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HIROSHIMA

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ASTRAM LINE

Hiroshima - 1.2 million inhabitants

- Rubber-tyred monorail system
- 18.4 km (1.9 km underground in city centre)
- 22 stations (3 stations underground with platform screen doors, 18 stations elevated)
- opened 20 Aug 1994 - Hondori - Koiki-koen-mae
- 14 March 2015 - Shin-Hakushima station added

Astram Line

Astram Line

TRAM

Hiroshima Electric Railway (Hiroden)

- opened 1912
- 1435 mm gauge
- network length 35 km
- 8 lines

Hiroshima Streetcar

Hiroshima Streetcar

Hiroshima Streetcar

Hiroshima Streetcar

Hiroshima Streetcar

Hiroshima Streetcar

Hiroshima Streetcar

Hiroshima Streetcar

Hiroshima tram

Links

Astram Line (Official Site)

Hiroden (Tram Operator)

Osamu Abe's Asian Subways

Hiroshima Astram Line

Hiroshima Astram Line at Wikipedia

Hiroshima Electric Railway at Wikipedia

BLOG: Read your webmaster's impressions of Hiroshima's Streetcar system (April 2016)

Book
Andrew Phipps & Robert Schwandl: 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 maps Oct 2018 - ISBN 978-3-936573-54-1

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