Hiroshima Electric Railway

Hiroshima Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
広島電鉄株式会社

Type	Public TYO: 9033
Industry	Transportation(streetcar, bus), Real estate
Founded	June 18, 1910
Headquarters	2-9-29 Higashisenda-machi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-8610, Japan
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 established on June 18, 1910, that operates streetcars and buses in and around Hiroshima Prefecture. It is known as "Hiroden" (広電^?) for short.

The company's rolling stock includes an eclectic range of trams manufactured from across Japan and Europe, earning it the nickname "The Moving Streetcar Museum".

The company accepts PASPY, a smart card ticket system, from January 2008.

Contents 1 Railway and streetcar 1.1 Key terminal stations 1.2 List of lines and routes 2 Bus services 2.1 Key station 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

Railway and streetcar

• One Railway line with one route for 16.1 km. (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 19.0 km.
• Operates 271 streetcars.
• The company has the longest and busiest streetcar service in Japan.

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)

List of lines and routes

• Hiroden Streetcar Lines and Routes

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.
  • routes between Masuda, Hamada, Matsue, Yonago, Tottori and Tokyo.
• Hiroshima Airport Limousine bus.
• Operate 489 Buses.

Key station

• Hiroshima Bus Center
  • the main terminal bus station in central Hiroshima.

See also

• Green Mover Max
• List of light-rail transit systems

References

External links

• Hiroshima Electric Railway
• Streetcars in the Hiroden system

Hiroden Streetcar Lines and Routes Lines Main · Ujina · Eba · Hakushima · Hijiyama (Minami) · Yokogawa · Miyajima Routes #1 Hiroshima Station - Hiroshima Port · #2 Hiroshima Station - Hiroden-miyajima-guchi · #3 Hiroden-nishi-hiroshima - Hiroshima Port · #5 Hiroshima Station - (via Hijiyama-shita) - Hiroshima Port · #6 Hiroshima Station - Eba · #7 Yokogawa Station - Hiroden-honsha-mae · #8 Yokogawa Station - Eba · #9 Hatchōbori - Hakushima · #0 special train