The is a railway line in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

, Japan. It is the only line operated by the third-sector company

Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit The is a railway line in Tokyo, Japan. It is the only line operated by the third-sector company Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit. It connects central Tokyo to the artificial islands of Aomi and Odaiba. The line is served by some trains on th ...

. It connects central Tokyo to the

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s of

Aomi is an area in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. Its subdivisions consist of Aomi 1, 2, 3 and 4 ''chome''. Aomi is part of Tokyo Bay Landfill #13 and Tokyo Rinkai Satellite City Center. Many important facilities are located in Aomi, such as the Miraikan ...

and Odaiba. The line is served by some trains on the East Japan Railway Company (JR East)

Saikyō Line The Saikyō Line ( ja, 埼京線, ) is a Japanese railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Ōsaki Station in Shinagawa, Tokyo, and Ōmiya Station in Saitama Prefecture. The line's name is an abbreviation o ...

which continue on to , , , and .

Overview

While not part of the

Tokyo subway The is a part of the extensive rapid transit system that consists of Tokyo Metro and the Toei Subway in Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, the Greater Tokyo area of Japan. While the subway system itself is largely within the city center, the lines exten ...

network (as it was built to JR specifications), the Rinkai Line is fully grade separated and runs underground for nearly 10 km of its 12.2 km distance, going as low as 40 meters below the ground when crossing under the

Port of Tokyo The Port of Tokyo is one of the largest Japanese seaports and one of the largest seaports in the Pacific Ocean basin having an annual traffic capacity of around 100 million tonnes of cargo and 4,500,000 twenty-foot equivalent units. The port is a ...

. The Shinonome – Shin-Kiba segment (which uses the former Keiyō Freight Line) is elevated.

Station list

All stations are located in

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Kōtō is a special ward located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. The ward refers to itself as Kōtō City in English. As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 488,632, and a population density of 12,170 persons per km². The total area i ...

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Yurikamome , formerly the , is an automated guideway transit service operated by ''Yurikamome, Inc.'', connecting Shimbashi to Toyosu, via the artificial island of Odaiba in Tokyo, Japan, a market in which it competes with the Rinkai Line. The line is na ...

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Tokyo Monorail The , officially the , is a straddle-beam, Alweg-type monorail line in Tokyo, Japan. It is an airport rail link that connects Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) to Tokyo's Ōta, Shinagawa, and Minato wards. The line serves 11 stations betwe ...

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Shinagawa is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The Ward refers to itself as Shinagawa City in English. The Ward is home to ten embassies. , the Ward had an estimated population of 380,293 and a population density of 16,510 persons per km2. The total are ...

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Yamanote Line The Yamanote Line ( ja, 山手線, Yamanote-sen) is a loop service in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is one of Tokyo's busiest and most important lines, connecting most of Tokyo's major stations and urban c ...

* {{JRLS, JS Shonan-Shinjuku Line , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:center;", ↓ Through-running to/from {{STN, Kawagoe via the Saikyō and

Kawagoe Line The Kawagoe Line ( ja, 川越線, ) is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), which connects the cities of Saitama, Kawagoe, and Hidaka in Saitama Prefecture. The main transfer stations on the line are ...

↓

Rolling stock

TWR 70-000 series The is a DC commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated in the Tokyo area of Japan by the Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit. The train was built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and first entered revenue service in 1996. Its design i ...

10-car EMUs (since 1996) * JR East E233-7000 series 10-car EMUs (since 30 June 2013) The TWR 70-000 series electric multiple unit (EMU) trains are based at Yashio Depot, which is accessed via a spur located between Tennōzu Isle Station and Tokyo Teleport Station (the spur track also provides access to Tokyo Freight Terminal), while the E233 series trains are based at Kawagoe Depot. The first of a fleet of 31 new 10-car E233-7000 series sets were introduced on

, and Rinkai Line services between {{STN, Kawagoe and {{STN, Shin-Kiba from 30 June 2013, displacing the fleet of 205 series EMUs.{{Cite web, script-title=ja:秋田新幹線用車両と埼京線・横浜線用車両の新造について, trans-title=Akita Shinkansen, Saikyo Line, and Yokohama Line new train details, publisher = JR East, date = 10 April 2012, url = http://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2012/20120404.pdf, language = ja, access-date = 10 April 2012{{cite web, url= http://www.saitama-np.co.jp/news06/07/04.html, script-title= ja:新型車両で快適に埼京・川越線、３０日から導入, trans-title= Comfortable new trains to be introduced on Saikyo/Kawagoe Line from 30th, date= 7 June 2013, publisher= The Saitama Shimbun, location= Japan, language= ja, archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130609084841/http://www.saitama-np.co.jp/news06/07/04.html, archive-date= 2013-06-09, access-date= 7 June 2013, url-status= dead A new train type will be introduced in 2024, replacing the 70-000 series. File:Rinkai-line Series70-000 70-030.jpg, TWR 70-000 series EMU on the Rinkai Line in June 2022 File:Rinkai-line SeriesE233-7000 101.jpg, A JR East E233-7000 series EMU on the Rinkai Line in June 2022

Former rolling stock

* JR East

205 series 5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on eac ...

10-car EMUs (2002–2016){{cite book , script-title=ja: JR電車編成表 2012冬 , trans-title= JR EMU Formations - Winter 2012, publisher = Kotsu Shimbunsha, date = October 2011, location = Japan, page = 66, isbn = 978-4-330-25611-5 File:JRE 205-SAIKYOLINE.jpg, A JR East 205 series EMU on the Rinkai Line in July 2008

History

Construction of the line started in 1992, with the eastern end of the line using the right-of-way of the Keiyō Freight Line (abandoned in 1983).JRTR 38: Rapid Transit and Related Urban Development in Tokyo Waterfront Area
/ref> The first portion of the line between {{STN, Shin-Kiba and {{STN, Tokyo Teleport opened for service on March 30, 1996, initially under the name {{nihongo, Rinkai Fukutoshin Line, 臨海副都心線, Rinkai-fukutoshin-sen. The name was officially changed to the Rinkai Line on September 1, 2000. The extension to {{STN, Tennōzu Isle opened on March 31, 2001 and the final portion to Osaki on December 1, 2002. The project ran severely over budget, with an estimated final cost of over ¥440 billion. In 2005, the Rinkai Line's average ridership was 140,000 passengers per day and, in 2006, the line finally registered its first operational profit, although interest payments on ¥389 billion yen in debt have resulted in a consistent net loss since 1991. By comparison, the competing elevated

line is profitable, thanks to lower construction expenses, higher ticket prices and popularity among tourists and leisure visitors for its scenic views.JRTR 16: Tokyo’s New Waterfront Transit System
/ref> However, the Rinkai Line's ridership has steadily increased since, reaching 200,200 passengers per day in 2010. The ridership is forecast to increase further due to future development planned for the area served by the line.

Operating company

{{Infobox company , name = Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit, Inc. , native_name = 東京臨海高速鉄道株式会社 , native_name_lang = ja , romanized_name = Tōkyō Rinkai Kōsoku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha , logo = , type =

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, predecessor = , foundation = March 12, 1991 , location_city = Kōtō, Tokyo , location_country = Japan , area_served =

, key_people = Hiroyasu Kawasaki, Representative Director and CEO , industry =

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, products = , services = Rinkai Line rail service , revenue = 15.588 billion yen (FY2008)東京臨海高速鉄道（株）
Accessed March 9, 2010. {{in lang, ja , operating_income = 1.623 billion yen (FY2008) , net_income = -2.503 billion yen (FY2008) , assets = 303.408 billion yen (FY2008) , equity = , owner =

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(91.32%)
JR East (2.41%)
Shinagawa Ward (1.77%)
Mizuho Bank (0.70%)
(as of 1 April 2014) , num_employees = 247 , divisions = , subsid = , homepage = {{URL, www.twr.co.jp {{Nihongo, Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit, Inc., 東京臨海高速鉄道株式会社, Tōkyō Rinkai Kōsoku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha was founded on March 12, 1991 for the express purpose of constructing and operating the railway line. It is a third-sector company, and, as of 1 April 2013, 91.32% of shares are held by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, 2.41% by JR East, 1.77% by Shinagawa Ward, 0.70% by Mizuho Bank, 0.46% by

MUFG Bank is the largest bank in Japan. It was established on January 1, 2006, following the merger of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. and UFJ Bank Ltd. MUFG is one of the three so-called Japanese "megabanks" (along with SMBC and Mizuho). As such, ...

, 0.34% by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, and the remaining 3% by 41 other companies.{{cite web, url= http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20140822-00010002-norimono-ind, script-title= ja: JR東日本のりんかい線買収でどう変わる？, trans-title= What will change if JR East buys out the Rinkai Line?, date= 22 August 2014, location= Japan, language= ja, archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140829065210/http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20140822-00010002-norimono-ind, archive-date= 2014-08-29, access-date= 30 August 2014, url-status= dead In spite of its severe financial situation, TWR was discovered to have made a five million yen donation to the

on October 16, 2009 to encourage the city's bid for the 2016 Olympic Games.報道特集NEXT, Tokyo Broadcasting System. November 7, 2009. The company stood to benefit financially if the games were held in Tokyo, as several of the proposed venues were located along the Rinkai Line. In addition to its ownership and operation of the Rinkai Line, TWR is also involved in real estate and subcontracting/management of station- and building-related design.

Future plans

{{See also, Haneda Airport Access Line Plan In August 2014, it was revealed that JR East was in negotiations to buy out the Rinkai Line. This would make it easier to incorporate the line into its plans for a direct line to

Haneda Airport , officially , and sometimes called as Tokyo Haneda Airport or Haneda International Airport , is one of two international airports serving the Greater Tokyo Area, the other one being Narita International Airport (NRT). It serves as the primary ...

as well as providing through services to and from the

Keiyo Line :''Keiyo may also refer to Keiyo, a district in Kenya, ''Keiyo Line'' a railway line in Japan or Elgeyo escarpment'' The Elgeyo (also known as Keiyo) are an ethnic group who are part of the larger Kalenjin ethnic group of Nilotic origin. They ...

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