Hiroshima Electric Railway

Hiroshima Electric Railway

Infobox_Company
company_name = Hiroshima Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
広島電鉄株式会社
company_
company_type = Public tyo|9033
company_slogan = serve the community as the Hiro-den-group
foundation = June 18, 1910
location = 2-9-29 Higashisenda-machi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-8610, Japan
key_people =
industry = Transportation(streetcar,bus),
Real estate
num_employees = 1,377
homepage = [http://www.hiroden.co.jp/ www.hiroden.co.jp]

Nihongo|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 Nihongo|"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.

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.


References

ee also

*List of light-rail transit systems

External links

* [http://www.hiroden.co.jp/ Hiroshima Electric Railway]
* [http://train.sakura.ne.jp/train/hiroden/carphoto/index.html Streetcars in the Hiroden system]


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