JR Bus
{{Short description|Bus operations of the Japan Railways Group companies}}
File:Intercitydd jrtokaibus.jpg Astromega operated by JR Tokai Bus]]
Image:JR-Bus-Megaliner-Tsukuba.JPG Megaliner operated by JR Bus Kanto]]
Image:Etsumihoku Line Pinch runner bus 200507.jpg railway operated by West JR Bus]]
File:JR Bus Kanto buses parked at Tokyo Station.jpg in November 2022]]
JR Bus collectively refers to the bus operations of Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies in Japan. JR Bus is operated by six regional companies, with JR East and JR West operating two each while the others operate one each. JR Bus companies provide regional, long distance, and chartered bus services.
List of companies
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!Bus company !Operation area !Parent company |
| JR Hokkaido Bus Company |
| JR Bus Tohoku Company
|rowspan=2|East Japan Railway Company |
| JR Bus Kanto Company |
| JR Tokai Bus Company |
| West Japan JR Bus Company
|Hokuriku region, Kansai region |rowspan=2|West Japan Railway Company |
| Chugoku JR Bus Company |
| JR Shikoku Bus Company |
| JR Kyushu Bus Company |
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).
Examples of vehicles
= Regional route vehicles =
File:521-4956-JHB.jpg|JR Hokkaidō bus 521-4956
File:531-9452 Tohoku KC-LV380N.jpg|JR Bus Tohoku 531-9452
File:JR-Bus-Kanto MITSUBISHI-1160.jpg|JR Bus Kanto L534-97506
File:328-8902 JRTB KC-RM211GAN.jpg|JR Tokai Bus 328-8902
File:Wjrbus-jakukoline-20070309.jpg|Nishinihon JR Bus 537-1909
File:Chugoku JR Bus - 534-5969.JPG|Chugoku JR Bus 534-5969
File:531-2911 Shikoku U-LV218K.jpg|JR Shikoku Bus 531-2911
File:JR-Bus-Kyusyu ISUZU-1102.jpg|JR Kyushu Bus 521-21602
= Expressway route vehicles =
JR Bus Tohoku, JR Bus Kanto, JR Tokai Bus and Chugoku JR Bus share a common livery based on the JNR Bus livery.
File:JR Hokkaidō bus S200F 2101.JPG|JR Hokkaido Bus 644-5822
File:JRbus H654-02406.JPG|JR Bus Tohoku H654-02406
File:JR-bus-kanto-H654-07417.JPG|JR Bus Kanto H654-07417
File:JRbus 747-05952.JPG|JR Tokai Bus 747-05952
File:Nishinihon-JR-bus-749-8913.jpg|Nishinihon JR Bus 749-8913
File:Chugoku JR Bus - 641-5906.JPG|Chugoku JR Bus 641-5906
File:694-8950 Shikoku BKG-MU66JS front.jpg|JR Shikoku Bus 694-8950
File:JR Kyushubus - Kagoshima 230 a 8658 - 01.JPG|JR Kyushu Bus 748-06558
External links
{{commons category|JR Bus}}
- https://web.archive.org/web/20151203224900/http://www.kakuyasubus.jp/ (jointly operated by JR Bus companies for promotion of intercity buses) {{in lang|ja}}
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