Nagoya Rinkai Railway
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Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese freight-only railway company in Nagoya
Nagoya, Aichi
is the third-largest incorporated city and the fourth most populous urban area in Japan.Located on the Pacific coast in the Chūbu region on central Honshu, it is the capital of Aichi Prefecture and is one of Japan's major ports along with those of Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Chiba, and Moji...
, Aichi
Aichi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region. The region of Aichi is also known as the Tōkai region. The capital is Nagoya. It is the focus of the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area.- History :...
, shared by Japan Freight Railway Company
Japan Freight Railway Company
, or , is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group . It provides transportation of cargo nationwide. Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo near Shinjuku Station....
, Nagoya Port Authority, and Nippon Express
Nippon Express
is a worldwide leader in logistics services. Its head office is based in Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1937 in line with the Nippon Tsu-un Kaisha Law as a semi-government transportation service.Nippon Express annual revenues exceed $14 billion USD...
. The third sector company (in a sense in Japan) was founded in 1965. The company is abbreviated as . Its lines serve the industrial area of the Nagoya Port
Nagoya Port
The , located in Ise Bay, is the largest and busiest trading port in Japan, accounting for about 10% of the total trade value of Japan. Notably, this port is the largest exporter of cars in Japan and where the Toyota Motor Corporation exports most of its cars...
. They mainly transport limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
s via Seinō Railway
Seino Railway
The is the freight only railway company in Ōgaki, Gifu, Japan. The company was founded in 1927. Its line mainly transports limestone. The company is not related to , a transportation company with similar name, also based in Ōgaki.-Operational:...
, chemical products, train cars of Nagoya Railroad
Nagoya Railroad
, often abbreviated as , is a railroad company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan.Some of the more famous trains operated by Nagoya Railroad include the Panorama Car and the Panorama Car Super, both of which offer views through their wide front windows...
, or car parts of Toyota Motor.
Lines
- Tōkō Line (東港線)
- Kasadera — Tōkō: 3.8 km
- Shōwamachi Line (昭和町線)
- Tōkō — Shōwamachi: 1.1 km
- Shiomichō Line (汐見町線)
- Tōkō — Shiomichō: 3.0 km
- Nankō Line (南港線)
- Tōkō — Chita: 11.3 km
- Tōchiku Line (東築線)
- Tōkō — Meiden-Chikkō: 1.3 km