Tokyo Freight Terminal Explained

Tokyo Freight Terminal
Native Name:東京貨物ターミナル駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:3-3-22 Yashio, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
Country:Japan
Coordinates:35.5908°N 139.7547°W
Distance:6.1 km from ; 7.1 km from
Map Type:Tokyo city#Japan Tokyo#Japan
Map Dot Label:Tokyo Freight Terminal

is a railway freight terminal operated by Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) located in the Yashio district of Shinagawa, Tokyo, east of Omori and north of Haneda Airport.

It is the largest rail freight terminal in Japan and principally handles freight traffic to and from western Japan via the Tōkaidō Main Line. A number of companies operate dedicated logistics facilities at the station, including Yamato Transport, Sagawa Express, Nippon Express, and Kintetsu World Express.

The terminal is adjacent to the Tōkaidō Shinkansen Tokyo Depot. The closest passenger station is Ryūtsū Center Station on the Tokyo Monorail. The branch line on which the terminal is situated also originally extended from Tokyo Freight Terminal up to the Shiodome Freight Terminal (the site of the original Shimbashi Station) until its closure in 1986.

JR East plans to use this station to create the Haneda Airport Access Line.[1]

History

Tokyo Freight Terminal opened on 1 October 1973[2] .The station was absorbed into the JR Freight network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.

Surrounding area

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 5 April 2023 . JR東日本,羽田空港アクセス線(仮称)の工事に着手へ . JR East to start construction of Haneda Airport Access Line . https://web.archive.org/web/20230405063734/https://railf.jp/news/2023/04/05/053000.html . 5 April 2023 . 5 April 2023 . Japan Railfan Magazine Online . ja.
  2. 26 September 1973 日本国有鉄道公示第157号