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HIROSHIMA
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Japan |
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ASTRAM
LINE
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Hiroshima - 1.2 million inhabitants -
Rubber-tyred monorail system
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TRAM |
Hiroshima Electric Railway (Hiroden) -
opened 1912 03
Aug 2025: direct link between Inarimachi and Hiroshima Station
(feat. elevated station inside station complex) replacing traditional
route vai Matobacho and Enkobashicho |
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Links
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Astram Line (Official Site) Hiroden (Tram Operator) Hiroshima Astram Line at Wikipedia Hiroshima Electric Railway at Wikipedia BLOG: Read your webmaster's impressions of Hiroshima's Streetcar system (April 2016)
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Book | ||
METROS & TRAMS in JAPAN - Vol. 3: West & South Osaka - Kyoto - Kobe - Okayama - Hiroshima - Kitakyushu - Fukuoka - Nagasaki - Kumamoto - Kagoshima The third volume of our trilogy about urban rail systems in Japan covers all the systems in West and South Japan, from the metros in Osaka, Kyoto and Fukuoka to the different special transit systems like monorails and people movers, and to the numerous tramways, including Japan's largest network in Hiroshima. As usual, the book is illustrated with a large number of recent colour photos and detailed network maps.
Text: German & English; 160 pages, ca. 300 photos; Detailed network
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