The wait will be over on December 6^th with the opening of the new Tozai Subway line. Commuting between central Sendai and the School of Engineering will be greatly improved with Sendai Station being less than 10 minutes from the heart of the Aobayama Campus. It will actually take exactly 9 minutes and 250 yen to come from Sendai Station. Trains will run from 5:00 to 23:00 at intervals as short as 5 minutes during peak periods. Aobayama Station is an underground station of the new Sendai Tozai Subway line, whose platform is on the 6^th underground floor and accessible by an elevator and a series of escalators.

The Tozai line will be the second subway line in Sendai. It will run from Yagiyama Zoological Park in the west through the city center to the eastern suburbs and will be approximately 14 kilometers long with 13 stations, all underground. Aobayama will be the fifth station from Sendai Station. The four cars of the Tozai line will be powered by a linear motor and will accommodate a total of 388 passengers.