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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Sapporo Streetcar, Romancecar, T zai Line, Namboku Line, Monorails in Japan, S tetsu 9000 series, T h Line, Miyazu Line, SUGOCA, Moonlight Shinsh, TOICA, Miyafuku Line, Kitaca, Meitetsu 2000 series, Meitetsu 7000 series, Pointing and calling, Nimoca, Meitetsu 100 series, PASPY, Meitetsu 1000 series, Sapporo Municipal Subway, Little Dancer, Meitetsu 1600 series, Meitetsu 3300 series, Meitetsu 6000 series, Meitetsu 3500 series, Meitetsu 5300 series, Pusher, Meitetsu 5700 series, Kitami, Toei 5300 series, DeKi 300, Rapi: t, Hakk da Tunnel, Eda Station, DeKi 400, SAPICA, Mitaka incident, DeKi 600, Naka-Meguro train disaster, Odaky 3000 series SE, Hareca, LuLuCa, NicePass, Odaky 2000 series, IC e-card, RapiCa, IruCa, Tokyo Metro 03 series, 283 series, 281 series, Odaky 20000 series RSE, Japan Railfan Magazine, Matsukawa derailment, Ekiben, Dragondola, Hida, Passca, Kiso Forest Railway, Shimanto, Ariake, MARS, Odaky 1000 series, Midori, Odaky 7000 series LSE, Shirasagi, Osaka Monorail 1000 series, Uzushio, Hakutaka, Osaka Monorail 2000 series, Odaky 3100 series NSE, Toei 10-000 series, Toei 6300 series. Excerpt: The Sapporo Streetcar Sapporo shiden) is a tram network located in Sapporo, Hokkaid, Japan. It is operated by the Sapporo City Transportation Bureau. The system is sometimes referred to by residents as simply the "shiden" lit. "streetcar"). The first section of the network opened in 1909 as the "Sapporo Stone Horsecar Railway" Sapporo sekizai basha tetsud ); it was electrified in 1918. The Transportation Bureau took over the network in 1927. At its peak in 1958, the network was 25 kilometers in length with 11 lines and 7 routes. However, the network shrank due to increased automobile ownership and the opening of the Sapporo Municipal Subway. Officially, there are three lines currently in operation. They ar...
