Hiroden Loop Line Begins Operations March 28th!!

The Hiroshima Streetcar has been running eight lines running throughout the city and western suburbs as far as Miyajimaguchi, but on Saturday, the 28th of March, a new loop line will start running. Streetcars depart from “Hiroden Headquarters (the southwest point in the picture above)” and run clockwise through the newly refurbished “Matoba-cho” and newly built “Danbara 1-chome” stations before continuing south to “Minami-machi 6-chome” and wrapping back around to Hiroden Headquarters. In addition, starting Sunday, the 3rd of August, the Ekimae Ohashi Line, the green line above linking Hiroshima Station to “Inarimachi” station on the loop line, will also commence operations. While this may benefit locals living in the areas served above all else, tourists to Hiroshima have the opportunity to discover more obscure tourist destinations along the loop line, such as the Takanobashi shopping arcade or Hijiyama Hill.

Official Hiroden Webpage: https://www.hiroden-hiroshima-st.jp/