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is a Japanese transportation company established on June 18, 1910, that operates

streetcar A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some include s ...

s and buses in and around Hiroshima Prefecture. It is known as 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". From January 2008 the company has accepted

PASPY was a rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for public transit in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Its name is a portmanteau of ''pass'', ''happy'', and ''speedy''. Like other electronic fare collection systems in Japan, the card used ...

, a smart card ticket system. This is the longest tram network in Japan, with . The

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by the USA took place on 6 August 1945. 185 employees of the company were killed as a result of the bomb and 108 of its 123 cars were damaged or destroyed. Within three days, the system started running again. Three trams that survived or were rebuilt after the bombing continue to run 75 years afterwards.

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 is a major railway station in Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Hiroshima Station is the terminal station for several lines, and all San'yō Shinkansen trains stop here. Station layout Hiroshima St ...

(connect to JR

) *

Yokogawa Station is a railway station in Yokogawa-cho, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and Hiroshima Electric Railway (Hiroden). Lines Yokogawa Station is served by the following lines: * ...

(connect to JR

) * Hiroshima Port Station (connect with

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and

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s for

Matsuyama 270px, Matsuyama City Hall 270px, Ehime Prefectural Capital Building is the capital city of Ehime Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku, in Japan and is also Shikoku's largest city. , the city had an estimated population of 505,948 in 243,541 h ...

Imabari is a city in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is the second largest city in the prefecture. , the city had an estimated population of 152,111 in 75,947 households and a population density of 360 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Th ...

Kure is a city in the Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 208,024 in 106,616 households and a population density of 590 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . With a strong industrial and naval heritage, ...

, Miyajima,

Etajima , also called , ''Nomijima'', ''Nomi Island'', or is an island in Hiroshima Bay located in southwestern Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The mess with island name originates from the ancient (and possibly legendary) strait at now town . Geography T ...

and some other islands in

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) * Hondori Station (connect to

Astram Line , also known as the , is a manually driven Rubber-tyred metro, rubber-tired transit system operated by Hiroshima Rapid Transit in Hiroshima, Japan. Astram opened on August 20, 1994, for the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima. The line connects centra ...

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 is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). From the pier near the station there are ferry services for Miyajima (Itsukushima) ...

and JR Miyajima Ferry and Miyajima Matsudai Kisen

for Miyajima)

List of lines and routes

Hiroden Streetcar Lines and Routes This is a list of lines and routes on the Hiroshima Electric Railway's railway and streetcar (tram) systems in and around Hiroshima, Japan. Lines Currently there are seven streetcar lines: Except for the Miyajima Line, they are called the "In ...

Bus services

;City area *No.2: -

- Fuchū *No.3: Hiroshima Station - Hacchōbori - Kamiyachō - -

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*No.4: Prefecture office - Hiroshima Station - Niho/Mukainada *No.5: Ushita - Hiroshima Station - *No.6: Ushita - Hatchōbori - Kamiyachō -

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- Funairi -

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*No.7: (

- Tokaichi-machi - ) Kamiyachō - City Hall - University Hospital - Niho/Mukainada ** The bus runs only in morning between Yokogawa - Kamiyacho *No.8: Yokogawa - Kan'on *No.10: Nishi-Hiroshima Station - City Hall - University Hospital *No.12: Hesaka - Hacchōbori - Miyuki-Bashi - Niho/ - Asahimachi/ -

Hondōri is a commercial area in Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan, which centers on the Hondōri street which today is a shopping arcade. Hondōri, which means "Main Street", runs from Hatchōbori to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Hondōri was also previ ...

- Miyuki-Bashi - Niho (Express) **The route for Asahimachi and Express bus only runs in rush time. *No.13: Hiroshima Station - Inari-machi - Chuden-mae - City Hall ;Suburb area 28 Bus routes for the suburbs. Most suburban lines departs from * North: For Asaminami and Asakita ward, and Yoshida, Toyohira, Sandan-kyō(via Chūgoku Expressway or Route 191) and Miyoshi(via Chūgoku Expressway) ** For Asa zoo and Asahigaoka, the bus departs from Hiroshima Station and not via Bus Center. * West: For

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, West ward, Saeki ward,

Hatsukaichi is a city located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 116,087 in 53,320 households and a population density of 240 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Hatsukaichi is located in far s ...

** Some buses start from Hiroshima Station or Hacchōbori. *1 through Bus route to

(Clare Line) *6 Superhighway bus routes around

Chūgoku region The , also known as the region, is the westernmost region of Honshū, the largest island of Japan. It consists of the prefectures of Hiroshima, Okayama, Shimane, Tottori and Yamaguchi. As of the 2020 census, it has a population of 7,328,339 ...

and

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. **routes between Masuda,

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Matsue is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Shimane Prefecture, Japan, located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. , the city had an estimated population of 196,748 in 91287 households and a population density of 340 persons per km². The total area of ...

Yonago is a Cities of Japan, city in western Tottori Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 146,139 in 68,534 households and a population density of 1100 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . It is the prefecture's second ...

, Tottori and Tokyo. * Hiroshima Airport

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bus. *Operate 489 Buses.

Main bus stations

* Hiroshima Bus Center, the main terminal bus station in central Hiroshima

References

External links

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