[日本語]
The main public transportation of Matsuyama City is a tramcar.
This is Iyo Railway(it is also called "Iyotetsu") Matsuyama City Line.
This is a conventional type car.(Moha 50, Moha 2000)
This is a LRT type car.(Moha 2100)
LRT type car is painted sponsor's color.
This is a car painted characters of Ehime Kokutai(National Sports Festival).
(It is called "Kokutai Mican Car".)
The interior of a tram car(Moha 50, Moha 2000).
Iyotetsu introduced the IC e-card, a smart card ticketing system.
But other smart card, for example, SUICA, PASMO and ICOCA, can't be used.(Apple Pay can't be used.)
You can use free WiFi(Ehime Free WiFi) in a tramcar.
It's the tramcar stop.(Okaido Station)
A flat fare of 160 yen(about 145 - 160 U.S. dollars) is charged on a tramcar.(Children are half price.)
A flat fare of 500 yen is charged on "one day passport for a tramcar" and a flat fare of 800 yen is charged on "two day passport for a tramcar".(Children are half price, too.)
"Botchan Ressha", a diesel-powered replica of a small-gauge steam locomotive installed in Matsuyama City in Meiji Period, runs a route of a tramcar.
Route:
A. Matsuyamashi Station - Dogo Onsen Station
B. Komachi Station - Dogo Onsen Station
"Botchan Ressha"'s name is based on "Botchan", the novel written by Soseki Natsume.
Its inside restores to original steam locomotive in Meiji Period.
A flat fare of 500 yen(about 450 - 500 U.S. dollars) is charged on it.
Botchan Ressha arrived at Dogo Onsen Station, the terminus.
It makes a turn at Dogo Onsen Station, Matsuyamashi Station and Komachi Station.
There is timetable of "Botchan Ressha" at tramcar's station that is stopped by "Botchan Ressha".
There is a crossing of a tramcar and a train in Matsuyama City.
It is called "Diamond Cross", and it is one of famous places of Matsuyama City.
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