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{{Short description|Bus operations of the Japan Railways Group companies}}
[[File:Intercitydd jrtokaibus.jpg|thumb|[[Van Hool]] Astromega operated by JR Tokai Bus]]
[[Image:JR-Bus-Megaliner-Tsukuba.JPG|thumb|[[Neoplan]] [[Neoplan Megaliner|Megaliner]] operated by JR Bus Kanto]]
[[Image:Etsumihoku Line Pinch runner bus 200507.jpg|thumb|Substitution bus for temporarily suspended [[Etsumi North Line]] railway operated by West JR Bus]]
[[File:JR Bus Kanto buses parked at Tokyo Station.jpg|thumb|Several buses operated by JR Bus Kanto parked at [[Tokyo Station]] 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 [[East Japan Railway Company|JR East]] and [[West Japan Railway Company|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 ==
{|class=wikitable
!Bus company
!Operation area
!Parent company
|-
|[[JR Hokkaido Bus Company]]
|[[Hokkaidō|Hokkaidō region]]
|[[Hokkaido Railway Company]]
|-
|[[JR Bus Tohoku Company]]
|[[Tōhoku region]]
|rowspan=2|[[East Japan Railway Company]]
|-
|[[JR Bus Kanto Company]]
|[[Kantō region]]
|-
|[[JR Tokai Bus Company]]
|[[Tōkai region]]
|[[Central Japan Railway Company]]
|-
|[[Nishinihon JR Bus|West Japan JR Bus Company]]<!--English name as listed in http://www.westjr.co.jp/english/english/company/con02/library/annual/2009/pdf/c16.pdf -->
|[[Hokuriku region]], [[Kansai region]]
|rowspan=2|[[West Japan Railway Company]]
|-
|[[Chugoku JR Bus Company]]
|[[Chūgoku region]]
|-
|[[JR Shikoku Bus Company]]
|[[Shikoku|Shikoku region]]
|[[Shikoku Railway Company]]
|-
|[[JR Bus Kyushu Company|JR Kyushu Bus Company]]
|[[Kyūshū|Kyūshū region]]
|[[Kyushu Railway Company]]
|}

== History ==
The [[Japanese Government Railways|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 ===
<gallery>
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
</gallery>

=== 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.
<gallery>
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
</gallery>

== 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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[[Category:Bus companies of Japan]]
[[Category:Japan Railway companies]]