Honkawa-cho Station
{{Short description|Tram stop in Hiroshima, Japan}}
{{Infobox station
|name = Honkawa-cho
|native_name = 本川町
|style = Hiroden
|image = Hiroden Honkawacho 01.JPG
|image_caption =
|address = Honkawa-cho 1-chome, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
|country = Japan
|coordinates =
|line = █ Hiroden Main Line
Route 25px 25px 25px 25px
|connections =
|structure =
|opened = December 8, 1912
|platform =
|code = M11
|operator = Hiroshima Electric Railway
}}
Honkawa-cho is a Hiroden station (tram stop) on Hiroden Main Line, located in Honkawa-cho 1-chome, Naka-ku, Hiroshima.
Routes
From Honkawa-cho Station, there are four of Hiroden Streetcar routes.
- 25px Hiroshima Station - Hiroden-miyajima-guchi Route
- 25px Hiroden-nishi-hiroshima - Hiroshima Port Route
- 25px Hiroshima Station - Eba Route{{Cite book |last=Kawashima |first=Ryōzō. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/794033247 |title=Hiroshima eria |last2=川島令三. |date=2012 |publisher=Kōdansha |isbn=978-4-06-295157-9 |location=Tōkyō |oclc=794033247}}
- 25px Yokogawa Station - Hiroden-honsha-mae Route
Connections
;█ Main Line
::Genbaku Dome-mae (Atomic Bomb Dome) — Honkawa-cho — Tokaichi-machi
Around station
History
- Opened as "Sakan-cho" on December 8, 1912.{{Cite book |last=Osafune |first=Tomonori |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/170008308 |title=Hiroden ga hashiru machi konjaku : LRT ni dappisuru densha to machinami teiten taihi. |last2=長船友則. |date=2005 |publisher=JTB Paburisshingu |isbn=4-533-05986-4 |location=Tōkyō |oclc=170008308}}
- Became a junction stop between Yokogawa Route and Others, on November 1, 1917.
- Renamed to the present name "Honkawa-cho" on April 1, 1965.
See also
References
{{Reflist}}{{Hiroden Streetcar Lines and Routes}}
{{coord|34.3968|N|132.4507|E|type:railwaystation_region:JP|display=title}}
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Category:Railway stations in Japan opened in 1912
Category:Railway stations in Hiroshima Prefecture
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