Hiroden Main Line

{{Expand Japanese|topic=transp|date=April 2022}}{{Short description|Tram line in Hiroshima, Japan}}

The {{nihongo|Main Line|本線|Honsen}} is a streetcar line of Hiroshima Electric Railway (Hiroden) in Hiroshima, Japan. The line has been operated since 1912.{{Cite journal |last1=Shoji |first1=Kenichi |last2=Killeen |first2=Bruce J. |date=2001-01-01 |title=Diversification Strategy of the 'Minor' Private Railway Companies in Japan |url=https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/6396 |language=en |publisher=Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies. Faculty of Economics and Business. The University of Sydney}}

The total distance of the line is {{convert|5.5|km}}. Routes 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 operate on the line. The line has 20 stations, numbered M1 through M19 (two stations at Kamiyachō are both numbered M9).

Stations

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|M1

|align="left"| Hiroshima Station

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|align="left"|JR lines at JR Hiroshima Station
JR Sanyo Shinkansen
JR Sanyo Main Line
JR Kure Line
JR Kabe Line
JR Geibi Line

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|M2

|align="left"| Enkobashi-cho

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|M3/H3

|align="left"| Matoba-cho

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|align="left"| Hiroden Hijiyama Line

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|M4

|align="left"| Inari-machi

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|M5

|align="left"| Kanayama-cho

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|M6

|align="left"| Ebisu-cho

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|M7/W1

|align="left"| Hatchobori

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|align="left"| Hiroden Hakushima Line

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|M8

|align="left"| Tate-machi

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|M9

|align="left"| Kamiya-cho-higashi

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|align="left" rowspan="2"| Hiroden Ujina Line
Astram Line (at Kencho-mae or Hondori Station)
(Hiroshima Bus Center)

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|M9

|align="left"| Kamiya-cho-nishi

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|M10

|align="left"| Genbaku Dome-mae
(Atomic Bomb Dome)

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|align="left"| (Hiroshima Peace Memorial)
(Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park)
(Sightseeing boats)

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|M11

|align="left"| Honkawa-cho

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|M12/Y1

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|align="left"| Hiroden Yokogawa Line

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|M13

|align="left"| Dobashi

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|align="left"| Hiroden Eba Line

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|M14

|align="left"| Koami-cho

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|M15

|align="left"| Tenma-cho

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|M16

|align="left"| Kanon-machi

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|M17

|align="left"| Nishi-kanon-machi

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|M18

|align="left"| Fukushima-cho

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|M19

|align="left"| Hiroden-nishi-hiroshima

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|align="left"| Hiroden Miyajima Line
JR Sanyo Main Line (at JR Nishi-Hiroshima Station)

References

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See also

{{Hiroden Streetcar Lines and Routes}}

Main Line

Category:Railway lines opened in 1912

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