History
Inari-machi opened on 23 November 1912 with the Hiroden Main Line's first section from Hiroshima Station to Kamiyachō; the original stop sat about 100 m west of today's location at the east bridgehead of a rail-only crossing of the Kyōbashi River, while the present site was occupied by a separate stop, Kin'yachō, which was abolished in May 1942. After the 6 August 1945 atomic bombing services through here resumed on 11 October 1945. The line was shifted onto the new road-and-rail Inari-ōhashi bridge in 1950 and the stop was relocated to its current site at the same time. Station number "M4" was assigned in October 1996. With the 3 August 2025 opening of the Ekimae-ōhashi route the Hijiyama Line (Minami-machi-sen) was rerouted to start here and the old Matoba-chō–Inari-machi segment was suspended; that segment was reopened as the Loop Line on 28 March 2026, and the station was renumbered M02.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
The four platforms here are arrayed around an intersection where the Main Line, Hijiyama Line and Loop Line tracks meet at a diamond crossing.