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Kinuura Rinkai Railway Hekinan Line

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Status
  
Operational

Opened
  
25 May 1977

Line length
  
8.2 km (5.1 mi)

Termini
  
HigashiuraHekinanshi

Kinuura Rinkai Railway Hekinan Line

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The Kinuura Rinkai Railway Hekinan Line (衣浦臨海鉄道碧南線, Kinuura Rinkai Tetsudō Hekinan-sen) 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 (on the JR Central Taketoyo Line) Higashiura, Aichi to the terminal at Hekinanshi in Hekinan, Aichi.

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Operations

Freight services over the Kinuura Rinkai Railway tracks are hauled by Class KE65 diesel locomotives.

History

The line opened on 25 May 1977, as an 11.3 km (7.0 mi) line from Higashiura to a terminal at Gongenzaki (権現崎駅). The 3.1 km section of the line from Hekinanshi to Gongenzaki was closed as of 1 April 2006, and the terminal at Takahamashi (高浜市駅) between Higashiura and Hekinanshi was also closed at the same time.

References

Kinuura Rinkai Railway Hekinan Line Wikipedia


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