Keiyō Rinkai Railway Rinkai Main Line

The Keiyō Rinkai Railway Rinkai Main Line (京葉臨海鉄道臨海本線, Keiyō Rinkai Tetsudō Rinkai Honsen) is a 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 company is abbreviated as Rintetsu (臨鉄). The third sector company was founded in 1962.^[1] The line mainly transports containers or petroleum for the Keiyō Industrial Zone on Port of Chiba, Tokyo Bay.^[2]

Keiyō Rinkai Railway Rinkai Main Line
Chiba Freight Terminal
Overview
Other name(s)	Keiyō Rinkai Tetsudō Rinkai Honsen
Native name	京葉臨海鉄道臨海本線
Locale	Chiba Prefecture
Termini	Soga, Chiba Kitasode, Sodegaura
Stations	10
Service
Type	Freight-only line
Operator(s)	Keiyō Rinkai Railway
History
Opened	1962 (1962)
Technical
Line length	19.9 km (12.4 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

Route Map
Legend
0.0 Soga ←JR East：Sotobō Line↑／Uchibō Line→ JR East：Keiyō Line 3.0 Chiba Freight Station 5.8 Ichihara Junction 7.4 Keiyō-Ichihara 8.8 Hama-Goi 10.1 Tamasaki 11.8 Kinoene 14.5 Maekawa 17.7 Shiizu 19.3 Kitasode Junction 19.9 Kitasode 21.6 Keiyō-Kubota Industrial railways not shown

Basic data

• Distance:
  • Soga — Kitasode: 19.9 km ^[3]
  • Ichihara Junction — Keiyō-Ichihara: 1.6 km ^[3]
  • Kitasode Junction — Keiyō-Kubota: 2.3 km ^[3]
• Gauge: 1,067 mm
• Stations: 10^[3]
• Track: Single
• Power: Diesel
• Railway signalling: Simplified automatic

See also

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