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 JR Saikyo 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.

Stations

• Shin-Kiba Station (Eidan Yurakucho Line, Keiyo Line)
• Shinonome Station
• Kokusai-Tenjijo Station (Yurikamome)
• Tokyo Teleport Station (Yurikamome)
• Tennozu Isle Station (Tokyo Monorail)
• Shinagawa Seaside Station
• Oimachi Station (Keihin-Tohoku Line, Tokyu Oimachi Line)
• Osaki Station (Saikyo Line, Shonan-Shinjuku Line, Yamanote Line)

Akihabara is also known as Akihabara Electric Town (Akihabara Denki Gai). It is located less than five minutes by rail from Tokyo station, Tokyo, Japan. It is sometimes shortened to Akiba by locals. While there is an official locality named Akihabara nearby, part of Taito-ku, the area known as Akihabara (including the JR railway station of the same name) to most people is actually Soto-Kanda, a part of Chiyoda-ku. (read more)

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