Nishi Tokyo Bus Co., Ltd. (
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A Nishi Tokyo Bus car in Hachioji | |
Founded | 1963 |
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Headquarters | Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan |
Service area | Western Tokyo |
Service type | Bus |
Stations | 4 depots, 2 branch offices |
Fleet | 340 buses (as of July 2007)[1] |
Fuel type | Diesel fuel |
Operator | Nishi Tokyo Bus Co., Ltd. |
Website | http://www.nisitokyobus.co.jp |
History
editNishi Tokyo Bus is a company established by a merger of Takao Jidōsha Co.(
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 (
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
edit- Head Office - 1-7, Myōjinchō 3-chōme, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
- Narahara Bus Office (
楢原 営業 所 ) - 591-1, Naraharachō, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan- Nakano Gakuen Branch Office (
中野 学園 車庫 ) - 1100, Tobukimachi, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
- Nakano Gakuen Branch Office (
- Itsukaichi Bus Office (
五日市 営業 所 ) - 24, Tateyadai, Akiruno, Tokyo, Japan - Ome Bus Office (
青梅 営業 所 ) - 3-3, Suehirochō 1-chōme, Ome, Tokyo, Japan - Ongata Bus Office (
恩 方 営業 所 ) - 281-1, Shimo-Ongatamachi, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
Ome and Ongata depots were depots of Tama Bus till August 31, 2008.
Major routes
editExpressway bus routes
editAll expressway bus routes were operated by Tama Bus till August 31, 2008.
Route name |
Japanese | Terminals | via | Co-operator(s) | History | Notes | |
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Hachiōji - Shibuya - Kaga Line | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | 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 | Hachiōji Station | Narita Airport | Airport Transport Service | Started the joint operation with Airport Transport Service on Mar. 17, 2008 | |||
Ōme - Haneda Airport Line | Kabe Station | Haneda Airport | Ozaku Station, Hamura Station, Fussa Station | Started on Mar. 26, 2011 |
Defunct route
editRoute name |
Japanese | Terminals | via | Co-operator(s) | History | Notes | |
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"New Epoch" | ニューエポック |
Hachioji Station | Sendai Station | Miyagi Transportation | Started on August 7, 1990; discontinued on Aug. 31, 1996. | ||
"Kyoto" | きょうと |
Hachioji Station | Kyoto Station | Sanjō Station | Keihan Bus | Started on June 22, 1990; discontinued on March 30, 2007. | |
"Trendy" | トレンディ |
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 |
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
edit- From Hino Station
- for Utsugidai (
宇津木 台 ) via Komiyamachi (小宮 町 ) - for Hachiōji Station via Komiya Station Entrance (
小宮 駅 入口 )
- for Utsugidai (
- From Keio Hachiōji Station and JR Hachiōji Station
- for Utsugidai via By-pass Ōya (バイパス
大谷 ) and via Kita-Hachiōji Station (北 八王子 駅 ) - for Junshin Academy (
純 心 女子 学園 ) and Tobuki (戸吹 ) via Sanyū (左入 ) - for Soka University Daimon (
創価大学 大門 ), Junshin Academy and Tobuki via Babayato (馬場 谷戸 ) - for Soka University Eikō Gate and Tobuki via Hiyodoriyama-tunnel (ひよどり
山 トンネル) and Roadside Station Hachiōji-Takiyama (道 の駅 八王子 滝山 ) - for Narahara Bus Office (
楢原 町 ) via Jinja-mae (神社 前 ) - for Imaguma (
今熊 ) and Musashi-Itsukaichi Station (武蔵 五日市 駅 ) via Naraharachō and Kawaguchi Elementary School (川口 小学校 ) - for Tokyo Summerland (サマーランド) and Akigawa Station (
秋川 駅 ) via Naraharachō and Tobuki-Yuttarikan (戸吹 湯 ったり館 ) - for Narahara Bus Office and Kogakuin University (
工学院大学 ) via Nishi-Nakano (西中野 ) - for Matsue-Jūtaku (
松枝 住宅 ) via City Hall east(市役所 入口 ・元本郷 公園東 ) and Yokokawachō-Jūtaku (横川 町 住宅 ) and Izumichō-Jūtaku (泉町 住宅 ) - for Hōshōji-Danchi (
宝生 寺 団地 ) via Yotsuya (四谷 ) - for Ōkubo (
大久保 ) via Yotsuya and Odano (小田野 ) - for Ongata-Bus Terminal (
恩 方 ターミナル) via Yotsuya and Ongata-Eigyōsho (恩 方 営業 所 ) - for Takao Station South Exit (
高尾 駅 南口 ) via Yotsuya and Motohachi Branchi Office (元 八 事務所 )
- for Utsugidai via By-pass Ōya (バイパス
- From Nishi-Hachiōji Station
- for Narahara Bus Office via Hachiōji City Hall (
八王子 市役所 ) 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 ) - for Green Town Takao (グリーンタウン
高尾 ) and Takao Station North Exit via Chuo Expressway Moto-Hachioji Bus Stop (中央 道 八王子 バス停 下 )
- for Narahara Bus Office via Hachiōji City Hall (
- From Takao Station North Exit
- for Ongata-Shako via Reien-Seimon (
霊園 正門 ) - for Homest Town (ホーメストタウン) via Shiroyama-Ōhashi (
城山 大橋 ) - for Hōshōji-Danchi via Reien-Seimon
- for Takao-no-mori Wakuwaku Village (
高尾 の森 わくわくビレッジ) via Reien-Seimon - for Ōkubo and Jinba-Plateau-Shita (
陣 馬 高原 下 ) via Reien-Seimon - for Miyamachō (
美山 町 ) via Reien-Seimon and Ongata Bus Terminal
- for Ongata-Shako via Reien-Seimon (
- From Haijima Station
- for Kyorin University (
杏林大学 ) via Takatsuki (高月 ) and Tobuki - for Junshin Academy via Takatsuki
- for Kyorin University (
- From Fussa Station
- for Akigawa Station and Musashi-Itsukaichi Station via Akiruno City Office (あきる
野 市役所 ) - for Hinode-Orikaeshijō (
日 の出 折 返 場 ) via Akigawa Station and Æon Mall Hinode Shopping mall (イオンモール日 の出 ) - for Soka University and Junshin Academy via Takatsuki
- for Ozaku Station West (
小作 駅 西口 ) via Hamura Station West (羽 村 駅西 )
- for Akigawa Station and Musashi-Itsukaichi Station via Akiruno City Office (あきる
- From Hamura Station
- Shimmachi 9-chome circulation (
新町 9丁目 循環 )
- Shimmachi 9-chome circulation (
- From Ozaku Station
- Mitsuhara Circulation (
三 ツ原 循環 ) - for Sugao High School (
菅生 高校 ) via Tomoda (友田 ) - for Ōme Station (
青梅 駅 ) via Tomoda - for Akigawa Station via Sugasebashi (
菅 瀬 橋 )
- Mitsuhara Circulation (
- From Mitake Station
- for Mitake tozan railway Takimoto station (ケーブル
下 )
- for Mitake tozan railway Takimoto station (ケーブル
- From Oku-Tama Station
- for Kamihinata (
上日向 ) and Seitōbashi (清 東 橋 ) via Kawai Station - for Higashi-Nippara (
東 日原 ) and Nippara-Shōnyūdō (鍾乳洞 ) - for Lake Okutama (
奥多摩湖 ), Tozura (留浦 ), Kamosawa-Nishi (鴨沢 西 ) and Taba (丹波 ) - for Minetani (
峰 谷 ) via Lake Okutama - for Kosuge (
小菅 ) via Lake Okutama - for Kosugenoyu Hot spring(
小菅 の湯 )
- for Kamihinata (
- From Akigawa Station
- for Sugao High School
- From Musashi-Itsukaichi Station
- for Matsuo (
松尾 ) and Tsurutsuru-Onsen (つるつる温泉 ) via Sajigami (幸神 ) - for Akikawa-keikoku Seotonoyu (
秋川 渓谷 瀬音 の湯 ), Hossawa Fall Ent.(払沢 の滝 入口 ), Kazuma (数馬 ), Kami-Yōsawa (上 養沢 ), Koiwa (小岩 ) and Fujikura (藤倉 ) via Jūrigi (十里 木 ) - for Tomin no mori (
都民 の森 )
- for Matsuo (
Community Bus routes
edit- 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 の出 ユートピア号 , Hinode Yūtopiagō) in Hinode Town - defunct on Jun. 9, 2008.
Buses
editNishi 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
- Mitsubishi Fuso
- Aero Queen for expressway bus routes
- Nissan Diesel
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ BJハンドブックシリーズ R62
京王 電鉄 バス・西東京 バス (in Japanese). Koshigaya, Saitama: BJ Editors. 2007. p. 32. ISBN 978-4-434-10234-9. - ^
西東京 バス・多摩 バス運行 路線 の全 てを西東京 バスに統一 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 概要 [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 ・渋谷 ~金沢 線 の昼 行 便 運行 開始 および夜行 便 ダイヤ改正 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 ・新宿 ・八王子 線 :ハローブリッジ (丸亀 ・高松 ⇔横浜 ・新宿 ・八王子 )" [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 間 高速 バス東京 線 八幡浜 延伸 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
edit- (in Japanese)Nishi Tokyo Bus official site
- (in Japanese)Bus-Navi.com (for schedule information)