Caption: | Hekinanshi terminal, July 2012 |
Electrification: | Not electrified |
Image Alt: | An image of Hekinanshi freight yard. |
Linelength: | 8.2km (05.1miles) |
Locale: | Aichi Prefecture, Japan |
Map State: | collapsed |
Minradius: | 200 m |
Kinuura Rinkai Railway Hekinan Line | |
Native Name: | 衣浦臨海鉄道碧南線 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Owner: | Kinuura Rinkai Railway |
Speed: | 45round=5NaNround=5 |
Status: | Operational |
Type: | Heavy rail |
The is a freight-only railway line owned and operated by the Kinuura Rinkai Railway in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, since 1977. The line extends 8.2km (05.1miles) from Higashiura Station (on the JR Central Taketoyo Line) Higashiura, Aichi to the terminal at Hekinanshi in Hekinan, Aichi.[1]
Freight services over the Kinuura Rinkai Railway tracks are hauled by Class KE65 diesel locomotives.[1]
The line opened on 25 May 1977, as an 11.3km (07miles) line from Higashiura to a terminal at .[1] The 3.1 km section of the line from Hekinanshi to Gongenzaki was closed as of 1 April 2006, and the terminal at between Higashiura and Hekinanshi was also closed at the same time.[1]