The Tokyo Waterfront Railway (東京臨海高速鉄道 Tokyo Rinkai Kosoku Tetsudo, or Rinkai Line) is a private railway in Tokyo, Japan, connecting Tokyo to the artificial islands of Aomi and Odaiba in Tokyo Bay. It is served by some trains on the JRSaikyo Line, which continue from Osaki to Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, and Omiya.
The line opened for service on March 30, 1996 from Kiba to the Teleport, and was extended to Osaki on December 1, 2002. While usually not considered an official part of the Tokyo subway network, the line runs underground for most of the distance.
Through-running with JR Saikyo Line will commence concurrently with the full opening of the RinkaiLine, resulting in a substantial reduction in time from the Shinjuku and Shibuya districts to the waterfront civic center.
The RinkaiLine will thus play a key role in the extensive railway network of the Tokyo metropolitan area, and greatly improve traffic between the waterfront civic center and the western ward areas, the Tama district, Saitama and Kanagawa prefectures.
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