JR Bus
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JR Bus collectively refers to the bus operations of Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies in Japan. JR Bus is operated by eight regional companies, each owned by a JR railway company. JR Bus companies provide regional, long distance, and chartered bus services.
[edit] List of companies
| Bus company | Operation area | Parent company |
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| JR Hokkaido Bus Company | Hokkaidō region | Hokkaido Railway Company |
| JR Bus Tohoku Company | Tōhoku region | East Japan Railway Company |
| JR Bus Kanto Company | Kantō region | |
| JR Tokai Bus Company | Tōkai region | Central Japan Railway Company |
| West JR Bus Company | Hokuriku region, Kinki region | West Japan Railway Company |
| Chugoku JR Bus Company | Chūgoku region | |
| JR Shikoku Bus Company | Shikoku region | Shikoku Railway Company |
| JR Kyushu Bus Company | Kyūshū region | Kyushu Railway Company |
[edit] History
The Ministry of Railways of Japan started its first bus operation in Aichi Prefecture in 1930 and gradually expanded bus routes. The Japanese National Railways (JNR), public corporation established in 1949, succeeded the bus operations, then called Kokutetsu Bus or JNR Bus. In 1987, JNR was divided into regional railway companies together with its bus operations. JR companies later separated their bus operations to subsidiaries in 1988 (JR East, JR Central, JR West), 2000 (JR Hokkaido), 2001 (JR Kyushu) and 2004 (JR Shikoku).
[edit] External links
- (Japanese) http://www.kakuyasubus.jp/ (jointly operated by JR Bus companies for promotion of intercity buses)
- (Japanese) The first car of JNR Bus (Railway Museum)
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| Past: Japanese Government Railways | Japanese National Railways | JNR Settlement Corporation | |||||||||||||
| Passenger Railway Companies: | JR Hokkaido | JR East | JR Central | JR West | JR Shikoku | JR Kyushu | |||||||
| JR Bus Companies: | JR Bus Hokkaido | JR Bus Tohoku | JR Tokai Bus | West JR Bus | JR Shikoku Bus | JR Kyushu Bus | |||||||
| JR Bus Kanto | Chugoku JR Bus | ||||||||||||
| Others: | JR Freight | RTRI | JR Systems | ||||||||||
