Keio Dentetsu Bus Co., Ltd.(京王電鉄バス株式会社, Keiō Dentetsu Basu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a core bus-operating company of the Keio Group which was established on February 1, 2002, inherited business all of the Keio Electric Railway (present Keio Corporation) automobile operation division and started business on August 1 of the same year. It has four subsidiaries, Keio Bus Higashi Co., Ltd.(京王バス東株式会社, Keiō Basu Higashi Kabushiki-gaisha), Keio Bus Chuo Co., Ltd.(京王バス中央株式会社, Keiō Basu Chūō Kabusiki-gaisha), Keio Bus Minami Co., Ltd.(京王バス南株式会社, Keiō Basu Minami Kabushiki-gaisha) and Keio Bus Koganei Co., Ltd.(京王バス小金井株式会社, Keiō Basu Koganei Kabushiki-gaisha) (This article treats also about these subsidiaries). The head office of these companies is located in Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan. The operating area of a general bus on a regular route is mainly the Tokyo Tama area and if the management commission route to each subsidiary company is included, the operating area is reached mostly whole region along all areas along the Keio railroad lines. Moreover, it operates around the expressway bus routes to Nagano Prefecture, Hida-Takayama, Miyagi Prefecture, etc. from Shinjuku.

History

The history of the bus of Keio starts for the Keio Denki Kidō Co. to have opened the bus on April 15, 1913 in the section where the railroad is not opened for traffic (between Shinjuku Station - Sasazuka Station and between Chōfu Station - Fuchū Station - Kokubunji Station). Although these were the first bus business in Tokyo, the tone of the provisional means of transport was deep, and canceled between Chōfu Station - Kokubunji Station in 1914, between Shinjuku Station - Sasazuka Station was abolished with railroad commencement of business in 1915, and all have taken down the curtain for a short period of time.

Keio sets about a bus enterprise in early stages of Shōwa period again. Banzai Jidōsha Co.(万歳自動車) which operated around the bus from the end of Taishō period changed the company name to the Kōshū Kaidō Noriai Jidōsha Co.(甲州街道乗合自動車) in July, 1924, and the route was extended to Tama-mura Tokyo city-owned park cemetery (present Tama Cemetery) through Karasuyama and Chofu. However, Keio which has a railroad in parallel to the Kōshū Kaidō felt this as the threat, and made more than the majority of the holdings of the company acquisition and an associated company in May, 1927. Furthermore, the Keio acquired Kōshū Kaidō Noriai Jidōsha in 1937, and absorbed enterprise all. Thereby, the automobile division and Sasazuka office were installed and the bus enterprise of the direct management which leads to the present Keio Dentetsu Bus Group was resumed. Hachiōji Shigai Jidōsha Co.(八王子市街自動車) was purchased and the Hachioji Office was established in 1938. Moreover, Takahata Noriai (高幡乗合) is purchased in the same year, Yugi Noriai Jidōsha (由木乗合自動車) was purchased in 1939, and these enterprises were absorbed. The Pacific War broke out and the route within Yamanote Line was transferred to Tokyo City on February 1, 1942 for the war integration based on a land transport business method of preparation. Moreover, the Keio came to be merged by Tokyu Corporation on May 31, 1944 (Keio Teito Electric Railway dissociated from Tokyu in 1948).

Depots

Head Office of Keio Dentetsu Bus and its subsidiaries - 2-22, Harumichō, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan

Major routes

Expressway bus routes

Route nameJapaneseTerminalsviaCo-operator(s)HistoryNotes
Shinjuku - Fuji Five Lakes Line新宿 - 富士五湖線Shinjuku Highway Bus TerminalLake MotosukoFuji-Q Highland, Yamanakako TerminalFuji Kyuko
Shinjuku - Fujisan Gogōme Line新宿 - 富士山五合目線Shinjuku Highway Bus TerminalMount Fuji 5-gomeMount Fuji 3-gomeFuji Kyuko
Shinjuku - Kōfu Line新宿 - 甲府線Shinjuku Highway Bus TerminalKōfu Yumura OnsenKōfu StationFuji Kyuko, Yamanashi Kotsu
Shinjuku - Suwa - Okaya Line新宿 - 諏訪・岡谷線Shinjuku Highway Bus TerminalOkaya StationKami-Suwa StationFuji Kyuko, JR Bus Kanto, Yamanashi Kotsu, Suwa Bus
Shinjuku - Matsumoto Line新宿 - 松本線Shinjuku Highway Bus TerminalMatsumoto Bus TerminalMatsumoto I.C.Matsumoto Electric Railway
Shinjuku - Nagano Line新宿 - 長野線Shinjuku Highway Bus TerminalZenkō-ji DaimonNagano StationKawanakajima BusStarted in 1992, changed to current route in 1997.
Shinjuku - Ina Line新宿 - 伊那線Shinjuku Highway Bus TerminalIna Bus Komagane ShedIna, KomaganeFuji Kyuko, Yamanashi Kotsu, Ina Bus, Shinnan Kotsu
Shinjuku - Iida Line新宿 - 飯田線Shinjuku Highway Bus TerminalIida, Hirugami OnsenKomagane I.C.Suwa Bus, Ina Bus, Shinnan Kotsu
Shinjuku - Hakuba Line新宿 - 白馬線Shinjuku Highway Bus TerminalHakuba HappōShinano-Ōmachi StationMatsumoto Electric Railway
Shinjuku - Hida-Takayama Line新宿 - 飛騨高山線Shinjuku Highway Bus TerminalTakayama Nōhi Bus CenterHirayu OnsenNōhi Noriai Jidōsha
Shinjuku - Nagoya Line新宿 - 名古屋線Shinjuku Highway Bus TerminalMeitetsu Bus CenterMeitetsu Bus
Shinjuku - Kiso-Fukushima Line新宿 - 木曽福島線Shinjuku Highway Bus TerminalKiso-Fukushima StationOntake Kotsu
Shinjuku - Osaka Line新宿 - 大阪（阪急梅田）線Shibuya Mark City, Shinjuku Highway Bus TerminalUmeda StationHankyu Bus
Shinjuku - Kobe - Himeji Line ("Princess Road")新宿 - 神戸 - 姫路線Shibuya Mark City, Shinjuku Highway Bus TerminalHimeji StationSannomiya Bus TerminalShinki BusStarted on March 3, 1989 as Shibuya-Himeji Line "Milky Way" and in December 2003 as Shinjuku-Himeji Line. Two routes merged on March 22, 2007.
Shinjuku - Minobu Line新宿 - 身延線Shinjuku Highway Bus TerminalMinobuMinami-Alps City HallYamanashi Kotsu
Shinjuku - Numazu Line新宿 - 沼津線Shinjuku Highway Bus TerminalFujikyu Numazu OfficeNumazu Station NorthFujikyu City Bus
Shinjuku - Hamamatsu Line新宿 - 浜松線Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal, Shibuya Mark CityHamamatsu StationHamamatsu I.C.JR Tokai BusStarted on Dec 15, 2006
Shinjuku - Shizuoka Line新宿 - 静岡線Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal, Shibuya Mark CityHigashi-Shizuoka StationShizuoka Station
"Hirose Liner"広瀬ライナー号Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal, Shibuya Mark CityIshinomaki StationSendai StationMiyagi TransportationStarted on Mar. 31, 2006
Narita - Chofu Line成田 - 調布線Narita AirportChōfu StationAirport Transport Service
Narita - Tama-Center Line成田 - 多摩センター線Narita AirportMinami-Ōsawa StationSeiseki-Sakuragaoka Station, Tama-Center StationAirport Transport Service
Haneda - Tama-Center Line羽田 - 多摩センター線Haneda AirportMinami-Ōsawa StationTama-Center StationAirport Transport Service
Haneda - Chofu Line羽田 - 調布線Haneda AirportChōfu StationAirport Transport Service
Haneda - Kokubunji Line羽田 - 国分寺線Haneda AirportKokubunji StationAirport Transport Service
Haneda - Hachioji Line羽田 - 八王子線Haneda AirportHachiōji Station, Takao StationAirport Transport Service, Tama Bus

Regular routes

A highway Keio Dentetsu Bus car
A Keio Bus Minami car
A minibus operated in Tama area

Operators: D : Keio Dentetsu Bus H : Keio Bus Higashi C : Keio Bus Chuo M : Keio Bus Minami K : Keio Bus Koganei

Community bus routes

Cars

Nissan Diesel JP introduced in 1995

The vehicles introduced from four manufacturers, Hino, Isuzu, Mitsubishi Fuso and Nissan Diesel, are held into the Keio Dentetsu Bus Group. Although the general route vehicle is introduced from all these four manufacturers, the rate of the Nissan Diesel vehicles is slightly high. The reason is that the one-step vehicles with narrow width and long body (Nissan Diesel JP) were purchased in lump sum from Nissan Diesel in advancing low floor-ization of vehicles in the mid-1990s.

See also

External links

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