Keiyo Rinkai Railway Rinkai Main Line

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The Keiyō Rinkai Railway Rinkai Main Line (京葉臨海鉄道臨海本線, Keiyō Rinkai Tetsudō Rinkai Honsen^?) is Japanese freight only railway line in Chiba Prefecture, between Soga, Chiba and Kitasode, Sodegaura. This is the only railway line Keiyō Rinkai Railway (京葉臨海鉄道, Keiyō Rinkai Tetsudō^?, "Keiyō Seaside Railway") operates, but the line has two branch lines as well. The comapany is abbreviated as Rintetsu (臨鉄, Rintetsu^?). The third sector company was founded in 1962. The line mainly transports containers or petroleum for the Keiyō (Tokyo-Chiba) Industrial Area on Port of Chiba, Tokyo Bay.

[edit] Basic data

• Distance:
  • Soga — Kitasode: 19.9 km
  • Ichihara Junction — Keiyō-Ichihara: 1.6 km
  • Kitasode Junction — Keiyō-Kubota: 2.3 km
• Gauge: 1,067 mm
• Stations: 10
• Track: Single
• Power: Diesel
• Railway signalling: Simplified automatic

[edit] See also

• List of railway companies in Japan
• List of railway lines in Japan

[edit] External links

• (Japanese) Rintetsu official website