Honkawa-cho Station

Honkawa-cho 本川町
General information
Location	Honkawa-cho 1-chome, Naka-ku, Hiroshima Japan
Operated by	Hiroshima Electric Railway
Lines	█ Hiroden Main Line Route
Other information
Station code	M11
History
Opened	December 8, 1912
Location

Honkawa-cho is a Hiroden station (tram stop) on Hiroden Main Line, located in Honkawa-cho 1-chome, Naka-ku, Hiroshima.

Routes

From Honkawa-cho Station, there are four of Hiroden Streetcar routes.

• Hiroshima Station - Hiroden-miyajima-guchi Route
• Hiroden-nishi-hiroshima - Hiroshima Port Route
• Hiroshima Station - Eba Route ^[1]
• Yokogawa Station - Hiroden-honsha-mae Route

Connections

█ Main Line

Genbaku Dome-mae (Atomic Bomb Dome) — Honkawa-cho — Tokaichi-machi

Around station

• Hiroshima City Honkawa Elementary School
  • Honkawa Elementary School Peace Museum
• Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
  • Hiroshima Peace Memorial
  • Children's Peace Monument
  • Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
• KKR Hiroshimakinen Hospital

History

• Opened as "Sakan-cho" on December 8, 1912. ^[2]
• Became a junction stop between Yokogawa Route and Others, on November 1, 1917.
• Renamed to the present name "Honkawa-cho" on April 1, 1965.

See also

• Hiroden Streetcar Lines and Routes

References

1. Kawashima, Ryōzō.; 川島令三. (2012). Hiroshima eria. Tōkyō: Kōdansha. ISBN   978-4-06-295157-9. OCLC   794033247.
2. Osafune, Tomonori; 長船友則. (2005). Hiroden ga hashiru machi konjaku : LRT ni dappisuru densha to machinami teiten taihi. Tōkyō: JTB Paburisshingu. ISBN   4-533-05986-4. OCLC   170008308.

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