Nishi-kanon-machi Station explained

Nishi-kanon-machi
Native Name:	西観音町
Style:	Hiroden
Line:	█ Hiroden Main Line Route
Opened:	February 10, 1960
Code:	M17
Operator:	Hiroshima Electric Railway

is a tram stop on the Hiroden Main Line located in Nishi-kan'on-machi, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima, Japan.^[1]

Routes

From Nishi-kanon-machi Station, there are two of Hiroden Streetcar routes.^[2]

• Hiroshima Station - Hiroden-miyajima-guchi Route
• Hiroden-nishi-hiroshima - Hiroshima Port Route

Connections

█ Main Line

Kanon-machi — Nishi-kanon-machi — Fukushima-cho

Around station

• Peace Boulevard

History

• Opened as "Fukushima-Byōin-mae" on February 10, 1960.
• Renamed as "Miyako-chō" on February 12, 1962.
• Renamed as "Nishi-kanon-machi" on September 1, 1964.

See also

• Hiroden Streetcar Lines and Routes

References

34.394°N 132.4371°W

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. Book: Kawashima, Ryōzō. . Zenkoku tetsudō jijō daikenkyū : chūgokuhen-2 . 川島令三. . 2009 . Sōshisha . 978-4-7942-1711-0 . Tōkyō . 352602575.