This is a list of lines and routes on the
Hiroshima Electric Railway
is a Japanese transportation company established on June 18, 1910, that operates streetcars and buses in and around Hiroshima Prefecture. It is known as for short.
The company's rolling stock includes an eclectic range of trams manufact ...
's railway and
streetcar (tram) systems in and around
Hiroshima
is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui has b ...
, Japan.
Lines
Currently there are seven streetcar lines:
Except for the Miyajima Line, they are called the "Inner City Line" and the fare is the same across all lines.
Routes
There are eight regular streetcar routes running on the lines shown above. These routes are usually identified by numbers.
Ticketing system
Special tickets
Both two-day and one-day tickets are available.
* 2-day ticket for Hiroden streetcars,
Miyajima Matsudai Kisen ferries to
Miyajima, and
ropeway
Ropeway may refer to:
Cable transport
* Cableway, or cable transport, a broad class of transport modes that have cables
* Aerial lift, a means of cable transport in which cabins, cars, gondolas, or open chairs are hauled above the ground by mea ...
s for
Mt. Misen
* 1-day ticket for Hiroden streetcars and ferries
* 1-day ticket for Hiroden streetcars
* 1-day passport for "no car day" on the 22nd of every month
* Paseo card -
Prepaid card for Hiroden Streetcar,
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 ...
and bus services around Hiroshima
* Transfer card: Used when transferring from one line or route to another
See also
*
List of railway lines in Japan
List of railway lines in Japan lists existing Rail transport, railway lines in Japan alphabetically.
The vast majority of Japanese railways are classified under two Japanese laws, one for and another for . The difference between the two is a leg ...
*
List of light-rail transit systems
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