Marunouchi (Toyama)

History

The stop opened on 1 September 1913 as Toyama Electric Tramway's Sōgawa tramstop. It passed to the City of Toyama on 1 July 1920, becoming a Toyama Municipal Tramway stop. On 1 January 1943 the line was transferred to the new Toyama Chihō Railway, and on 1 March 1943 the stop was closed under wartime express-only operation. The Toyama air-raid of 2 August 1945 suspended service entirely, and the stop reopened on 15 March 1949 with the restoration of the Toyama-Ekimae to Hatagomachi section. It was renamed Marunouchi on 5 August 1952, the day the Anno-ya Line opened between Marunouchi and Anno-ya. The Nishichō to Hatagomachi to Marunouchi section closed on 31 March 1973, and on 23 December 2009 the new Toyama Toshin Line section between Marunouchi, Kokusai-Kaigijō-mae and Nishichō opened, with the platforms shifted toward Toyama-Ekimae and a new shelter installed.

History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.

Notes

Marunouchi is the interchange between Toyama Chihō Railway's tram routes 2 (Daigaku-mae direction) and 3 (the Toshin loop): the operator requires passengers transferring between the two to pay at alighting and obtain a transfer ticket. The tram track makes a tight curve through the stop, and when the Toshin Line opened in 2009 the platform for trams running toward Minami-Toyama-Ekimae remained on the older site, around the corner from the new northbound platform.