Astram Line

Astram Line
(Hiroshima Rapid Transit Line 1)
Astram Line; (Hiroshima Rapid Transit Line 1)
	A 6000 series train on the Astram Line in July 2007
Overview
Owner	Hiroshima Rapid Transit
Locale	Hiroshima
Termini	Hondōri; Kōiki-kōen-mae;
Stations	22
Service
Type	Automated guideway transit
Depot(s)	Chōrakuji
History
Opened	August 20, 1994
Technical
Line length	18.4 km (11.4 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Route map
Route map

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 August 20, 1994 for the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima. The line connects between 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.

Stations

Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
Hondōri	本通	0.0	■ Hiroden Ujina Line (at Hondori)	Naka-ku
Kenchō-mae	県庁前	0.3	■ Hiroden Main Line ■ Hiroden Ujina Line (at Kamiya-cho-higashi or Kamiya-cho-nishi)
Jōhoku	城北	1.4
Shin-Hakushima	新白島	1.7	R Sanyo Main Line B Kabe Line
Hakushima	白島	2.1
Ushita	牛田	2.9		Higashi-ku
Fudōin-mae	不動院前	4.0		Higashi-ku
Gion-shinbashi-kita	祇園新橋北	5.0		Asaminami-ku
Nishihara	西原	6.0
Nakasuji	中筋	7.0
Furuichi	古市	7.8
Ōmachi	大町	8.4	B Kabe Line
Bishamondai	毘沙門台	9.6
Yasuhigashi	安東	10.6
Kamiyasu	上安	11.4
Takatori	高取	12.0
Chōrakuji	長楽寺	12.7
Tomo	伴	13.9
Ōbara	大原	14.9
Tomo-chūō	伴中央	16.0
Ōzuka	大塚	17.6
Kōiki-kōen-mae	広域公園前	18.4

Rolling stock

6000 series 6-car EMUs x 23
1000 series 6-car EMU x 1

As of 1 April 2016^[update], services on the line are operated using a fleet of 23 six-car 6000 series trainsets (sets 01 to 23) and one six-car 1000 series (set 24).^[1]

The entire fleet of 24 sets is scheduled to be replaced with a new fleet of six-car trains delivered in two batches, with the first fleet of 11 sets (66 vehicles) scheduled to be introduced between fiscal 2019 and fiscal 2025.

6000 series

The 6000 series trainsets (01 to 23) are formed as follows, with all cars motored.^[1]

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.^[1]

1000 series

The 1000 series trainset (24) is formed as follows, with four of the six cars motored.^[1]

Designation	Tc	M	M	M	M	Tc
Numbering	1124	1224	1324	1424	1524	1624

Priority seating is provided in each car, and wheelchair spaces are provided in the end cars.^[1]

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.^[2]

The third-sector Hiroshima Rapid Transit was founded in 1987, funded primarily by the city of Hiroshima.^[2] 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.^[2]

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.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 私鉄車両編成表 2016 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2016] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 25 July 2016. p. 171. ISBN 978-4-330-70116-5.
^ ^a ^b ^c Terada, 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. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

External links

Template:Metro system of the World

[jrrprivate2016-1] 私鉄車両編成表 2016 [Private Railway Rolling Stock Formations - 2016] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 25 July 2016. p. 171. ISBN 978-4-330-70116-5.

[terada2013-2] Terada, 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. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

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