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Awake to find early view of Tateyama Mountain – Take new direct bus service from Tokyo

横山 勝巳 / Yokoyama Katsumi

A group company of Tokyu Bus (headquaters: Meguro City, Tokyo), Tokyu Transsés (same), which mainly operates express buses, will begin a highway bus service that connects Tateyama Murodo (Toyama) directly from the Tokyo metropolitan area during this summer.

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The trams of Toyama Chihō Railway connected north and south and began direct operation

横山 勝巳 / Yokoyama Katsumi
The trams of Toyama Chihō Railway connected north and south and began direct operation

The north-south connection project for trams at Toyama station has been completed, and Toyama Chihō Railway commenced direct operation on March 21, 2020. The two tram systems had previously been cut off at Toyama station. One of them is the In-city tram lines operated by Toyama Chihō Railway on the south side of the station, and the other is Toyamakō line, which was operated by the former Toyama Light Rail Company on the north side. Toyama station was converted to an elevated station with the opening of Hokuriku Shinkansen. In first step, a new stop for in-city trams was set up under the elevated in 2015. The next, they layed…

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