Sainðaul Metro

Sainðaul Metro

Overview
Native name				安作崎地下鉄
Owner				Sainðaul Metro Company (SMC)
Locale				Capital Special Administration District and surroundings
Transit type				Rapid transit
Number of lines				17
Daily ridership				tba
Annual ridership				tba
Headquarters				Koshorindas Dawi 345, 2-21 Kushidaru-Amiya, Juwon
Website				[1]
Operation
Began operation				1921
Operator(s)				SMC
Character				Mostly underground, with elevated sections
Train length				6 to 12 cars
Headway				Peak hours: 1–5 min. Off-peak: 5–10 min.
First departure				4:45 am
Last arrival				Weekdays: 1:15 am Fri/Sat: 2:00 am
Technical
System length				TBD
Track gauge				1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification				3000 V third rail
Average speed				45 km/h
Top speed				120 km/h
Network Map

The Sainðaul Metro (安作崎地下鉄, Sainðaul Jikaches) is the metro system covering central Sainðaul as well as its metropolitan area, in Izaland. Including the railway network operated by Izarail and other private companies, it makes up one of the most extended urban railway networks in the world. The first railway line, the current line 2, opened in 1921. The current network as of October 2020, consists of 16 lines serving XX stations with an extension of 498,7 kilometers. In this article only the 16 lines operated by Sainðaul Metro Company (SMC) are described, while the network is completed by a handful of other lines operated by the satellite cities (such as Riimibaiken, Onnojaris) and other private railway companies.

History

Plans

As of October 2020, the following lines are being extended:

• Line 1: extension from Ikashumai Sports Center Station to Yakata (interchange with line 10. - by 2022
• New Sainnae Direct Link project: a new undersea and underground heavy rail connecting Sakamuso (terminus of the Sainnae Railwat) with Sainðaul Central Station, to create thru services with the Keisabu Line.

Accidents and incidents

• 1936: Rail derailment between Aguri 2-sa and Anagusa Mukai on line 4, causing 23 victims and 167 injured.
• 1941: Tunnel collapse during the construction works of the line 6 between Kotoshiruna and Kasakuri.

Lines

Today, the Sainðaul Metro consists of 16 lines identified by different colors: (list to be expanded)

Line	Length (Km)	Opening date	Last extension	Stations served	Termini	daily ridership (weekday)	System	On the map	Details
Line 1	50,7	1923	2022	35	Ikashuni Sports Center - Enikezya Forum	795,000	Heavy Rail
Line 2	26,2	1921	2003	18	Naezoto - Mokoba/Hintomaul		Heavy Rail
Line 3	25,1	1926	1936	23	Bibawara - Iyogateri		Heavy Rail
Line 4	18,2	1932	1976	17	Abawauri - Kawaei		Heavy Rail
Line 5	16,1	1938	1988	11	Tsuragoi - Jisahara		Heavy Rail
Line 6	19,5	1948	1972	15	Kasakuri - Kōtō Satahappi		Heavy Rail
Line 7	26,7	1967	2002	20	Akettun-Shendao - Sakamuso		Heavy Rail
Line 8	24,5	1978	2020	23	Kishagoi - Komayunden		Heavy Rail
Line 9	14,3	1982	2005	12	Teyomuka - Shōryan Daishi		Light Metro
Line 10	32,3	1986	1994	25	Shakihori - Osenude Kaihwin		Heavy Rail
Line 11	22,1	1991	1999	18	Itsayuki Tonjo - Shiki-Jisahara	190,000	Heavy Rail
Line 12	11,4	2003	2015	9	Kayatsori - Tanjānli		Light Metro
Line 13	35,9	2005	2016	25	Asunahama Int'l Airport - Kashimochi	190,000	Heavy Rail
Line 14	23,3	2012		21	Migawarae - Tanjānli		Light Metro
Line 15	33,0	2013	2019	25	Asunahama Int'l Airport - Sakamuso		Heavy Rail
Line 16	69,0	2016	2019	52	Kamaishi Kaiyan Kōen - Tsukitonai	1,245,335	Heavy Rail
Line 17	50,0	2016	2019	31	Mewakate-Kippai - Bibantōri	967,228	Heavy Rail

Stations

Sainðaul Metro network stations are built either underground and overground (at grade or elevated), and access to the tracks are regulated by ticket gates. The busiest stations are also usually connected with Izarail railway station complexes with multi-level corridors going through shopping malls and arcades.

As of 2020, nearly the 90% of the stations have platform doors in order to prevent people to fall into the tracks or similar accidents. Lines 3, 4 and 7 still have some stations without them, however SMC plans to complete the installation of them by the end of 2022.

At the same way, the 95% of the stations are totally accessible, with elevator and escalator, and SMC will complete by the first half of the 2020s the upgrade of older stations, mostly on line 1.

Different styles of Sainðaul metro stations.

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Network

Technical specifications

The Sainðaul Metro is mostly underground, with some sections on viaduct, and a few at grade. Two lines cross the Tandan Strait, the 15 and 16, sharing tracks on the undersea tunnel section.

The tracks are mostly standard gauge (1,435 mm), while the Line 1, 2 and 3 are in wide gauge (1520 mm). Electric power is supplied by a overhead catenary electrified at 3000 V DC.

Lines 1, 8 and 15 also offer express services, with trains skipping certain stations.

Lines 5, 8, 9 and 15 have direct services to Izarail or other private railways.

Opening hours

The first train leaves each terminus at 04:45. The last train, at 01:15, except on Fridays Saturdays and on nights before a holiday, when the service ends at 02:00. The new line 16, the driverless and longest line of the service, runs no stop during the night with a train every 30 minutes between 2 am and 5 am.