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

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, and Kintetsu World Express. The terminal is adjacent to the Tōkaidō Shinkansen Tokyo Depot. The closest passenger station is

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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. *Latitude and longitude of Tokyo Freight Terminal Latitude: 35° 35' 26.99" N Longitude: 139° 45' 16.79" E *GPS Coordinates of Tokyo Freight Terminal''

Gallery

File:Tokyo freight terminal main building 20101130.jpg, Main JR Freight office building File:Tokyo freight terminal gate.JPG, Road entrance

History

Tokyo Freight Terminal opened on 1 October 197326 September 1973 日本国有鉄道公示第157号.The station was absorbed into the JR Freight network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.

Surrounding area

* Japan Freight Railway (JR Freight) Central Training Center *

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(JR Central)

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* Rinkai Line

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* Tokyo Monorail Ryutsu Center Station

References

External links

{{Tōkaidō Freight Line Railway stations in Tokyo Stations of Japan Freight Railway Company Tōkaidō Main Line Railway freight terminals in Japan Railway stations in Japan opened in 1973