Tramway train that made a new line in downtown · Toyama area railway We got on the orbit line in Toyama city

The Hokuriku Shinkansen · Nagano - Kanazawa Branch opened on March 14, the fastest 2 hours and 8 minutes from Tokyo to Toyama · It became possible to arrive from Tokyo to Kanazawa for the fastest 2 hours and 28 minutes. One major change accompanying the opening of this bullet train was that the Toyama region railway and Toyama city orbit rode under the elevated Toyama station. After the 1960'sSocialization of carThe streetcar network has been shrunk greatly, but the Toyama city orbital line that survived the wave, in 2009, laid a new route in the city center, and thus also get on to Toyama station We are showing great presence, such as fulfilling. Successfully transferred JR Toyama PortToyama Light RailThere was also the existence of Toyama had a successful image with a tram, so I went to see what the city is going on.

◆ Toyama station station
Toyama StationArrive to the south side


Looking up, the Hokuriku Shinkansen is stopping.


The station concourse is like this. It is a wind ticket in front of the railroad & JR's ticket gate.


As you exit the ticket gate of Ai no Tayama Railway, the left side shows the train of the Shinkansen bullet train, the front is the bus and taxi station, and the right side is the tram street ticket.


In other words, who got off the bullet train ... ...


If you go straight ahead, you can get on the tram (railway in Toyama district, orbit in the city of Toyama).


Ai no Tamayama It leaves the ticket gate (left end) of JR and it takes only 1 minute to get on the tram.


The number of trams themselves are also quite large, and in the case of Minamiyama Station Ekimae, the pace per day is 5 pm during the day.


The front of the university is 1 in 10 minutes, the loop line is about 1 in about 15 minutes.


Currently, Toyama Station is in the midst of a nearby maintenance project. Along with the opening of the Shinkansen, some elevation of existing lines has been completed, and over the next three years, the remaining conventional lines also become elevated. After that, the line of the horizon is removed, the arrangement of the square of the north entrance station is carried out, and at the same time, the Toyama light rail which is currently at north Toyama station is supposed to be connected to the Toyama station under this elevated.


When looking from the outside of the building, you can see that the electric stop is completely within the building. Although it can be said that it is sufficiently convenient if the transit station is within a range that can be reached and reached in about 3 minutes on foot, the convenience of this Toyama station docking station which is within the building of the station and can be transplanted without getting wet even if it is raining is It is quite a thing.


In Hiroshima, too, we plan to install the Hiroshima Electric Railway Hiroshima Station Electric Station within the station building, so we should be able to make the same transfer as Toyama. on the other handKumamoto abandoned the ride to the station premisesdoing.

By the way, it was a train stop at Electric Railway Station and Esta before switching to the station. Even now, as I got on the Toyama station station, it took me time to catch up with the signal, so I saw the person walking down.


Currently, four types of vehicles, 7000, 8000, 9000 and T100 are used. The picture on the left is the 7000 shape, the right is the 8000 shape, the vehicle is the image of the old styled "tram."


This is T100 type, there is a nickname of "Santrum".


Building a flat car in an ultra low floor vehicle makes it easy to get on and off.


Part of the seat by the window is a bounce-up type, it becomes a fixed place of the wheelchair.


◆ Ring Line
There used to be a looped line in Toyama city orbital, but there was a series of abolition of routes in the socialization of cars, and the annular operation became impossible due to the abolition of the route in 1973. Since that, since the beginning of the 21st century, Toyama City launched the revival of the annual line as part of the policy to make use of trams, in 2009, the present annual line was laid.

Marunouchi station where the university front and the circular line are separated. Currently, the train turns right is a track leading to the front of the university.


That is, the track that turns left here is newly laid. The ring road is one way from Marunouchi to Nishimachi.


When turning left at the intersection, on the left hand sideToyama Castle Ruins Parkthere is.


An annular line running with Kunekune in front of it. It is inevitable where to make this by avoiding the right turn lane.


Centrum and Toyama castle. However, the castle-like building was built in mimicking the castle in 1945Toyama City Regional Museumis.


In front of this park, the ring road turns right.

Toyama district railway · Toyama city orbit Marunouchi → turn right in front of the international conference hall - YouTube


It is the front desk of the international conference hall located in the immediate place right turn.


There is an international conference hall right in front of you.


Next is a major mall stop.


Looking at the guide map, there are various shops ... ...


Currently it was under construction of new commercial facilities.


The ring road will turn left again at this point and run in the middle of peace tower.


At the corner of Ichibancho intersection is the compound shopping complex "Full circle felios".


From the castle ruined main street passing through the west side of the whole circle ferrio, the place where I saw the major mall stall as before is like this.


Go back along the track and continue walking, there is a Grand Plaza front stop between the Grand Ferreio and the next Grand Plaza. Peace street is quite a lot of traffic volume so it may be a scene where trams with high scheduled serviceability live compared to bus, but from a person riding in a car, peel off that line and increase the lane If it is given, it is a feeling that ....


After passing Grand Plaza, at the intersection of Nishimachi, the ring line turns left and joins the track from Minamiyama station.


The train from Minamiyama Station Ekimae station is stopping at Nishimachi Denkei. Because this stop is on the south side of the intersection, the train on the ring road will not stop.


For this reason, a Nakamachi (Nishimachi-Kita) stop has been newly established on the north side of the intersection.


The arcade shopping street passing through the north side of Furuga Ferio is connected to the side of this stop.


By the way, there is a connecting discount between Minamiyomi Ekimae Ekimae · University front area and the ring road ... ...


When you get off at Marunouchi / Nakamachi, you can pay the fare and tell him to transfer and you will get such a transfer ticket. In the case of designated transit pattern, the second ride fare will be free if it is less than 30 minutes.


When I walk along the ring road, I admire that it is common to create a new route in the middle of such a city. Although it is an incredible story in the 1960s and 1970s when trams were abolished as a cause of traffic congestion, people who use trains are often used by elderly people, students, people who work at the company, people who use shopping It is quite wide, and it seems to be said that the policy that Toyama City set up was not wrong.

◆ South Mimiyama Ekimae
I decided to go to Minami-miyama station which is another communication station so I decided to go there. This is the contact station between the city orbit and the Fujikoshi and Shimizu line of the Toyama area railroad.

Toyama area railway · electric railway station next to Toyama station.


From here, get on the Iwakuni-ji Temple of Fujikoshi-Kamioki Line.


There is a head marking place at home.


When I depart Electric Railway Station, I will run along the elevated Hokuriku Shinkansen for a while, but eventually I will leave ...


At Inaricho station, the main line heading for Terada towards the left side of the train window will separate.


Since the vehicle base is installed at the station, you can see various vehicles. This is model 16010, originally used as a limited express "Red Arrow" of Seibu Railway.


Arrived in Minamiyama in about ten minutes.


In retrospect, it was just passing the 1609 shape which I departed towards Daimeyomiyama on the way to Minami-miyama station on the tram.


Minamiyoshi station and Minami Takayama station front station are standing next to each other.


This station feeling is like this


It is a state I do not know well for a moment whether it is a parking lot or a square in front of the station ......


As well as at Toyama station here, the station building and the station were almost integrated. By the way, it seems that driving directly from Minami Toyama to Iwasakuji is being studied, so that it seems that there is no administrative office that puts emphasis on trams so much.


It is interesting to go to Toyama by train main, so please plan if you have a chance to travel.

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