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airport rail link An airport rail link is a service providing passenger rail transport from an airport to a nearby city by mainline or commuter trains, rapid transit, people mover, or light rail. Direct links operate straight to the airport terminal, while o ...

service connecting Sendai Airport to

Sendai is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,091,407 in 525,828 households, and is one of Japan's 20 designated cities. The city was founded in 1600 by the ''daimyō'' Date M ...

, Miyagi, Japan. Rail service began on March 18, 2007.

Data

The third-sector Sendai Airport Transit Co., Ltd. (SAT) started construction of the line in 2002. The construction cost is expected to reach 34.9 billion yen, and it may take as long as thirty years before the railway turns a profit. *Route:

Natori Station is a junction railway station in the city of Natori, Miyagi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station also has a freight terminal operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company. Lines Natori Station is served by the ...

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Sendai Airport Station is a railway station in the city of Natori, Miyagi, Japan, operated by third-sector railway operator Sendai Airport Transit (SAT). Lines Sendai Airport Station is a terminal station of by the Sendai Airport Line and is 17.5 kilometers from ...

*Length: 7.1 km * Gauge: *Number of stations: 4, including terminals *Multiple-track sections: Single-track except for passing loop at Mitazono Station *Electrification: 20,000 V AC *Block system: Special automatic blocking (planned) *Rolling stock: JR E721-500 and SAT721 series 2-car EMUs

Station list

Rolling stock

SAT has ordered six 2-car SAT721 trainsets which are used in conjunction with similar design JR E721-500 series sets. The stainless-steel bodied trains feature barrier-free design and have a top speed of 120 km/h. LED indicators show the stations and destination. Train interior and exterior announcements are given in Japanese and English. File:SAT-721.JPG, SAT721 series File:JRE E721 500.JPG, JR E721-500 series

Connections

From

, service extends via the

Tōhoku Main Line The Tōhoku Main Line ( ja, 東北本線, ) is a long railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The line starts from Tokyo Station in Chiyoda, Tokyo and passes through such cities as Saitama, Utsunomiya, Fukush ...

tracks to Sendai Station, a stop for the

Tōhoku Shinkansen The is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen rail line, connecting Tokyo with Aomori in Aomori Prefecture in a route length of , making it Japan's longest Shinkansen line. It runs through the more sparsely populated Tōhoku region of Japan's main ...

express trains located in central

. From Sendai Station, it takes 17 minutes (rapid service) or 25 minutes (local service) to get to the airport. The railway also has advertised that Sendai Airport can be reached from neighboring cities such as

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and Ichinoseki in under one hour. Trains can be up to six cars in length. Besides being faster than existing bus services from the city, with a fare of 400 yen from Natori Station, or 650 yen from Sendai Station, the rail service is also less expensive.

Sendai Airport Transit

is a third-sector company in charge of constructing and running the Sendai Airport Line train service between

and

Miyagi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 2,305,596 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Miyagi Prefecture borders Iwate Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefecture to the n ...

, Japan.

History

The company was founded on April 7, 2000, and has capital of over seven billion yen. The Sendai Airport Line opened on March 18, 2007, electrified at 20 kV AC. The line was severely damaged by the

2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami The occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on 11 March. The magnitude 9.0–9.1 (M) undersea megathrust earthquake had an epicenter in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region, and lasted approximately six m ...

, and service was suspended indefinitely from March 11, 2011, and reopened on October 1 of that year.

Rolling stock

The company owns three two-car SAT721 series

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trains (identical in design to the JR East E721-500 series sets)

References

External links

Sendai Airport Transit website
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(how-to movies on transportation in Sendai)

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