Chuden-mae Station explained

Chuden-mae
Native Name:	中電前
Style:	Hiroden
Line:	█ Hiroden Ujina Line Route
Opened:	November 23, 1914
Code:	U3
Operator:	Hiroshima Electric Railway

Chuden-mae is a Hiroden station (tram stop) on Hiroden Ujina Line located in Ote-machi 3-chome, Naka-ku, Hiroshima.

Routes

From Chuden-mae Station, there are three of Hiroden Streetcar routes.

• Hiroshima Station - Hiroshima Port Route
• Hiroden-nishi-hiroshima - Hiroshima Port Route
• Yokogawa Station - Hiroden-honsha-mae Route

Connections

█ Ujina Line

Fukuro-machi — Chuden-mae — Shiyakusho-mae

Around station

• Chugoku Electric Power Company Head Office^[1]

History

• Opened as "Seitou-bashi" tram stop, named from the bridge "Seitou", on November 23, 1912.^[2]
• Renamed to "Shirakami-mae", named from the shrine "Shirakami", in 1919.
• Renamed to "Shirakamisha-mae" in 1945.
• Moved to the present place and renamed to the present name "Chuden-mae", on March 22, 1971.

See also

• Hiroden Streetcar Lines and Routes

34.3886°N 132.4553°W

Notes and References

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