Fukushima_Rinkai_Railway_Main_Line
Fukushima Rinkai Railway Main Line
Railway line in Japan
The Fukushima Rinkai Railway Main Line (福島臨海鉄道本線, Fukushima Rinkai Tetsudō Honsen) is a Japanese freight-only railway line from Izumi, serving Onahama Freight Terminal, all in Iwaki, Fukushima. It is the only railway line operated by the Fukushima Rinkai Railway (福島臨海鉄道, Fukushima Rinkai Tetsudō, "Fukushima Seaside Railway"), excluding a few more industrial railway lines. The third sector company had its roots as a horsecar operator, opened in 1907 to transport salt and fish. On the development of the Port of Onahama industrial area it changed to a railway line carrying zinc and containers. It had a passenger service until 1972.