Aichi Loop Railway

This line was planned as part of a JNR by-pass route round Nagoya which was later abandoned; the initial 19·5 km section between Okazaki and Shin-Toyota opened in 1976. Third sector Aichi Loop Railway assumed control from JR Central in 1988 and extended services over the previously unopened section from ...

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