History
Ujina 3-chome opened on 27 December 1935 as Jitchome ('10-chome') when the Ujina Line was relocated onto its present alignment. After the post-war place-name reforms it was renamed Ujina-jitchome ('Ujina 10-chome') on 30 March 1960, and then to its present name Ujina 3-chome on 1 September 1968 in response to another round of place-name changes; despite the stop's name, no place-name 'Ujina' has ever formally existed, leaving the stop's name inconsistent with the surrounding place-names. The platforms sit on a combined-track street alignment, staggered north-south, with the down-side towards Hiroshima Port on the north and the up-side towards Hiroshima Station on the south; the up-platform is short and articulated cars must close the rearmost doors during alighting. Before April 1990 the stop had no island-style platforms at all — passengers boarded directly from the road surface — but after a hit-and-run that injured an alighting passenger in October 1988, the operator built proper safety zones in April 1990. The stop carries number U13.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
Ujina 3-chome's transition from at-grade boarding to a proper island platform was driven not by routine upgrades but by an October 1988 hit-and-run that injured an alighting passenger — the resulting safety zones were completed at this stop in April 1990 and the same accident pattern later prompted similar work at neighbouring Ujina 4-chome.