Nisseki-byoin-mae Station explained

Nisseki-byoin-mae
Native Name:	日赤病院前
Style:	Hiroden
Line:	█ Hiroden Ujina Line Route
Opened:	November 23, 1912
Code:	U6
Operator:	Hiroshima Electric Railway

Nisseki-byoin-mae is a Hiroden station (tram stop) on Hiroden Ujina Line located in front of Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital, in Senda-machi 1-chome, Naka-ku, Hiroshima.^[1]

Routes

From Nisseki-byoin-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

Takanobashi — Nisseki-byoin-mae — Hiroden-honsha-mae

Other services connections

Hiroshima Bus services routes

• Route #21-1 and #50 at "Nisseki-mae" bus stop

Around station

• Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital
• Hiroshima Red Cross Blood Center
• Hiroshima University - Higashisenda Campus

History

Named after the former Hiroshima University, the station first opened as "Kotoshihan-mae" in November 1912. The station was later renamed in 1936 to "Daigaku-mae", and renamed again to "Hiroshima-Daigaku-mae" in 1964. In 2001, the station was further renamed after the "Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital" to its present name "Nisseki-byoin-mae".

See also

• Hiroden Streetcar Lines and Routes

References

34.3809°N 132.456°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hiroshima Electric Railway Route Map . Hiroshima Electric Railway Co. . June 5, 2022.