Kinuura Rinkai Railway Handa Line

Kinuura Rinkai Railway Handa Line

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]

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

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.
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