History
Hiroden-itsukaichi Station opened on 6 April 1924 as Itsukaichi-machi when Hiroden's Miyajima Line was extended from Kusatsu-machi to Hatsukaichi-machi; it had been planned as Ebihama (for nearby Mt. Ebi) but the operator changed the name before opening. The station was renamed Dentetsu-Itsukaichi ('Tram Itsukaichi') on 1 February 1931, and Hiroden-Itsukaichi on 1 June 1961 to distinguish it from the JNR (now JR West) Itsukaichi Station. Originally Hiroden-Itsukaichi sat some 200 metres west of JR Itsukaichi, on the western side of the Miyajima Line crossing; when JR rebuilt the Itsukaichi station building, Hiroden-Itsukaichi was relocated 250 metres east on 27 March 1987 to sit next to JR and was linked across the JR tracks by a pedestrian overpass. The same day, a new Saeki-kuyakusho-mae station was opened on the now-lengthened section between Hiroden-Itsukaichi and Rakurakuen. Other later events: the early-morning short-running terminating service to this station ended on 20 April 2003; the elevator on the up-platform was installed on 1 April 2019; rush-hour ticket-collection staff were withdrawn on 1 July 2022 (Miyajima-guchi-bound platform) and 22 July 2022 (Nishi-hiroshima-bound platform). The station carries number M27.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
Hiroden-itsukaichi's down-side platform still carries a section of high-floor platform at its Hiroden-miyajima-guchi end, a vestige of the dedicated 'railway-type' (not tram-type) high-floor cars that once ran through-services on the Miyajima Line; the station's pedestrian overpass to JR Itsukaichi also serves the south-side bus terminal and footbridge over National Route 2 that were added during the 1987 relocation.