Hiroshima Electric Railway

Hiroshima Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
	File:Hiroden Logomark.svg
Native name	広島電鉄株式会社
Romanized name	Hiroshima Dentetsu kabushiki gaisha
Type	Public (Kabushiki gaisha)
Traded as	TYO: 9033
Industry	Transportation (streetcar, bus), real estate
Founded	June 18, 1910
Headquarters	2-9-29 Higashisenda-machi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-8610, Japan
Owners	Hiroshima Hino Motors dealer (3.85%); Hiroshima Bank (3.44%); MUFG Bank (2.89%); Penta-Ocean (2.49%); Idemitsu Kosan (2.47%);
Number of employees	1,377
Website	www.hiroden.co.jp

The Hiroshima Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (広島電鉄株式会社code: ja is deprecated , Hiroshima Dentetsu kabushiki gaisha). is a company in Japan. It runs streetcars and buses in and around Hiroshima Prefecture, and is commonly referred to as "Hiroden" for short.

The company has a diverse collection of trams from various parts of Japan and Europe, which has earned it the nickname "The Moving Streetcar Museum".

From January 2008 the company has accepted PASPY, a smart card ticket system.

This is the longest tram network in Japan, with 35.1 km (21.8 mi).

On 6 August 1945, Hiroshima was devastated by the atomic bombing during World War II. The bombing resulted in the deaths of 185 employees of the local tramway company and caused damage or destruction to 108 out of its 123 trams. However, within just three days, the tramway system resumed operations. Remarkably, three trams that survived or were rebuilt after the bombing are still in operation even 75 years later..^[1]

Gallery

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Green Mover Max
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Regular and vintage Hiroden streetcars
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Hiroden cars 651 and 652, which survived the atomic bomb ^[2] and were still running in Hiroshima as of 2015
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Damaged and derailed Hiroden 651 on August 9, 1945
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Hiroden bus

Hiroshima Electric Railway Media

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Damaged and derailed Hiroden 651 on August 9, 1945
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Railway lines of Hiroshima Electric Railway

References

↑ Miyazaki, Sonoko (2020-09-06) (in en). A-bombed tram in Hiroshima runs same route as 75 years ago. http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13684530. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
↑ 車両紹介 - 単車 Archived 2008-02-11 at the Wayback Machine (Cars: Single cars) of the Hiroshima Electric Railway official website. Retrieved on February 15, 2008.

Other websites

[1] Miyazaki, Sonoko (2020-09-06) (in en). A-bombed tram in Hiroshima runs same route as 75 years ago. http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13684530. Retrieved 2021-04-10.

[2] 車両紹介 - 単車 Archived 2008-02-11 at the Wayback Machine (Cars: Single cars) of the Hiroshima Electric Railway official website. Retrieved on February 15, 2008.

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