Sendai Subway Namboku Line 南北線

Subway · Sendai City Subway 仙台市 · 17 stations

How to ride Sendai City Subway (Transportation Bureau City of Sendai) P

Operator-wide facts from Sendai City Subway (Transportation Bureau City of Sendai)'s own pages; individual lines and stations can differ.

IC cards (Suica etc.)Accepted Picsca (イクスカ), Suica, PASMO, Kitaca, TOICA, manaca +5 more

Credit card touchSome services PVisa, Mastercard etc. contactless

Delays & suspensionsLive status →Japanese only; subway and city buses; subway delays of 30 minutes or more

Step-free accessStation list → PNamboku Line: there is a gap (about 7 cm, being cut to about 3 cm) and a step (up to about 6 cm) between platform and train, so staff help wheelchair users on and off with a boarding plate; ask station staff.

Passes5 valid herefrom ¥620

IC cards and payment in detail

The local card icsca, Suica and the cards interoperable with Suica (PASMO, Kitaca, TOICA, manaca, ICOCA, PiTaPa, SUGOCA, nimoca, Hayakaken) work on the subway. PiTaPa postpay is not supported: charge it first. Mobile Suica, PASMO and ICOCA work at the gates but not in card-slot ticket or fare adjustment machines. Card-specific services (disability cards, auto-charge) may not work. Contactless credit/debit cards and phones work only on the Tōzai Line (see cemv). P

地下鉄・バスでは，icscaのほか，SuicaやSuicaと相互利用している交通系ICカード（PASMO，Kitaca，TOICA，manaca（マナカ），ICOCA，PiTaPa，SUGOCA，nimoca，はやかけん）が使えます。

Getting on

Buy a ticket (single or one-day) at the ticket machine, or use an IC card (icsca, Suica or another interoperable card).
All subway gates are automatic. IC card: touch it on the reader. Single ticket or subway one-day ticket: put it in the slot. Do not touch two IC cards (or a card and an IC phone) together: the gate shows an error.
Tōzai Line only: a contactless credit/debit card or phone is touched on the reader at the staffed gate (有人改札), on the entry side, until the light turns from blue to green; the station staff then open the gate. Take the card out of your wallet first. No registration is needed.
Wheelchair users need no advance booking: if you need help, ask the station staff at the window before boarding.

Getting off

IC card: touch it on the gate reader; the remaining balance is shown. Paper ticket: put it in the slot; single tickets are kept, one-day tickets come back out, so take them.
If you rode too far or your IC balance is short, pay at the fare adjustment machine first (IC card: charge it or add only the shortfall), then go through the gate. Staff are in the office beside the gate.
Tōzai Line contactless card or phone: touch the reader on the exit side of the staffed gate with the same card or device you entered with. Only adult fares are charged (no child fare or welfare discount), one card covers one person, and you cannot transfer to the Namboku Line with it.

Wheelchair assistance

Transportation Bureau Information Center (交通局案内センター), for times, fares, passes, IC cards and routes: Mon–Fri 8:30–18:30, weekends, holidays and 29 Dec–3 Jan 8:30–17:00. No dedicated accessibility line was found; wheelchair users need no advance booking and can ask station staff at the window for help. Tel. 022-222-2256

Sources checked 2026-10-10 · review: draft_unreviewed

www.kotsu.city.sendai.jp/icsca/icsca_sougo/ · official ic card page · checked 2026-10-07
www.kotsu.city.sendai.jp/fare/contactless/ · official contactless page · checked 2026-10-07
www.kotsu.city.sendai.jp/subway/guide/norikata/ · official howto · checked 2026-10-07
www.kotsu.city.sendai.jp/fare/waribiki/ · official pass page · checked 2026-10-07
www.kotsu.city.sendai.jp/fare/sendai_area_pass/ · official pass page · checked 2026-10-07
www.kotsu.city.sendai.jp/inquiry/madoguchi/ · official contact page · checked 2026-10-07
www.kotsu.city.sendai.jp/unkou · official service status · checked 2026-10-09
www.kotsu.city.sendai.jp/kigyou/safety/barrierfree/sukima_syukusyo/ · official accessibility page · checked 2026-10-10

Passes valid on this line 5 P

Day passes, regional passes and special tickets that include this line, cheapest first. 1 of them are sold only to foreign visitors. Prices and rules change: check the official page before you buy.

Anyone can buy 1 day · Unlimited rides

Sendai Subway One-Day Ticket

地下鉄一日乗車券 · Sendai City Transportation Bureau

¥840 Adult (any day) · ¥420 Child (any day) · ¥620 Adult (Sat/Sun/holidays) · +1 more

Day of purchase only (tickets bought in advance at station windows are valid on the chosen day). The Saturday/Sunday/holiday price also applies over the New Year period.

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Anyone can buy 1 day · Unlimited rides

Loople Sendai & Subway One-Day Ticket

るーぷる仙台・地下鉄共通一日乗車券 · Sendai City Transportation Bureau

¥1,000 Adult · ¥500 Child

One day; the paper ticket is sold for same-day use only.

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Foreign visitors only 1 day · Unlimited rides

Sendai Area Pass

SENDAI AREA PASS · JR East

¥1,420 Adult · ¥720 Child (6–11)

One day.

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Anyone can buy 2 days · Unlimited rides

Sendai Marugoto Pass

仙台まるごとパス · JR East

¥2,930 Adult · ¥1,470 Child (6–11) ¥1,465/day

2 days.

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Anyone can buy 2 days · Unlimited rides

Sendai Marugoto Pass Wide (digital)

仙台まるごとパスワイド（デジタル版） · JR East

¥3,380 Adult · ¥1,690 Child (6–11) ¥1,690/day

2 days from activation (activate within 30 days of purchase).

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IC cards (Suica, ICOCA…) P

Suica area: Sendai (Miyagi, Fukushima, Yamagata) Suica and the other nationwide IC cards (PASMO, Kitaca, TOICA, manaca, ICOCA, PiTaPa, SUGOCA, nimoca, Hayakaken); Sendai's icsca too
3 of 17 stations estimated from the official map

14 stations are not in the IC areas we have; check at the station.

How IC card areas work →

Stations

In order along the main route; branch stations, if any, are listed at the end. English names and readings where OpenStreetMap has them.

#	Station	English	Passengers / day (2024)	Guide / other lines
1	泉中央 🗣	Izumi-Chuo	23,970
2	八乙女 🗣	Yaotome	7,608
3	黒松 🗣	Kuromatsu	4,361
4	旭ヶ丘 🗣	Asahigaoka	6,828
5	台原 🗣	Dainohara	6,000
6	北仙台きたせんだい 🗣	Kita-Sendai	16,988	Local train
7	北四番丁きたよばんちょう 🗣	Kita-Yobancho	9,199
8	勾当台公園 🗣	Kotodai-Koen	16,938
9	広瀬通ひろせどおり 🗣	Hirose-dori	9,828
10	仙台 🗣	Sendai	267,943	Local train, Senseki Line, Tohoku Shinkansen, Tōhoku Main Line, Tōzai Line
11	五橋いつつばし 🗣	Itsutsubashi	7,197
12	愛宕橋 🗣	Atagobashi	2,552
13	河原町 🗣	Kawaramachi	5,172
14	長町一丁目 🗣	Nagamachi-Itchome	4,255
15	長町 🗣	Nagamachi	28,247	Tōhoku Main Line
16	長町南 🗣	Nagamachi-Minami	11,226
17	富沢とみざわ 🗣	Tomizawa	8,577

Passengers per day: people boarding and getting off on an average day, all operators at the station counted once each (MLIT station passenger data S12).

Lines and stations: 「国土数値情報（鉄道データ、駅別乗降客数データ）」（国土交通省）を加工して作成 (MLIT National Land Numerical Information, railway data N02-24 and station passengers S12-25, CC BY 4.0). English station names and readings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), where they match. Data & credits.