Keihan Bus
{{Short description|Public transit company in Kyoto, Japan}}
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| image = PKG-RU1ESAA-Keihan-H-3877.jpg
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| image_caption = Highway bus Tokyo Midnight Express Kyoto
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| parent = Keihan Electric Railway
| founded = 1922 (as Momoyama Motor Co., Ltd.)
1924 (change corporation name to Keihan Bus)
| headquarters = 5 Higashi-Kujo Minami-Ishidamachi Minami, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
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| service_area = Kyoto and Osaka, Shiga
| service_type = Bus
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| ceo = Kazuya Suzuki
| website = http://www.keihanbus.co.jp/
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The {{nihongo|Keihan Bus Co. Ltd.|京阪バス株式会社|Keihan Basu Kabushiki-gaisha}} is a bus company company that operates within Osaka, in southern Kyoto, and Ōtsu. It is a subsidiary of the Keihan Group, which also runs Keihan Electric Railway.
History
Keihan Bus Company was established on 22 July 1922{{cite web |url=https://www.keihanbus.jp/info/ |script-title=ja:京阪バス 会社情報|author=KEIHAN Bus Co., Ltd|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate=21 December 2020}} as a taxi company called Momoyama Motor Co., Ltd.(桃山自動車株式会社). In 1924 it became a subsidiary of Keihan, which runs the Keihan Electric Railway. It later merged with other transportation companies, including Daigo Kisen and Jōhoku Motor Co. in 1930, and Keihan-Uji Kotsu and Keihan Uji Kotsu Tanabe in 2006. As a result of these mergers, Keihan Bus has acquired an extensive service area in Osaka, Kyoto and Shiga Prefecture.
Local bus services
= Offices =
Keihan Bus offices attached to garages include:
- Ōtsu Office: There are route buses which run with Kōjaku Railway.
- Yamashina Office
- Rakunan Office: There are route buses which run with Nara Kotsu.
- Kyotanabe Office
- Otokoyama Office
- Hirakata Office
- Takatsuki Office
- Katano Office
- Neyagawa Office
- Kadoma Office
= Information desks =
Information desks are known as "K-bit" (the abbreviation for the Keihan-bus Information & Tickets)
- Ōtsu Station Desk
- Ishiyama Station Desk☆
- Yamashina Station Desk☆
- Sanjo-Keihan Station Desk
- Kyoto Station Karasuma Exit Desk (sells only highway bus tickets)
- Kyoto Station Hachijo Exit Desk（sells only highway bus and sightseeing bus tickets）
- Hirakatashi Station Desk☆
- Korien Station Desk
- Neyagawashi Station Desk☆
- Moriguchishi Station Desk☆
= Temporary sales offices =
These type desks open at the beginning and end of each month.
- Hoshida Station Desk
- Rokujizo Station Desk
- Takatsukishi Station Desk
= Bus terminals =
- Enryaku-ji Bus Terminal
- Daigo Bus Terminal
Subsidiary companies
=Keihan Kyoto Kotsu=
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| name = KEIHAN KYOTO KOTSU Co., Ltd.
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| image = Keihan Kyoto-kotsuK097.jpg
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| image_caption = Mitsubishi Fuso Aero Star
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| parent = Keihan Bus
| founded = 1 April 2005
| headquarters = 10 Shinomukaidani Shinocho Kameoka, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan (621-0826
京都府亀岡市篠町篠向谷10番)
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| service_area = Kyoto
| service_type = Bus
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| ceo = Kazuhiro Sakamoto
| website = http://www.keihankyotokotsu.jp/
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The {{nihongo|Keihan Kyoto Co.Ltd.|京阪京都交通株式会社|Keihan kyouto koutsu Kabushiki-gaisha}} is a bus company within the Keihan Group, established in April 2005{{cite web |url=https://www.keihankyotokotsu.jp/company_info.html |script-title=ja:京阪京都交通 会社情報|author=KEIHAN KYOTO KOTSU Co., Ltd|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate=10 July 2021}} by splitting from Keihan Bus. Its service areas are in the northwest of Kyoto.
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [http://www.keihanbus.jp/ Official Website]
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Category:Transport in Kyoto Prefecture
Category:Transport in Osaka Prefecture
Category:Transport in Shiga Prefecture