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TOYAMA
 Japan

Toyama Streetcar Tram Light Rail Map

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Toyama, on the west coast of Honshu Island, (420,000 inh.)

Toyama Chiho- Railway (Chitetsu) - City Tramway
- opened 1907
- 1067 mm gauge
- network length 15 km (incl. 7.6 km of former Portram)
- 6 lines

14 March 2015: 300 m spur to Toyama Railway Station opened
21 March 2020: connected to Portram at Toyama-eki allowing integrated operation

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 PORTRAM

Toyama Light Rail Toyamako Line (Portram)

- route length - 7.6 km (single-track)
- 1067 mm gauge
- opened in 2006 on old railway route
- 21 March 2020: connected to City Tram at Toyama-eki and integrated into Chitetsu

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 Official Websites

Toyama Chihou Tetsudou

 Other Links

Chitetsu at Wikipedia

Toyama Light Rail Toyamako Line at Wikipedia

 Book

Subways and Trams in JapanAndrew Phipps & Robert Schwandl:

METROS & TRAMS in JAPAN Vol. 2: Nord- und Zentraljapan | North & Central Japan

Metros in Sapporo, Sendai and Nagoya as well as trams in Hakodate, Toyama, Fukui, Takaoka, Toyohashi, Kochi, Matsuyama plus various other urban rail systems in North & Central Japan

144 pages; Network maps; ca. 300 colour photos
Text deutsch & English
ISBN 978 3 936573 52 7
03/2017

The second volume of our trilogy about urban rail systems in Japan covers all the systems in North and Central Japan, from the metros in Sapporo, Sendai and Nagoya to the numerous tram networks and various private suburban railways. This volume also includes all the cities with urban rail systems on the islands of Shikoku and Okinawa. As usual, the book is illustrated with a large number of recent colour photos and detailed network maps.

 


 


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