Kaigan-dori Station explained

Kaigan-dori
Native Name:	海岸通
Style:	Hiroden
Line:	█ Hiroden Ujina Line Route
Opened:	April 3, 1915
Code:	U16
Operator:	Hiroshima Electric Railway

Kaigan-dori is a Hiroden station (tram stop) on Hiroden Ujina Line, located in Minami-ku, Hiroshima.

Routes

From Kaigan-dori Station, there are three of Hiroden streetcar routes.

• Hiroshima Station – Hiroshima Port Route
• Hiroden-nishi-hiroshima – Hiroshima Port Route
• Hiroshima Station – (via Hijiyama-shita) – Hiroshima Port Route

Connections

█ Ujina Line

Ujina 5-chōme – Kaigan-dori – Motoujina-guchi

Around station

• Hiroshima Keirin-jo
• Ujina gymnasium
• 6th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters
• The Hiroshima Shinkin Bank Ujina
• DIO Ujina

History

• Opened as "Ujina" terminal on April 3, 1915.
• Changed the route and opened as "Ujina-sanbashi-mae" on December 27, 1935.
• Closed from June 1942 to November 30, 1950.
• Reopened as "Kaigan-dori" on December 1, 1950.
• Rebuilt "Kangan-dori" on August 31, 2002

See also

• Hiroden Streetcar Lines and Routes
• List of railway stations in Japan

34.3553°N 132.463°W