Suwa Bus
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| parent = Alpico Kotsu
| founded = 3 July 1919
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| service_area = Nagano
| service_type = Bus
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{{nihongo|Suwa Bus|諏訪バス}} had been a bus company in Suwa area Nagano Prefecture, Japan until March 2011 because the company has been be taken over by Alpico Kotsu. After merging to Alpico Kotsu, Suwa Bus is a nickname which Alpico Kotsu Group operates on Suwa area.
History
- July 3, 1919 - Incorporation of Suwa Jidōsha K.K.
- July 1941 - Setting of greater Suwa area as business area
- December 1963 - Acquisition by Matsumoto Electric Railway as a subsidiary
- May 1981 - Change of corporate name to Suwa Bus K.K.
- December 1984 - Opening of Chuo Kosoku Bus Iida route (Iida–Shinjuku)
- November 1986 - Opening of Chūō Expressway Bus Chino Route (Chūō Expressway Chino Bus Stop–Shinjuku)
- July 1987 - Opening of Chūō Expressway Bus Suwa–Okaya Route (Kami-Suwa/Okaya–Shinjuku)
- September 1988 - Opening of Misuzu Highway Bus
- July 1989 - Opening of Chino–Nagoya route via Chūō Expressway (discontinued in April 1997)
- December 1989 - Opening of Chino–Osaka route via Chūō Expressway
- March 1993 - Opening of Fujimi/Chino–Nagano route via Nagano Expressway (discontinued in 1996)
- August 1999 - Opening of Chino city welfare bus
- September 1999 - Opening of "Karinchan Bus" circulation route in Suwa
- July 2000 - Opening of Okaya citizens bus "Silky Bus"
- July 2004 - Opening of "Swan Bus" Lake Suwa circulation route in Okaya
Lines
=Highway Lines=
- Okaya, Suwa⇔Shinjuku (Chuo Kosoku Bus Suwa/Okaya Line: collaboration with Keio Bus, Fuji Express, Yamanashi Kotsu, JR Bus Kanto)
- Iida⇔Shinjuku (Chuo Kosoku Bus Iida Line: collaboration with Keio Bus, Ina Bus, Shin'nan Kotsu)
- Chino, Suwa, Okaya⇔Osaka (Alpine Suwa Go: collaboration with Hankyu Bus)
- Chino BT, Kamisuwa Station, Shimosuwa, Osachi, Okaya City Office, Imai, Chuo. Exp Tatsuno⇔Kyoto-Fukakusa, Meishin-Oyamazaki, Takatsuki BS, Ibaraki BS, Senri New Town, Shin-Osaka, Osaka (Umeda)
Cars
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See also
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070830004323/http://www.alpico.co.jp/suwabus/ Suwa Bus]
Category:Bus companies of Japan
Category:Companies based in Nagano Prefecture
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