Astram Line

Astram Line

A train on the Astram Line (July 2007)
Overview
Type Automated guideway transit
Locale Hiroshima
Termini Hondōri
Kōiki-kōen-mae
Stations 22
Operation
Opened August 8, 1994
Owner Hiroshima Rapid Transit
Operator(s) Hiroshima Rapid Transit
Depot(s) Chōrakuji
Technical
Line length 18.4 km (11.4 mi)
No. of tracks 2
Electrification 750 V DC third rail
Route map
A train on the Astram Line (July 2007)

Hiroshima New Transit Line 1 (広島新交通1号線 Hiroshima Shin Kōtsū 1-gō-sen), also known as the Astram Line (アストラムライン Asutoramurain), is a rubber-tired transit system operated by Hiroshima Rapid Transit in Hiroshima, Japan. Astram opened August 8, 1994 for the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima. The line connects between central Hiroshima and Hiroshima Big Arch, the main stadium of the Asian Games.

Statistics

Stations

Station Distance (km) Transfers Location
Hondōri 0.0 Hiroden Ujina Line (at Hondori) Naka-ku
Kenchō-mae 0.3 Hiroden Main Line
Hiroden Ujina Line (at Kamiya-cho-higashi or Kamiya-cho-nishi)
Jōhoku 1.4
Shin-Hakushima 1.7 Sanyo Main Line
Kabe Line
Hakushima 2.1
Ushita 2.9 Higashi-ku
Fudōin-mae 4.0
Gion-shinbashi-kita 5.0 Asaminami-ku
Nishihara 6.0
Nakasuji 7.0
Furuichi 7.8  
Ōmachi 8.4 Kabe Line
Bishamondai 9.6
Yasuhigashi 10.6
Kamiyasu 11.4
Takatori 12.0  
Chōrakuji 12.7
Tomo 13.9
Ōbara 14.9  
Tomo-chūō 16.0  
Ōzuka 17.6
Kōiki-kōen-mae 18.4

See also

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