Nagasaki Electric Tramway
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The Nagasaki Electric Tramway (長崎電気軌道 Nagasaki Denki Kidō?) is a private tram in Nagasaki City, Japan. From 2007, its lines will accept Nagasaki Smart Card, a smart card ticketing system.
The company was founded in August 2, 1914, while the tram line was opened in November 16, 1915. It once operated bus lines as well, but went out from the division later in 1971. The company or the lines are commonly known as Nagasaki Electric Railway (長崎電鉄 Nagasaki Dentetsu?). Locals also call them the electric train (電車 densha?), while JR lines are called JR, the train cars (列車 ressha?), or the locomotive train (汽車 kisha?).
The lines are stably making profits. This is the only tramway operator in Japan that has not lost any of its original lines. The fare has been just ¥100 for all the sections, from 1984, which is currently the lowest fare of Japanese public transportation by private companies. The company declares it will try keep its current fare as long as possible. [1]
[edit] Line and routes
Only interchangable stations are shown here.
- Lines: Officially, there are five lines with the total distance of 11.5 km.
- Akasako Branch Line (赤迫支線): Akasako — Sumiyoshi
- Main Line (本線): Sumiyoshi — Nagasaki-Ekimae — (Dejima) — Tsukimachi — Nishihamanomachi — Shōkakuji-shita
- Sakuramachi Branch Line (桜町支線): Nagasaki-Ekimae — (Sakuramachi) — Kōkaidō-mae
- Ōura Branch Line (大浦支線): Tsukimachi — Ishibashi
- Hotraujaya Branch Line (蛍茶屋支線): Nishihamanomachi — Kōkaidō-mae — Hotarujaya
- Routes: There are five routes regularly in service by using one or more lines above. Route 2, however, only exists 1 lap a day in late night. There are other temporal routes as well.
- ■ Route 1 (1系統): Akasako — Sumiyoshi — Nagasaki-Ekimae — (Dejima) — Tsukimachi — Nishihamanomachi — Shōkakuji-shita
- □ Route 2 (2系統): Akasako — Sumiyoshi — Nagasaki-Ekimae — (Dejima) — Tsukimachi — Nishihamanomachi — Kōkaidō-mae — Hotarujaya
- ■ Route 3 (3系統): Akasako — Sumiyoshi — Nagasaki-Ekimae — (Sakuramachi) — Kōkaidō-mae — Hotarujaya
- ■ Route 4 (4系統): Hotarujaya — Kōkaidō-mae — Nishihamanomachi — Shōkakuji-shita
- ■ Route 5 (5系統): Hotarujaya — Kōkaidō-mae — Nishihamanomachi — Tsukimachi — Ishibashi
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- (Japanese) Official website
- (Japanese) Nagasaki-no-Romendensha (Trams in Nagasaki), unofficial fansite.
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