The Japan Railway Construction Transport and Technology Agency has a policy of transforming freight lines
into lines for both freight and passengers or into passenger only lines. For example, the Aonami Line (Nagoya
Seaside High Speed Railway) from Nagoya to Inaei was transferred in 2004 from freight traffic to passenger
traffic. In 2007 the Osaka Higashi Line South Section (Osaka Soto-Kanjo Railway) from Hanaten to Kyuhoji
opened. The Osaka Higashi Line North Section, Osaka Soto Kanjo Railway (Shin-Osaka-Hanaten) should be
opened by 2018. Osaka Higashi line was previously a freight dedicated line.