Hiroshima Electric Railway
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| HIROSHIMA ELECTRIC RAILWAY CO., LTD. 広島電鉄株式会社 |
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| Type | Public TYO: 9033 |
| Founded | June 18, 1910 |
| Headquarters |  2-9-29 Higashisenda-machi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima 730-8610, Japan |
| Industry | Transportation(streetcar,bus), Real estate |
| Employees | 1,377 |
| Website | www.hiroden.co.jp |
Hiroshima Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (広島電鉄株式会社 Hiroshima Dentetsu Kabushiki-gaisha?) is a Japanese transportation company based in Hiroshima, Japan.
Hiroshima Electric Railway is called "Hiroden" (広電?) for short.
They operate streetcars and buses in and around Hiroshima Prefecture.
Hiroshima Electric Railway was established on June 18, 1910 in Hiroshima.
The company lost many of its employees, most of its streetcars, numerous of its passengers, and buildings from the A-Bomb attack on August 6, 1945.
They have used not only their own streetcars but also other company's streetcars from all over Japan and Europe, the company is called the "Moving Streetcar Museum".
Trams came from Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Dortmund and Hanover.
The company accepts PASPY, a smart card ticket system, from January 2008.
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[edit] Railway and streetcar
- One Railway line with one route for 16.1km. (Miyajima Line)
- between Hiroden-nishi-hiroshima Station and Hiroden-miyajima-guchi Station.
- trains(trams) link up with other lines from Nishi-Hiroshima.
- Six Streetcar inner-city lines with eight routes for 19.0km.
- Operates 271 streetcars.
- The company has the longest and busiest streetcar service in Japan.
[edit] Key terminal stations
- Hiroshima Station (connect to JR Hiroshima Station)
- Yokogawa Station (connect to JR Yokogawa Station)
- Hiroshima Port Station (connect with ferries and hydrofoils for Matsuyama, Imabari, Kure, Miyajima, Etajima and some other islands in Seto Inland Sea)
- Hondori Station (connect to Astram Line Hondori Station)
- Hakushima Station
- Eba Station
- Hiroden-nishi-hiroshima Station (connect to JR Nishi-Hiroshima Station)
- Hiroden-miyajima-guchi Station (connect to JR Miyajimaguchi Station and JR Miyajima Ferry and Miyajima MATSUDAI KISEN ferries for Miyajima)
[edit] List of lines and routes
[edit] Bus services
- 16 Bus routes in Hiroshima.
- 28 Bus routes for the suburbs.
- 1 through Bus route to Kure
- 6 Superhighway bus routes around Chūgoku region and Tokyo.
- Hiroshima Airport Limousine bus.
- Operate 489 Buses.
[edit] Key station
- Hiroshima Bus Center
- the main terminal bus station in central Hiroshima.
[edit] References
- ^ 車両紹介 ‐ 単車 (Cars: Single cars) of the Hiroshima Electric Railway official website, retrieved on February 15, 2008.
- ^ Japanese Wikipedia article of 被爆電車 (A-Bomb train), as well as 広島電鉄650形電車 (Hiroshima Electric Railway Type 650 Train), both retrieved on February 15, 2008.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
Hiroshima Electric Railway Streetcars in the Hiroden system
