Hiroshima New Transit Line 1 (広島新交通1号線, Hiroshima Shin Kōtsū 1-gō-sen), also known as the Astram Line (アストラムライン, Asutoramurain), is a 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 central Hiroshima and Hiroshima Big Arch, which was the main stadium of the Asian Games. On March 14, 2015, a new station, Shin-Hakushima, opened to make a new connection between the Astram Line and JR lines.
7000 series 6-car EMUs (three sets with 11 sets on order)
As of 2021[update], services on the line are operated using a fleet of 23 six-car 6000 series trainsets (sets 01 to 23) and three six-car 7000 series (sets 31 to 33).[1]
The entire fleet of 24 1000 and 6000-series sets is scheduled to be replaced with a new fleet of six-car trains delivered in two batches.[2] The first of 11 new 7000 series sets was delivered in 2019.[3] The first 7000 series set was delivered in October 2019[4] and entered service in March 2020.[1] The lone 1000 series set have since been retired.[1]
6000 series set 19 in September 2012
6000 series
The 6000 series trainsets (01 to 23) are formed as follows, with all cars motored.[5]
Designation
Mc
M
M
M
M
Mc
Numbering
61xx
62xx
63xx
64xx
65xx
66xx
Priority seating is provided in each car, and wheelchair spaces are provided in the end cars.[5]
7000 series
7000 series set 31 in December 2019
The 7000 series trainsets (31 to 33) are formed as follows, with all cars motored.[1]
Designation
Mc
M
M
M
M
Mc
Numbering
71xx
72xx
73xx
74xx
75xx
76xx
Priority seating is provided in each car, and wheelchair spaces are provided in the end cars.[1]
Former rolling stock
1000 series
The 1000 series trainset (24) was formed as follows, with four of the six cars motored.[5]
Designation
Tc
M
M
M
M
Tc
Numbering
1124
1224
1324
1424
1524
1624
Priority seating was provided in each car, and wheelchair spaces were provided in the end cars.[5]
History
Plans to build a new transit system linking the city centre of Hiroshima with the suburban area to the northwest were first proposed in July 1977.[6]
The third-sector Hiroshima Rapid Transit was founded in 1987, funded primarily by the city of Hiroshima.[6] Groundbreaking for the rapid transit line project began on February 28, 1989, and construction would continue over a five-year period.[citation needed] However, on March 14, 1991, 15 people were killed when a girder collapsed on a section of the line's elevated viaduct near the Kamiyasu station's construction site.[citation needed] The line opened for revenue service on August 20, 1994.[6]
When the line originally opened in 1994, it had 21 stations, of which Ōmachi provided the line's only transfer with a JR West line (the Kabe Line). On March 14, 2015, Shin-Hakushima opened as an infill station between Hakushima and Jōhoku in order to provide a transfer point with the Sanyo Main Line.
^ abcde私鉄車両編成表2021 [Private Railway Vehicle Organization Table 2021] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 16 July 2021. p. 181. ISBN9784330032214.
^"アストラムラインの新型車両の導入について" [Regarding the introduction of new Astram Line vehicles]. astramline.co.jp (in Japanese). 14 July 2017. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
^"広島高速交通，7000系を報道陣に公開" [Hiroshima Rapid Transit, 7000 series released to reporters]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 11 October 2019. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
^ abcd 私鉄車両編成表 2016 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2016] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 25 July 2016. p. 171. ISBN978-4-330-70116-5.
^ abcTerada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 166. ISBN978-4-7770-1336-4.
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