Miyajima Boat Race Jō Station

Miyajima Boat Race Jō

宮島ボートレース場
Miyajima Boat Race Jō; 宮島ボートレース場
General information
Location	Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima; Japan
Operated by	Hiroshima Electric Railway
Line(s)	Hiroden █ Miyajima Line; Route
History
Previous names	Kyōteijō-mae (until 2019)

Miyajima Boat Race Jō Station (宮島ボートレース場駅, Miyajima Bōtorēsujō-eki) is a Hiroden temporary station on the Hiroden Miyajima Line, located in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima. It is used only during the speedboat race at Miyajima Speedboat Racing Stadium.

Routes

From the station, there is one Hiroden Streetcar route.

Hiroshima Station - Hiroden-miyajima-guchi Route

Connections

█ Miyajima Line

Hiroden-ajina — Kyōteijō-mae (temporary stop) — Hiroden-miyajima-guchi

Around station

Miyajima Speedboat Racing Stadium

History

Opened as Kyōteijō-mae in 1954.
Renamed to Miyajima Boat Race Jō on April 1, 2019.^[1]

References

^ Hiroshima Electric Railway (February 19, 2019). "4/1(月) 宮島線・市内線の駅・電停名称の変更について" [Name change of stations and tram stop on Miyajima and City Lines on Monday, April 1] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 20, 2019. Retrieved August 16, 2019.