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Kinuura Rinkai Railway Handa Line

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Status
  
Operational

Owner
  
Kinuura Rinkai Railway

Opened
  
15 November 1975

Line length
  
3.4 km (2.1 mi)

Kinuura Rinkai Railway Handa Line

Locale
  
Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Termini
  
Higashi-Narawa Handa-Futō

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").

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Operations

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

History

The line opened on 15 November 1975.

References

Kinuura Rinkai Railway Handa Line Wikipedia