Kinuura Rinkai Railway Handa Line
- Higashi-Narawa
- Handa-Futō
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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
- Kinuura Rinkai Railway Hekinan Line, the other line operated by the Kinuura Rinkai Railway
- List of railway lines in Japan
References
- ^ a b c d 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.