Nagasaki Electric Tramway

Type 3000 tramcar.

Nagasaki-Ekimae Station.

A Nagasaki Electric Tramway tram, 2016

Nagasaki-Ekimae Station, Taisho Period

The Nagasaki Electric Tramway (長崎電気軌道, Nagasaki Denki Kidō) is a private tram system in Nagasaki, Japan. Since March 20, 2008, its lines accept Nagasaki Smart Card, a smart card ticketing system.

The company was founded on August 2, 1914, while the tram line was opened on November 16, 1915. It once operated bus lines as well, but went out from the division later in 1971. The company and 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 and they are the only tramway operator in Japan that has not lost any of its original lines. The current fare is ¥140 for adults and ¥70 for school aged children.

Line and routes

Only interchangeable stations are shown here.

• Lines: Officially, there are five lines totaling 11.5 km.
  • Akasako Branch Line (赤迫支線): Akasako — Sumiyoshi
  • Main Line (本線): Sumiyoshi — Nagasaki-Ekimae — (Dejima) — Shinchi Chinatown — Nishihamanomachi — Sōfukuji
  • Sakuramachi Branch Line (桜町支線): Nagasaki-Ekimae — (Sakuramachi) — Shiyakusho (City Hall)
  • Ōura Branch Line (大浦支線): Shinchi Chinatown — Ishibashi
  • Hotarujaya Branch Line (蛍茶屋支線): Nishihamanomachi — Shiyakusho (City Hall) — Hotarujaya
• Routes: There are five routes regularly in service over one or more lines. Route 2, however, only has 1 lap a day late at night, and route 4 only runs in the morning and evening peaks. There are other temporary routes as well.

■ Route 1 (1系統): Akasako — Sumiyoshi — Nagasaki-Ekimae — (Dejima) — Shinchi Chinatown — Nishihamanomachi — Sōfukuji

□ Route 2 (2系統): Akasako — Sumiyoshi — Nagasaki-Ekimae — (Dejima) — Shinchi Chinatown — Nishihamanomachi — Shiyakusho (City Hall) — Hotarujaya

■ Route 3 (3系統): Akasako — Sumiyoshi — Nagasaki-Ekimae — (Sakuramachi) — Shiyakusho (City Hall) — Hotarujaya

■ Route 4 (4系統): Hotarujaya — Shiyakusho (City Hall) — Nishihamanomachi — Sōfukuji

■ Route 5 (5系統): Hotarujaya — Shiyakusho (City Hall) — Nishihamanomachi — Shinchi Chinatown — Ishibashi

Lines purple:Akasako B.L. blue:Main Line green:Sakuramachi B.L. orange:Ōura B.L. pink:Hotaruchaya B.L.

Routes (tram stop names as of 2018) blue:Route 1 white:Route 2 (only midnight or event days) red:Route 3 yellow:Route 4 green:Route 5

See also

• List of light-rail transit systems

External links

• (in Japanese) Official website