Kuo-Kuang Motor Transportation
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國光汽車客運股份有限公司
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| headquarters = Sanchong, New Taipei, Taiwan
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File:Kuo-kuang Bus Taipei Terminal, KKMT 051-U7 and Taiwan Taxi 421-5D.jpg
Kuo-Kuang Motor Transportation ({{zh|t=國光客運|p=Guóguāng Kèyùn}}) is a bus company in Taiwan.
History
Kuo-Kuang was established on July 1, 2001, as a result of the privatization of state-owned {{ill|Taiwan Motor Transport|zh|臺灣汽車客運公司}}.{{cite thesis | url=https://ir.nctu.edu.tw/handle/11536/69885 | title=民營化後國光客運人力資源管理策略之探討 | year=2002 | type=Thesis | last1=Lee | first1=Chia-Yen | last2=Wong | first2=Jinn-Tsai }} After the state-run company announced its intention to close, some 1,090 employees each contributed NT$300,000 in order to raise the funds necessary to purchase the firm's assets and relaunch the service as Kuo-Kuang.{{Cite web|url=https://chinapost.nownews.com/20020703-144668|title=Kuo-kuang Motor announces successful switch|date=3 July 2002}}
File:KKMT FA-185 left side at Taipei West Bus Station Terminal A 20150624 night.jpg 96A3 was retired in 2016]]
As of 2013, the company's fleet comprised more than 1,200 buses.{{Cite web|url=http://englishnews.ftv.com.tw/read.aspx?sno=48F7E43F8FC71829C8A8D943735A92BA|title = 民視英語新聞}} In January 2016, the final Greyhound buses still being used on regular Kuo-Kuang routes were retired.{{Cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/01/22/2003637797|title=Greyhound buses to run final journey - Taipei Times|date=22 January 2016}} In November that year, Kuo-Kuang's Taipei Main Station location was moved following the demolition of its historic Taipei West Bus Station home.{{Cite web|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/topic/eng_forum/17/201611030001.aspx|title = Taipei West Bus Station passes into history - Focus Taiwan}}
Incidents
On 23 November 2015, the driver of a Kuo-Kuang bus traveling from Taipei to Taichung pulled over on a freeway after an electrical fire broke out. While the driver and passengers were waiting outside the bus, a truck drove into their vehicle, killing the driver and one passenger and injuring 13 more.{{Cite web|url=http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/society/breakingnews/1518164|title = 國光客運電視起火 停路肩遭撞2死13傷 - 社會|date = 23 November 2015}}
On 2 June 2017, a Kuo-Kuang bus heading from Pingtung to Taichung crashed in poor weather, killing one person and injuring 31 others.{{Cite web|url=http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/society/breakingnews/2087434|title = 國道3號客運追撞貨櫃車 司機慘死、30輕重傷 - 社會|date = 2 June 2017}}
On 10 June 2019, a southbound Kuo-Kuang bus collided with the rear of a flatbed semi-trailer along National Freeway 1 killing the bus driver and injuring 7 passengers.{{cite news|first1=Keoni|last1=Everington|date=11 June 2019|url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3721480|title=2 Taiwan bus crashes in one day leave 4 dead, 21 injured|publisher=Taiwan News|accessdate=11 June 2019}}
On 13 July 2020, a Kuo-Kuang bus en route to Taipei rear-ended a truck on National Freeway 1 injuring 13 passengers.{{Cite web|last=Charlier|first=Phillip|date=2020-07-13|title=13 injured in freeway bus accident|url=https://taiwanenglishnews.com/13-injured-in-freeway-bus-accident/|access-date=2021-01-07|website=Taiwan English News|language=en-US}}