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Astram Line
, also known as the , is a manually driven Rubber-tyred metro, rubber-tired transit system operated by Hiroshima Rapid Transit in Hiroshima, Japan. Astram opened on August 20, 1994, for the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima. The line connects central Hiroshima and Hiroshima Big Arch, which was the main stadium of the Asian Games. On March 14, 2015, a new station, Shin-Hakushima Station, Shin-Hakushima, opened to create a second connection between the Astram Line and the JR lines. 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. The Public–private partnership#Japan, third-sector Hiroshima Rapid Transit was founded in 1987, funded primarily by the city of Hiroshima. Groundbreaking for the rapid transit line project began on February 28, 1989, and construction would continue over a five-year period. However, on March 14, 1991, 14 people were killed when a girder collapsed on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubber-tyred Metro
A rubber-tyred metro or rubber-tired metro is a form of rapid transit system that uses a mix of road transport, road and rail transport, rail technology. The vehicles have wheels with rubber tires that run on a roll way inside guide bars for traction. Traditional, Flange, flanged steel wheels running on rail tracks provide guidance through Railroad switch, switches and act as backup if tyres fail. Most rubber-tyred trains are purpose-built and designed for the system on which they operate. Guided buses are sometimes referred to as 'trams on tyres', and compared to rubber-tyred metros. History The first idea for rubber-tyred railway vehicles was the work of Scotsman Robert William Thomson, the original inventor of the pneumatic tire, tyre. In his patent of 1846 he describes his 'Aerial Wheels' as being equally suitable for, "the ground or rail or track on which they run". The patent also included a drawing of such a railway, with the weight carried by pneumatic main wheels runnin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hondōri Station (Hiroden)
Hondōri is a Hiroden station on Hiroden Ujina Line located in Hondōri, Naka-ku, Hiroshima. Routes From Hondōri Station, there are three of Hiroden Streetcar routes. * Hiroden Streetcar Route 1 * Hiroden Streetcar Route 3 * Hiroden Streetcar Route 7 Connections ; Ujina Line : :: Kamiya-cho-higashi — Hondōri — Fukuro-machi : :: Kamiya-cho-nishi — Hondōri — Fukuro-machi Other services connections ; Astram Line * Astram Line Connections at Astram Hondōri Station Around station *Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park is a memorial park in the center of Hiroshima, Japan. It is dedicated to the legacy of Hiroshima as the first city in the world to suffer a Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear attack at the end of World War II, and to the memories ... * Hiroshima Hondōri Shōtengai * Hiroshima Andersen * Hiroshima Kenmin Bunka Center ** Rijyo Kaikan Hotel History *Opened as "Kawaya-machi" on November 23, 1912. *Service was stopped from June 10, 1944 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Lines Opened In 1994
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road transport. It is used for about 8% of passenger and freight transport globally, thanks to its energy efficiency and potentially high speed.Rolling stock on rails generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, allowing rail cars to be coupled into longer trains. Power is usually provided by diesel or electric locomotives. While railway transport is capital-intensive and less flexible than road transport, it can carry heavy loads of passengers and cargo with greater energy efficiency and safety. Precursors of railways driven by human or animal power have existed since antiquity, but modern rail transport began with the invention of the steam locomotive in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 19th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astram Line
, also known as the , is a manually driven Rubber-tyred metro, rubber-tired transit system operated by Hiroshima Rapid Transit in Hiroshima, Japan. Astram opened on August 20, 1994, for the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima. The line connects central Hiroshima and Hiroshima Big Arch, which was the main stadium of the Asian Games. On March 14, 2015, a new station, Shin-Hakushima Station, Shin-Hakushima, opened to create a second connection between the Astram Line and the JR lines. 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. The Public–private partnership#Japan, third-sector Hiroshima Rapid Transit was founded in 1987, funded primarily by the city of Hiroshima. Groundbreaking for the rapid transit line project began on February 28, 1989, and construction would continue over a five-year period. However, on March 14, 1991, 14 people were killed when a girder collapsed on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medium-capacity Rail System
A medium-capacity system (MCS), also known as light rapid transit or light metro, is a rail transport system with a capacity greater than light rail, but less than typical heavy-rail rapid transit. MCS trains are usually 1 to 4 cars. Most medium-capacity rail systems are automated or use light-rail type vehicles. Since ridership determines the scale of a rapid transit system, statistical modeling allows planners to size the rail system for the needs of the area. When the predicted ridership falls between the service requirements of a light rail and heavy-rail rapid transit or metro system, an MCS project is indicated. An MCS may also result when a rapid transit service fails to achieve the requisite ridership due to network inadequacies (e.g. single-tracking) or changing demographics. In contrast with light rail systems, an MCS or light metro runs on an entirely grade separated exclusive right-of-way, and is therefore completely separated from other traffic. In some cases ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rapid Transit Systems
These lists of urban rail transit systems are sorted by the type of system: * List of tram and light rail transit systems * List of town tramway systems * Medium-capacity rail system * List of premetro systems * List of metro systems * List of monorail systems * List of suburban and commuter rail systems * List of funicular railways * List of urban rail systems in Japan See also * List of bus rapid transit systems The term ''bus rapid transit system'' (''BRT system'') has been applied to a wide range of bus, trolleybus, and electric bus systems. In 2012, the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) published a BRT Standard to make it ea ... * List of trolleybus systems * List of airport people mover systems {{DEFAULTSORT:Rapid transit systems * Transport lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshima Rapid Transit Astram Line 6119
is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui has been the city's mayor since April 2011. The Hiroshima metropolitan area is the second largest urban area in the Chugoku Region of Japan, following the Okayama metropolitan area. Hiroshima was founded in 1589 as a castle town on the Ōta River delta. Following the Meiji Restoration in 1868, Hiroshima rapidly transformed into a major urban center and industrial hub. In 1889, Hiroshima officially gained city status. The city was a center of military activities during the imperial era, playing significant roles such as in the First Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War, and the two world wars. Hiroshima was the first military target of a nuclear weapon in history. This occurred on August 6, 1945, in the Pacific theatre of World War II, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
is one of the eight wards of the city of Hiroshima, located in the south of former . Asa District consisted of , , , . After being merged with Hiroshima in 1973, this ward was named Asaminami-ku. The largest station of Astramline, a new traffic system, is in Asaminami-ku. This system brought population inflow. As of January 1, 2018, the ward has an estimated population of 245,475, with 101,941 households and a density of 2094 persons per km2. The total area is 117.24 km2. Transportation JR-Kabe line Astram line Expressway * San'yō Expressway ** ** ** *Hiroshima Expressway (West Nippon Expressway Company) ** * Hiroshima Expressway ** Industry Hiroshima Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Gion closed its doors in 2003. Education * Hiroshima City University * Hiroshima University of Economics *Hiroshima Shudo University * Yasuda Women's University Agriculture Former , now a part of the ward, has been a major production area for ' since Meiji era The was an Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higashi-ku, Hiroshima
is one of the eight wards located in Hiroshima, Japan. It is located on the uppermost delta of the Ōta River. Within Higashi-ku is the Fudoin Temple in Ushita-shinmachi. Fudoin dates back to the 14th century and was built by ''shōgun'' Ashikaga Takauji also known as Minamoto no Takauji was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Ashikaga shogunate."Ashikaga Takauji" in ''Encyclopædia Britannica, The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. ... as one of 60 Ankoku-ji temples which were constructed in all provinces across Japan. The Kondo (main hall) of the Fudoin Temple, one of the largest remaining structures in the medieval Kara style in the country, is the only designated national treasure in Hiroshima City. Education There are two universities in the Ward, Hiroshima Jogakuin University and Hijiyama University. The ward has a North Korean school, Hiroshima Korean School. The South Korean government maintains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamiya-cho-nishi Station
Kamiya-chō-nishi is a Hiroden station (tram stop) on Hiroden Main Line and Hiroden Ujina Line, located in Kamiya-chō 2-chōme, Naka-ku, Hiroshima. To reach the station, take an underground pass through Kamiya-chō Shareo. Routes From Kamiya-chō-nishi Station, there are four of Hiroden Streetcar routes. * Hiroshima Station - Hiroden-miyajima-guchi Route * Hiroden-nishi-hiroshima - Hiroshima Port Route * Hiroshima Station - Eba Route * Yokogawa Station - Hiroden-honsha-mae Route Connections ; Main Line : :: Kamiya-chō-higashi — Kamiya-chō-nishi — Genbaku Dome-mae (Atomic Bomb Dome) ; Main Line / Ujina Line : :: Genbaku Dome-mae (Atomic Bomb Dome) — Kamiya-chō-nishi — Hondori Other services connections ; Astram Line * Astram Line Connections at Astram Hondori Station * Astram Line Connections at Astram Kenchō-mae Station ; Bus Service Routes * Bus Service Route Connections at Hiroshima Bus Center Around station Underground * Kamiya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamiya-cho-higashi Station
Kamiya-chō-higashi is a Hiroden station (tram stop) on Hiroden Main Line and Hiroden Ujina Line, located in Kamiya-chō 1-chōme, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan. To the station take underground pass through Kamiya-chō Shareo. Routes From Kamiya-chō-higashi Station, there are three of Hiroden Streetcar routes. * Hiroshima Station - Hiroshima Port Route * Hiroshima Station - Hiroden-miyajima-guchi Route * Hiroshima Station - Eba Route Connections ; Main Line / Ujina Line : :: Tate-machi — Kamiya-chō-higashi — Hondōri ; Main Line : :: Tate-machi — Kamiya-chō-higashi — Kamiya-chō-nishi Other services connections ; Astram Line * Astram Line Connections at Astram Hondōri Station * Astram Line Connections at Astram Kenchō-mae Station ; Bus Service Routes * Bus Service Route Connections at Hiroshima Bus Center Around station * Kamiya-chō Shareo * Hiroshima Bus Center *Sogo * ALSOK Hall *Hiroshima Peace Memorial *Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
