Hachinohe Rinkai Railway Line

Hachinohe Rinkai Line

DD56 diesel locomotive
Overview
Type Heavy rail (freight)
Locale Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Termini Hachinohe Freight Terminal
Kitanuma
Stations 2
Operation
Opened March 25, 1966
Owner Aomori Prefecture
Operator(s) Hachinohe Rinkai Tetsudō
Technical
Line length 8.5 km (5.3 mi)
Track gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification None
Hachinohe Rinkai Line
Legend
Nanbu Rail Line (defunct)
Tōhoku Shinkansen
←Aoimori Railway Line
HachinoheTōhoku Main Line→
0.0 Hachinohe Freight Terminal
↓Hachinohe Line

Hachinohe Rinkai Railway Line↓
Kita-Hachinohe Signal
Naganawashiro
Hachinohe Line
 8.5 Kitanuma

The Hachinohe Rinkai Railway Line (八戸臨海鉄道線 Hachinohe Rinkai Tetsudō-sen) is a Japanese freight-only industrial railway line between Hachinohe Freight Terminal and Kitanuma Station, all within Hachinohe, Aomori.

History

The Hachinohe Rinkai Railway began operations on March 25, 1966, to connect the Port of Hachinohe with a nearby Mitsubishi Paper Mill Ltd. factory. The line was funded and operated by the prefectural government of Aomori Prefecture. On December 1, 1970, in compliance with the Local Railways Law, operations of the line were turned over to the third sector Hachinohe Rinkai Railway (八戸臨海鉄道 Hachinohe Rinkai Tetsudō, "Hachinohe Seaside Railway"). Transport of containers began in 1986.

Basic data

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References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia

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