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Astram Line
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The Astram Line (アストラムライン Asutoramurain?) is a new transit system operated by Hiroshima Rapid Transit in Hiroshima, Japan. The name Astram is from the word asu, meaning tomorrow in Japanese, and the English word tram.
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- August 8, 1994 - Opened for the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima. The line connects between central Hiroshima and Hiroshima Big Arch, the main stadium of the Asian Games.
- Total Distance: 18.4km
- Number of Station: 21 stations
- Train Composition: 6
- Minimum Headway: 2'30
- Automatic platform screen doors
- Power Rail Connection: DC 750V
- KOBELCO AGT(Automated Guideway Transit) System with crew
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| Station | Distance(km) | Connections | Location | |
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Hondori Station |
0.0 | █ Hiroden Ujina Line (at Hondori) ★ (Kamiya-cho Shareo) ★ (Hiroshima Bus Center) ★ (Hiroshima Peace Memorial) ★ (Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park) |
Hiroshima | Naka-ku |
Kencho-mae Station |
0.3 | █ Hiroden Main Line / █ Hiroden Ujina Line (at Kamiya-cho-higashi or Kamiya-cho-nishi) ★ (Hiroshima Prefectural Government Offices) ★ (Hiroshima Bus Center) ★ (Hiroshima Green Arena) ★ (Hiroshima Castle) |
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Johoku Station |
1.4 | ★ (Hiroshima Castle) ★ (Hiroshima Municipal Hiroshima Motomachi High School) |
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Hakushima Station |
2.1 | ★ (Hiroshima Home TV) ★ (Sotoku High School) ★ (Sotoku Junior High School) ★ (Yasuda Girl's High School) ★ (Yasuda Girl's Junior High School) ★ (Yasuda Elementary School) |
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Ushita Station |
2.9 | ★ (Hiroshima Bigwave) ★ (Hiroshima City Higashi Ward Sports Center) |
Higashi-ku | |
Fudoin-mae Station |
4.0 | ★ (Fudo-in) ★ (Hijiyama University) ★ (Hiroshima Municipal Hiroshima Commercial High School) |
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Gion-shinbashi-kita Station |
5.0 | ★ (NHK Hiroshima) | Asaminami-ku | |
Nishihara Station |
6.0 | ★ (Hiroshima Municipal Hara Elementary School | ||
Nakasuji Station |
7.0 | |||
Furuichi Station |
7.8 | |||
Omachi Station |
8.4 | █ JR Kabe Line (at Omachi Station) | ||
Bishamondai Station |
9.6 | ★ (Bishamonten) | ||
Yasuhigashi Station |
10.6 | ★ (Yasuda Women's University) ★ (Yasuda Women's College) |
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Kamiyasu Station |
11.4 | ★ (Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park) | ||
Takatori Station |
12.0 | |||
Chōrakuji Station |
12.7 | ★ (Chōraku-ji) ★ (Hiroshima City Transportation Museum) ★ (Hiroshima Prefectural Yasunishi High School) ★ (Hiroshima Rapid Transit HQ) |
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Tomo Station |
13.9 | ★ (Hiroshima City Asaminami Ward Sports Center) ★ (Koryo High School) |
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Obara Station |
14.9 | |||
Tomo-chuo Station |
16.0 | |||
Ozuka Station |
17.6 | ★ (Hiroshima City University) | ||
Koiki-koen-mae Station |
18.4 | ★ (Hiroshima Big Arch) ★ (Hiroshima Shudo University) |
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- (Japanese) Astram Line - Hiroshima Rapid Transit official site
- (English) Map of Hiroshima rail transit network
Stations of the Hiroshima Rapid Transit Astram Line
●Hondori - ●Kencho-mae - ●Johoku - ●Hakushima - ●Ushita - ●Fudoin-mae - ●Gion-shinbashi-kita - ●Nishihara - ●Nakasuji - ●Furuichi - ●Omachi - ●Bishamondai - ●Yasuhigashi - ●Kamiyasu - ●Takatori - ●Chorakuji - ●Tomo - ●Obara - ●Tomo-chuo - ●Ozuka - ●Koiki-koen-mae
| Hiroshima Rapid Transit | |
| Current lines | Astram Line |
| System features | People mover |
| Connecting buses | Hiroden bus – Hiroshima bus – Geiyo bus – Hiroshima Kotsu – Chugoku JR bus |
| Connecting rail services | Hiroshima Electric Railway – West Japan Railway Company |
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