Nishi Tokyo Bus

Nishi Tokyo Bus
	A Nishi Tokyo Bus car in Hachioji
Founded	1963
Headquarters	Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan
Service area	Western Tokyo
Service type	Bus
Stations	4 depots, 2 branch offices
Fleet	340 buses (as of July 2007)
Fuel type	Diesel fuel
Operator	Nishi Tokyo Bus Co., Ltd.
Website	http://www.nisitokyobus.co.jp

Nishi Tokyo Bus Co., Ltd. (西東京にしとうきょうバス株式会社かぶしきがいしゃ, Nishi Tōkyō Basu Kabusiki-gaisha) is a bus-operating company in western Tama Area, mainly in Hachioji and Akiruno, Tokyo, Japan. It has Tama Bus Co., Ltd. (多摩たまバス株式会社かぶしきがいしゃ, Tama Basu Kabushiki-gaisha) in a subsidiary which once took charge of bus routes in western Hachioji area and Ome area, and expressway bus routes. Although it now belongs to Keio Group, it was originally a bus section of Ome Electric Railway Co. (present JR Ōme Line).

History

Nishi Tokyo Bus is a company established by a merger of Takao Jidōsha Co.(高尾たかお自動車じどうしゃ), Okutama Shinkō Co.(奥多摩おくたま振興しんこう) and Goō Jidōsha Co.(五ご王おう自動車じどうしゃ) in 1963.

Takao Jidōsha's first route is between Hachiōji Station - Mount Takao foot which started operation in 1916. This is in only three years, after the Keio Denki Kidō (present Keio Corporation) operates around a bus for the first time (temporarily to railroad opening of traffic) in Tokyo in 1913, and in continuous operation, this became the first in the Tokyo-fu. Since This route competed with the route of Hachiōji Shigai Jidōsha (present Keio Dentetsu Bus Hachioji office) which started operation in 1923, Takao Jidōsha established the new route between Hachiōji Station - Kawarajuku, Ongata Village (present Hachioji City) in 1932, extended to Shimo-Ange (下しも案下あんか) by 1924, and it became the prime route of Takao Jidōsha. It entered under the influence of Keio Teito Electric Railway (present Keio Corporation) in 1955.

Okutama Shinkō is the company which Ome Electric Railway Co. established in 1928 by setting development of an area along the railroad line as the main purpose. The first bus line in Ome and Okutama area is between Futamatao Station (destination station of Ome Electric Railway of those days) and Hatonosu Station which was started operation by Okutama Jidōsha Co. in 1922. Ome Electric Railway purchased the Okutama Jidōsha in 1930, and it extended to Hikawa (Oku-Tama Station) in August of the same year. Although the railroad section of Ome Electric Railway was nationalized (present JR Ome Line) and the bus section operated by Ome Electric Railway succeedingly in April, 1944, all the bus enterprises of the Ome Electric Railway were transferred to the Okutama Shinkō, its subsidiary in April, 1946. Okutama Shinkō entered under the influence of Keio Teito Electric Railway in 1956.

In 1920, Ishikawa Jidōsha was replaced with the stagecoach which operated between Imaguma, Kawaguchi-mura (present Hachioji) - Hachioji (Hiraokachō) until then, and started operation of the bus of track reconstruction between Itsukaichi - Hachioji. It extended to Hachioji station in 1924, and the company name was changed into Goō Jidōsha Shōkai (it incorporated in 1947 and was re-change to Goō Jidōsha). It entered under the influence of Keio Teito Electric Railway in 1961.

The three companies which used as the influence of Keio Teito Electric Railway, moved to the joint head office of the Keio Line Higashi-Hachioji station (present Keio Hachioji station) next door in April, 1963 for merger preparation aiming at rationalization of bus operation, Okutama Shinkō merged other two companies on October 1, and Nishi Tokyo Bus launched. The symbol of a company is what designed the initial of Nishi Tokyo "NT" in the circle, and T imagined speediness and the feather of a bird, and it is published in the front of all the vehicles of a general route vehicle until it continues up to now. Since the number of routes increased rapidly by "bed-town"-izing of Hachioji and advance of educational facilities such as universities, and it became impossible to be unable to respond by at the existing office after the 1970s, Narahara Office was established newly in 1971 and Ongata Office is established newly in 1992.

Tama bus was split up by whole ownership and change of jurisdiction and commission of operation of an unprofitable route were started on April 1, 1999. Thereby, Ome Office was transferred to the Tama bus from 1999 to 2000, and Ongata Office from 2000 to 2005. On August 5, 2008, the official website of Nishi Tokyo Bus announced that it unified the bus division of Tama Bus and succeeded all the routes which Tama bus operated from the first bus on September 1 of the same year, in order to attain improvement in convenience and the increase in efficiency of business operation.^[2] Although Tama bus which business was transferred remains as a company, and will concentrate on enterprises, such as lease, management, etc. of land and a building, from now on.^[3]

On September 30, 2007, a smart card "PASMO" was introduced into the some area around Hachioji, and was introduced also into all the remaining areas on January 25, 2009.

Depots

Head Office - 1-7, Myōjinchō 3-chōme, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
Narahara Bus Office (楢原ならはら営業えいぎょう所しょ) - 591-1, Naraharachō, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
- Nakano Gakuen Branch Office (中野なかの学園がくえん車庫しゃこ) - 1100, Tobukimachi, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
Itsukaichi Bus Office (五日市いつかいち営業えいぎょう所しょ) - 24, Tateyadai, Akiruno, Tokyo, Japan
- Hikawa Branch Office (氷川ひかわ車庫しゃこ) - 213, Hikawa, Okutama, Tokyo, Japan
Ome Bus Office (青梅おうめ営業えいぎょう所しょ) - 3-3, Suehirochō 1-chōme, Ome, Tokyo, Japan
Ongata Bus Office (恩おん方かた営業えいぎょう所しょ) - 281-1, Shimo-Ongatamachi, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Ome and Ongata depots were depots of Tama Bus till August 31, 2008.

Major routes

Expressway bus routes

All expressway bus routes were operated by Tama Bus till August 31, 2008.

Route name	Japanese	Terminals		via	Co-operator(s)	History
Hachiōji - Shibuya - Kaga Line	八王子はちおうじ・渋谷しぶや - 金沢かなざわ・加賀かが線せん	Hachiōji Station	Kagaonsen Station	Shibuya Mark City, Kanazawa Station, Komatsu Station	Hokuriku Railroad	Started as Hachioji - Kanazawa Line on August 3, 1992; changed to Shibuya - Kaga Line on July 6, 2007; changed to current route on Mar. 1, 2010 (also started the service in the daytime).^[4]
"Twinkle"	ツィンクル号ごう	Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal	Abenobashi Station	Hachiōji Station, Ibaraki Station, Osaka Station	Kintetsu Bus	Started on December 6, 1989 and on November 9, 1990 as Hachioji-Osaka Line "Trendy". Two routes merged on Dec. 1, 2006.
"Hello Bridge"	ハローブリッジ号ごう	Hachiōji Station	Marugame Station	Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal, Yokohama Station, Takamatsu Station	Shikoku Kōsoku Bus	Started as Shinjuku - Takamatsu Line on October 14, 1989; changed to Hachiōji - Shinjuku - Yokohama - Marugame Line on Dec. 1, 2008^[5]
"Orange Liner Ehime"	オレンジライナーえひめ号ごう	Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal	Yawatahama	Chuo Expwy Hino B.S., Dōgo Onsen, Matsuyamashi Station	Iyo Railway	Started on May 2, 1990; extended to Yawatahama on Sep. 1, 2008.^[6]
Hachiōji - Haneda Airport Line	八王子はちおうじ - 羽田空港はねだくうこう線せん	Takao Station, Hachiōji Station	Haneda Airport	Chuo Expwy Hino B.S.	Airport Transport Service, Keio Bus Minami	Started on Nov. 23 2003
Hachiōji - Narita Airport Line	八王子はちおうじ - 成田空港なりたくうこう線せん	Hachiōji Station	Narita Airport		Airport Transport Service	Started the joint operation with Airport Transport Service on Mar. 17, 2008
Ōme - Haneda Airport Line	青梅おうめ - 羽田空港はねだくうこう線せん	Kabe Station	Haneda Airport	Ozaku Station, Hamura Station, Fussa Station		Started on Mar. 26, 2011

Defunct route

Route name	Japanese	Terminals		via	Co-operator(s)	History	Notes
"New Epoch"	ニューエポック号ごう	Hachioji Station	Sendai Station		Miyagi Transportation	Started on August 7, 1990; discontinued on Aug. 31, 1996.
"Kyoto"	きょうと号ごう	Hachioji Station	Kyoto Station	Sanjō Station	Keihan Bus	Started on June 22, 1990; discontinued on March 30, 2007.
"Trendy"	トレンディ号ごう	Hachioji Station	Abenobashi Station	Ibaraki Station, Osaka Station	Kintetsu Bus	Started on November 9, 1990; merged with the "Twinkle" route on Dec. 1, 2006.
"Casual Twinkle"	カジュアル・ツィンクル号ごう	Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal	Abenobashi Station	Ibaraki Station, Osaka Station	Kintetsu Bus	Started on March 22, 2002; withdrew on Apr. 24, 2008.	Discount route.

Regular routes

A former Tama Bus car

A Nishi Tokyo Bus expressway route car

From Hino Station
- for Utsugidai (宇津木うつき台だい) via Komiyamachi (小宮こみや町まち)
- for Hachiōji Station via Komiya Station Entrance (小宮こみや駅えき入口いりくち)
From Keio Hachiōji Station and JR Hachiōji Station
- for Utsugidai via By-pass Ōya (バイパス大谷おおや) and via Kita-Hachiōji Station (北きた八王子はちおうじ駅えき)
- for Junshin Academy (純じゅん心しん女子じょし学園がくえん) and Tobuki (戸吹とぶき) via Sanyū (左入さにゅう)
- for Soka University Daimon (創価大学そうかだいがく大門おおもん), Junshin Academy and Tobuki via Babayato (馬場ばば谷戸たにと)
- for Soka University Eikō Gate and Tobuki via Hiyodoriyama-tunnel (ひよどり山やまトンネル) and Roadside Station Hachiōji-Takiyama (道みちの駅えき八王子はちおうじ滝山たきやま)
- for Narahara Bus Office (楢原ならはら町まち) via Jinja-mae (神社じんじゃ前まえ)
- for Imaguma (今熊いまくま) and Musashi-Itsukaichi Station (武蔵むさし五日市いつかいち駅えき) via Naraharachō and Kawaguchi Elementary School (川口かわぐち小学校しょうがっこう)
- for Tokyo Summerland (サマーランド) and Akigawa Station (秋川あきかわ駅えき) via Naraharachō and Tobuki-Yuttarikan (戸吹とぶき湯ゆったり館たて)
- for Narahara Bus Office and Kogakuin University (工学院大学こうがくいんだいがく) via Nishi-Nakano (西中野にしなかの)
- for Matsue-Jūtaku (松枝まつえだ住宅じゅうたく) via City Hall east(市役所しやくしょ入口いりくち・元本郷もとほんごう公園東こうえんひがし) and Yokokawachō-Jūtaku (横川よこがわ町まち住宅じゅうたく) and Izumichō-Jūtaku (泉町いずみちょう住宅じゅうたく)
- for Hōshōji-Danchi (宝生ほうしょう寺てら団地だんち) via Yotsuya (四谷よつや)
- for Ōkubo (大久保おおくぼ) via Yotsuya and Odano (小田野おだの)
- for Ongata-Bus Terminal (恩おん方かたターミナル) via Yotsuya and Ongata-Eigyōsho (恩おん方かた営業えいぎょう所しょ)
- for Takao Station South Exit (高尾たかお駅えき南口みなみぐち) via Yotsuya and Motohachi Branchi Office (元もと八はち事務所じむしょ)
From Nishi-Hachiōji Station
- for Narahara Bus Office via Hachiōji City Hall (八王子はちおうじ市役所しやくしょ) and Nishi-Nakano
- for Matsue-Jūtaku via City Hall east and Yokokawachō-Jūtaku and Izumichō-Jūtaku
- for Ongata-Terminal via Yotsuya and Uenohara (上野原うえのはら)
- for Green Town Takao (グリーンタウン高尾たかお) and Takao Station North Exit via Chuo Expressway Moto-Hachioji Bus Stop (中央ちゅうおう道どう八王子はちおうじバス停ばすてい下か)
From Takao Station North Exit
- for Ongata-Shako via Reien-Seimon (霊園れいえん正門せいもん)
- for Homest Town (ホーメストタウン) via Shiroyama-Ōhashi (城山しろやま大橋おおはし)
- for Hōshōji-Danchi via Reien-Seimon
- for Takao-no-mori Wakuwaku Village (高尾たかおの森もりわくわくビレッジ) via Reien-Seimon
- for Ōkubo and Jinba-Plateau-Shita (陣じん馬ば高原こうげん下か) via Reien-Seimon
- for Miyamachō (美山みやま町まち) via Reien-Seimon and Ongata Bus Terminal
From Haijima Station
- for Kyorin University (杏林大学きょうりんだいがく) via Takatsuki (高月たかつき) and Tobuki
- for Junshin Academy via Takatsuki
From Fussa Station
- for Akigawa Station and Musashi-Itsukaichi Station via Akiruno City Office (あきる野の市役所しやくしょ)
- for Hinode-Orikaeshijō (日ひの出で折おり返かえし場じょう) via Akigawa Station and Æon Mall Hinode Shopping mall (イオンモール日ひの出で)
- for Soka University and Junshin Academy via Takatsuki
- for Ozaku Station West (小作おざく駅えき西口にしぐち) via Hamura Station West (羽はね村むら駅西えきにし)
From Hamura Station
- Shimmachi 9-chome circulation (新町しんまち9丁目ちょうめ循環じゅんかん)
From Ozaku Station
- Mitsuhara Circulation (三さんツ原げん循環じゅんかん)
- for Sugao High School (菅生すごう高校こうこう) via Tomoda (友田ともだ)
- for Ōme Station (青梅おうめ駅えき) via Tomoda
- for Akigawa Station via Sugasebashi (菅かん瀬せ橋きょう)
From Mitake Station
- for Mitake tozan railway Takimoto station (ケーブル下か)
From Oku-Tama Station
- for Kamihinata (上日向かみひなた) and Seitōbashi (清きよし東ひがし橋きょう) via Kawai Station
- for Higashi-Nippara (東ひがし日原ひのはら) and Nippara-Shōnyūdō (鍾乳洞しょうにゅうどう)
- for Lake Okutama (奥多摩湖おくたまこ), Tozura (留浦とずら), Kamosawa-Nishi (鴨沢かもざわ西にし) and Taba (丹波たんば)
- for Minetani (峰みね谷たに) via Lake Okutama
- for Kosuge (小菅こすが) via Lake Okutama
- for Kosugenoyu Hot spring(小菅こすがの湯ゆ)
From Akigawa Station
- for Sugao High School
From Musashi-Itsukaichi Station
- for Matsuo (松尾まつお) and Tsurutsuru-Onsen (つるつる温泉おんせん) via Sajigami (幸神こうじん)
- for Akikawa-keikoku Seotonoyu (秋川あきかわ渓谷けいこく瀬音せおとの湯ゆ), Hossawa Fall Ent.(払沢はらいざわの滝たき入口いりくち), Kazuma (数馬かずま), Kami-Yōsawa (上うえ養沢ようざわ), Koiwa (小岩こいわ) and Fujikura (藤倉ふじくら) via Jūrigi (十里じゅうり木き)
- for Tomin no mori (都民とみんの森もり)

Community Bus routes

Hachi-Bus (はちバス, Hachibasu) in Hachioji City
Runo-Bus (るのバス, Runobasu) in Akiruno City
Hamurun (はむらん, Hamuran) in Hamura City
Hinode Utopia-go (日ひの出でユートピア号ごう, Hinode Yūtopiagō) in Hinode Town - defunct on Jun. 9, 2008.

Buses

BXD50 bonnet bus made in 1967

Nishi Tokyo Bus owns the buses below:

Hino Motors
- Blue Ribbon II non-step
- Rainbow RJ middle-size bus
- Rainbow HR / Rainbow II middle-size non-step bus
- S'elega for expressway bus routes
Isuzu
- Erga non-step
- Erga Mio non-step
- BXD50 bonnet bus - It was operated as "Yūyake-Koyake-go" till May, 2007.
Mitsubishi Fuso
- Aero Queen for expressway bus routes
Nissan Diesel
- JP, a middle-size bus with long body.
- UA non-step
- RA non-step and one-step with FLENDS system (low emission technology)

References

^ BJハンドブックシリーズ R62 京王けいおう電鉄でんてつバス・西東京にしとうきょうバス (in Japanese). Koshigaya, Saitama: BJ Editors. 2007. p. 32. ISBN 978-4-434-10234-9.
^ 西東京にしとうきょうバス・多摩たまバス運行うんこう路線ろせんの全すべてを西東京にしとうきょうバスに統一とういつします [All Nishi Tokyo Bus and Tama bus operation routes are unified into Nishi Tokyo Bus] (Press release) (in Japanese). Nishi Tokyo Bus Co., Ltd. 2008-08-05. Archived from the original on 2008-08-13. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
^ 会社かいしゃ概要がいよう [corporate profile] (in Japanese). Nishi Tokyo Bus Co., Ltd. 2008-09-01. Retrieved 2008-09-07. The corporate profile of Tama Bus is left behind.
^ "八王子はちおうじ・渋谷しぶや～金沢かなざわ線せんの昼ひる行ぎょう便びん運行うんこう開始かいしおよび夜行やこう便びんダイヤ改正かいせいについて" [The daytime operation start and nighttime operation schedule revision of Hachioji - Shibuya - Kanazawa line]. Nishi Tokyo Bus Co, Ltd. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
^ "横浜よこはま・新宿しんじゅく・八王子はちおうじ線せん：ハローブリッジ (丸亀まるがめ・高松たかまつ⇔横浜よこはま・新宿しんじゅく・八王子はちおうじ)" [Hello Bridge; Marugame, Takamatsu - Yokohama, Shinjuku, Hachioji]. Shikoku Kosoku Bus Co, Ltd. Archived from the original on December 7, 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2008.
^ 都市とし間あいだ高速こうそくバス東京とうきょう線せん八幡浜やわたはま延伸えんしんに!（9/1～） [Orange Liner Ehime extends to Yawatahama from Sep. 1] (Press release) (in Japanese). Iyo Railway Co., Ltd. 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2008-09-07.

External links

(in Japanese)Nishi Tokyo Bus official site
(in Japanese)Bus-Navi.com (for schedule information)

[1] BJハンドブックシリーズ R62 京王けいおう電鉄でんてつバス・西東京にしとうきょうバス (in Japanese). Koshigaya, Saitama: BJ Editors. 2007. p. 32. ISBN 978-4-434-10234-9.

[2] 西東京にしとうきょうバス・多摩たまバス運行うんこう路線ろせんの全すべてを西東京にしとうきょうバスに統一とういつします [All Nishi Tokyo Bus and Tama bus operation routes are unified into Nishi Tokyo Bus] (Press release) (in Japanese). Nishi Tokyo Bus Co., Ltd. 2008-08-05. Archived from the original on 2008-08-13. Retrieved 2008-08-10.

[3] 会社かいしゃ概要がいよう [corporate profile] (in Japanese). Nishi Tokyo Bus Co., Ltd. 2008-09-01. Retrieved 2008-09-07. The corporate profile of Tama Bus is left behind.

[4] "八王子はちおうじ・渋谷しぶや～金沢かなざわ線せんの昼ひる行ぎょう便びん運行うんこう開始かいしおよび夜行やこう便びんダイヤ改正かいせいについて" [The daytime operation start and nighttime operation schedule revision of Hachioji - Shibuya - Kanazawa line]. Nishi Tokyo Bus Co, Ltd. Retrieved 6 April 2010.

[5] "横浜よこはま・新宿しんじゅく・八王子はちおうじ線せん：ハローブリッジ (丸亀まるがめ・高松たかまつ⇔横浜よこはま・新宿しんじゅく・八王子はちおうじ)" [Hello Bridge; Marugame, Takamatsu - Yokohama, Shinjuku, Hachioji]. Shikoku Kosoku Bus Co, Ltd. Archived from the original on December 7, 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2008.

[6] 都市とし間あいだ高速こうそくバス東京とうきょう線せん八幡浜やわたはま延伸えんしんに!（9/1～） [Orange Liner Ehime extends to Yawatahama from Sep. 1] (Press release) (in Japanese). Iyo Railway Co., Ltd. 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2008-09-07.

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