Nagoya Rinkai Railway

The Nagoya Rinkai Railway (名古屋臨海鉄道, Nagoya Rinkai Tetsudō, "Nagoya Seaside Railway") is a Japanese freight-only railway company in Nagoya, Aichi, shared by Japan Freight Railway Company, Nagoya Port Authority, and Nippon Express. The third sector company (in a sense in Japan) was founded in 1965. The company is abbreviated as Meirin (名臨). Its lines serve the industrial area of the Nagoya Port. They mainly transport limestones via Seinō Railway, chemical products, train cars of Nagoya Railroad, or car parts of Toyota Motor.

ND55 series diesel locomotive at Nagoya Freight Terminal.

Lines

  • Tōkō Line (東港線) opened 1965
    • Kasadera Tōkō: 3.8 km
  • Shōwamachi Line (昭和町線) opened 1965
    • Tōkō Shōwamachi: 1.1 km
  • Shiomichō Line (汐見町線) opened 1930, transferred 1965
    • Tōkō Shiomichō: 3.0 km
  • Nankō Line (南港線) opened 1968
    • Tōkō Chita: 11.3 km
  • Tōchiku Line (東築線) opened 1965
    • Tōkō Meiden-Chikkō: 1.3 km

See also

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia


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