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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Trams in Kumamoto, Japan (Sept. 7, 2013) - Length: 18:26 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - 軒下かすめて菊池電車-熊本 Japan Kumamoto old tram - Length: 1.44 mins. |
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MAP
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ROUTES
TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau (熊本市交通局 - Kumamoto-shi Kōtsūkyoku)
| A | Red | 健軍町 (Kengun-machi) - 新水前寺 (Shin-Suizenji) - 水道町 (Suidōchō) - 辛島町 (Karashima-chō) - 熊本駅前 (Kumamoto Station) - 田崎橋 (Tasaki-bashi) |
| B | Blue | 健軍町 (Kengun-machi) - 新水前寺 (Shin-Suizenji) - 水道町 (Suidōchō) - 辛島町 (Karashima-chō) - 段山町 (Daniyama-machi) - 上熊本 (Kami-Kumamoto) |
LRT ROUTES
Operator: Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau (熊本市交通局 - Kumamoto-shi Kōtsūkyoku)
| FM | 藤崎宮前 (Fujisakigū-mae) - 北熊本 (Kita-Kumamoto) - 亀井 (Kamei) - 須屋 (Suya) - 御代志 (Miyoshi) | |
| KK | 上熊本 (Kami-Kumamoto) - 池田 (Ikeda) - 北熊本 (Kita-Kumamoto) |
NB: The route indicators FM and KK are for convenience only, and are not used by the operator.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Municipal tram lines: 12.1 km.
- Interurban lines: 13.1 km.
HISTORY
- Steam tramway (Municipal): 20 Dec. 1907 - 2 July 1920.
- Electric tramway (Municipal): 1 Aug. 1924 - today.
- Interurban steam tramway (Kikuchi Tramway): 1 Oct. 1911 - 31 Aug. 1923
- Interurban electric tramway (Kikuchi Tramway, later Kumamoto Electric Railway): 2 Aug. 1923 - today.
GAUGE
- Steam tramway (Municipal): 762 mm.
- Electric tramway (Municipal): 1435 mm.
- Interurban electric tramway (LRT) (1 Oct. 1911 - 31 Aug. 1923): 914 mm.; (31 Aug. 1923 - today): 1067 mm.
SOURCES
- Demery, L.W., Forty, R., De Groote, R. and Higgins, J.W. Electric railways of Japan - Vol.3: Western Japan. Gloucester (England): Light Rail Transit Association, 1997.
- Forty, R. & Higgins, J.W. "Japan today - Part 2: Nagasaki, Kumamoto and Kagoshima", Modern Tramway & Light Rapid Transit, Feb. 1977 (40: 470), p.50-60.
WIKIS
WEB SITES
- 熊本市交通局 (Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau)
- Kumamoto Electric Tramway (熊本電気鉄道 - Kumamoto Denki Tetsudō)
- 熊本市電データベース (Kumamoto Shiden dētabēsu)
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