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The Hakodate Transportation Bureau (函館市交通局, Hakodate-shi Kōtsūkyoku) is a public transportation authority of Hakodate, Japan. The bureau only operates tram lines. It once operated bus lines as well, but went out from the division later in 2003.
Kikan Horsecar Railway (亀函馬車鉄道, Kikan Basha Tetsudō), a private horsecar operator, opened Hakodate's first tram line in 1897. It became an electrified tram network later in 1913. After the operators changed for a few times, in 1943, Hakodate City Government took the lines under its control.
Hakodate City Tram
There once were 6 lines with 12 routes, spanning the total distance of 17.9 km. However, with a declining ridership, they closed the parts of the network in 1978, 1992, and 1993. The current network consists of 4 lines with 2 routes, the total distance 10.9 km. The tram lines accept Ikasu Card, a magnetic prepaid card. Other routes were planned: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13 and 16.
- Lines: Officially, there are four lines.
- Main Line (本線): Hakodate-Dokku-mae — Jūjigai — Hakodate-Ekimae
- Yunokawa Line (湯の川線): Matsukazechō — Yunokawa
- Hōrai-Yachigashira Line (宝来・谷地頭線): Jūjigai — Yachigashira
- Ōmori Line (大森線): Hakodate-Ekimae — Matsukazechō
- Routes: There are two routes regularly in service by using the lines above. A twelve route network is planned.
- 2 : Yunokawa — Matsukazechō — Hakodate-Ekimae — Jūjigai — Yachigashira
- 5 : Yunokawa — Matsukazechō — Hakodate-Ekimae — Jūjigai — Hakodate-Dokku-mae
Tramcars come once per 10 minutes on each route, or once per 5 minutes in the section between Yunokawa and Jūjigai, where 2 routes run on the same lines. Cars come once per 20 minutes (10 minutes in the above section) after 7 p.m..
Route 2
Route 2 is a main route. It goes from Yunokawa and it ends at Yachigashira.
Route 5
Route 5, from Yunokawa to Hakodate-Dokku-mae or Hakodate-Dokku-mae to Yunokawa is a JR route that was operated.
See also
External links
| Transit in Hokkaido | |
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| Shinkansen | |
 JR Hokkaido | |
 Sapporo Municipal Subway | |
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| Public Ferries |
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| Tram routes of Hakodate | |
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| This navbox shows the tram routes in service and planned in Hakodate. |
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Kyōtō City Tram is a planned tramway network and there will be three lines opened and two routes started. Routes 1 and 2 will use the Alstom Citadis 403 (Strasbourg type), with contract from Hitachi and Kisha Seizō, were winning a 2015 Good Design award.
History
The old light rail system was closed in 1970s and were converted into bus operation. Now, the new system is planned. Lines Kyōtō Main, Tōya and Waka will be opened by April 2016.
Lines and routes
Lines
from 2016
- Kyōtō Main (1 and 2)
- Tōya (1 and 2)
- Waka (1)
Routes
from 2016
long-range plan
- 3 (December 2018)
- 4 (before 2019)
- 5 (January 2019)
- 6 (January 2035)
- 7 (December 2035)
- 8 (December 2042)
- 8 (beyond 2050)
- 9 (2061)