The Ujina Line (宇品線, Ujina-sen) is a streetcar line of Hiroshima Electric Railway (Hiroden) in Hiroshima, Japan.[1] The line has been in operation since 1912.[2] After the bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the Ujina and Hiroden Honsha-mae lines were reopened after a month-long closure.[3]

The total distance of the line is 5.7 kilometers. Routes 1, 3, 5 and 7 operate on the line. The line has 20 stations, numbered M9 (two stations at Kamiyachō) and U1 through U18.

Stations

No. Station Routes Connections
M9 Kamiyachō Kamiya-cho-higashi █ Hiroden Main Line
█ Astram Line (at Kencho-mae or Hondori Station)
★ (Hiroshima Bus Center)
Kamiya-cho-nishi
U1 Hondori █ Astram Line (at Hondori Station)
U2 Fukuro-machi
U3 Chuden-mae
U4 Shiyakusho-mae
U5 Takanobashi
U6 Nisseki-byoin-mae
U7 Hiroden-honsha-mae
U8 Miyuki-bashi
U9/H9 Minami-machi 6-chome █ Hiroden Hijiyama Line
U10 Hirodaifuzokugakkou-mae
U11 Kenbyoin-mae
U12 Ujina 2-chōme
U13 Ujina 3-chōme
U14 Ujina 4-chōme
U15 Ujina 5-chōme
U16 Kaigan-dori
U17 Motoujina-guchi
U18 Hiroshima Port █ ferries and hydrofoils for Matsuyama, Imabari, Kure, Miyajima, Etajima and some other islands in Seto Inland Sea

References

  1. ^ "広島電鉄宇品線延伸｜鉄道計画データベース". railproject.tabiris.com. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  2. ^ "廃線探索 宇品線（歩鉄の達人）". www.hotetu.net. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  3. ^ "Special Exhibition Hiroshima, 1945 −A-bomb Damage Revealed in Photographs−/Struggling to Return to Life 1". www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp. Retrieved 2022-03-11.


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