 11929: Kazuma station opens
*October 231931: Nobiru station becomes Tōhoku-Suma station
*December 11931: Tōna station opens
*January 81932: Ishinomaki station becomes Miyaden-Ishinomaki station
*August 11932: Geba station opens
*February 11939: Miyaden-Yamashita station (later Rikuzen-Yamashita station) opens
*November 71939: Miyaden-Yamashita – Kama (later Ishinomaki Port station) freight connection opens
*May 11944: 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 11952: Sendai – Sendai Higashi-Guchi stops
*September 261952: Sendai – Sendai Higashi-Gushi abolished
*1957: Rapid trains begin operation
*February 231968: Two tracks open from Fukudamachi – Tagajō
*March 191968: Two tracks open from Rikuzen-Haranomachi – Fukudamachi
*October 111968: Kama – Ishinomaki-Futō freight connection opens
*September 261969: Two tracks open from Tagajō to Nishi-Shiogama
*April 11971: Kama – Ishinomaki-Minato freight connection abolished
*March 151972: Kama station becomes Ishinomaki-Minato Station
*1974: Type 72 and 79 trains begin operation
*October 11979: 103 series trains begin operation
*April 11981: Nakanosakae station opens
*November 11981: Nishi-Shiogama – Higashi-Shiogama become elevated, double tracks; Hon-Shiogama and Higashi-Shiogama stations moved
*October 21983: Weekend schedule different from regular schedule is implemented
*March 311987: Higashi-Yamoto station opens
*April 11987: Senseki Line becomes part of the East Japan Railway Co.
*March 131988: Rapid trains take the name "Umikaze" along with scheduling changes
*July 211990: Ishinomaki and Senseki Lines' Ishinomaki stations are merged
*March 151991:
*November 11999: Ishinomaki-Minato – Ishinomaki-Futō; freight connection abolished
*March 112000: Sendai – Rikuzen-Haranomachi placed underground; Aoba-dōri – Sendai added
*November 52002: 205 series trains begin operation
*March 132004: Kozurushinden station opens
*October 162004: "Umikaze" name is discontinued, weekday and Saturday schedules are merged
*March 162005: Nishi-Shiogama becomes automated

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