Aonami Line

Aonami Line
A 1000 series EMU
Overview
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Nagoya
Termini	Nagoya Kinjō-Futō
Stations	11
Operation
Opened	1 June 1950 (as Nishi-Nagoyakō Line) 6 October 2004 (as Aonami Line)
Owner	Nagoya Seaside Rapid Railway
Depot(s)	Shionagi (between Inaei and Noseki Stations)
Rolling stock	1000 series
Technical
Line length	15.2 km (9.4 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Minimum radius	191 m
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	110 km/h (70 mph)

The Aonami Line (あおなみ線, Aonami-sen^?) is a third-sector railway line in the city of Nagoya operated by the Nagoya Seaside Rapid Railway (名古屋臨海高速鉄道, Nagoya Rinkai Kōsoku Tetsudō^?). Officially called the Nishi-Nagoyakō Line (西名古屋港線, Nishi-Nagoyakō-sen^?, West Nagoya Port Line), it connects Nagoya Station with Kinjō-Futō Station, and was a freight branch line of Tokaido Main Line, converted for passenger usage in October 2004.

This line is still operated as a freight line by Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) between Nagoya and Nagoya Freight Terminal, and so the section between Nagoya and Arako Station is used for both passenger and freight traffic.

Services on the line are operated by a fleet of eight four-car 1000 series electric multiple unit (EMU) trains.

The Nishi-Nagoyakō Line opened on 1 June 1950 as a freight branch of the Tokaido Main Line between Sasashima Freight Terminal (笹島貨物^?) and Nishi-Nagoyakō (西名古屋港^?) operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR). Nagoya Freight Terminal opened on 1 October 1980, and with the closure of Sasashima Freight Terminal on 1 November 1986, Nagoya Freight Terminal became the starting point of the line. With the privatization and division of JNR on 1 April 1987, the line was transferred to Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) as a "Class 1 railway operator" and JR Freight as a "Class 2 railway operator".