Kinuura Rinkai Railway Handa Line

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Kinuura Rinkai Railway Handa Line

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Handa-Futō terminal, May 2012
Overview
Status Operational
Locale Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Termini Higashi-Narawa
Handa-Futō
Operation
Opened 15 November 1975
Owner Kinuura Rinkai Railway
Technical
Line length 3.4 km (2.1 mi)
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Minimum radius 200 m
Electrification Not electrified
Operating speed 45 km/h (30 mph)

The Kinuura Rinkai Railway Handa Line(衣浦臨海鉄道半田線,Kinuura Rinkai Tetsudō Handa-sen) is a freight-only railway line owned and operated by the Kinuura Rinkai Railway in Handa, Aichi, Japan, since 1975. The line extends 3.4 km (2.1 mi) from Higashi-Narawa Station (on the JR Central Taketoyo Line) to the terminal at Handa-Futō ("Handa Wharf"). [1]

Kinuura Rinkai Railway

The Kinuura Rinkai Railway is a freight-only railway company in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operating since 1971. The two lines operated by the company lines serve the industrial area of the Port of Kinuura, Mikawa Bay. They mainly transport cement, fly ash, and calcium carbonate.

Handa, Aichi City in Chūbu, Japan

Handa is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

Higashi-Narawa Station railway station in Handa, Aichi prefecture, Japan

Higashi-Narawa Station is a railway station the Taketoyo Line in Handa, Aichi, Japan, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company.

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Operations

Freight services over the Kinuura Rinkai Railway tracks are hauled by Class KE65 diesel locomotives. [1] As of 2013, traffic on the line consisted of one return container service daily. [1]

History

The line opened on 15 November 1975. [1]

See also

Kinuura Rinkai Railway Hekinan Line

The Kinuura Rinkai Railway Hekinan Line is a freight-only railway line owned and operated by the Kinuura Rinkai Railway in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, since 1977. The line extends 8.2 km (5.1 mi) from Higashiura Station Higashiura, Aichi to the terminal at Hekinanshi in Hekinan, Aichi.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄[Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 117, 263. ISBN   978-4-7770-1336-4.