Hiroden-itsukaichi

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Hiroden-itsukaichi Station opened on 6 April 1924 as Itsukaichi-machi when Hiroden's Miyajima Line opened between Kusatsu-machi and Hatsukaichi-machi; it had been planned as Ebihama, after a feature standing south of the station, but the operator changed the name before opening. The station was renamed Densha-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 Itsukaichi Station, on the western side of the Miyajima Line crossing; when the Itsukaichi station building was rebuilt, Hiroden-Itsukaichi was relocated 250 metres east on 27 March 1987 to sit next to it, the two stations being linked by a pedestrian overpass across the tracks. 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on 20 April 2003; the elevator on the up-platform was installed on 1 April 2019; rush-hour ticket-collection staff were withdrawn on 1 July 2022 (Miyajima-guchi-bound platform) and 22 July 2022 (Nishi-hiroshima-bound platform).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.

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) cars that once ran on the Miyajima Line; the 1987 relocation also brought a redeveloped plaza at the south exit, which let buses serve the station front, and a new footbridge over National Route 2.