Keio Dentetsu Bus

Template:Short description Template:Infobox Bus transit is a core bus-operating company of the Keio Group which was established on February 1, 2002, inherited business all of the Keio Electric Railway (present Keio Corporation) automobile operation division and started business on August 1 of the same year. It has four subsidiaries, , , and (This article treats also about these subsidiaries). The head office of these companies is located in Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan. The operating area of a general bus on a regular route is mainly the Tokyo Tama area and if the management commission route to each subsidiary company is included, the operating area is reached mostly whole region along all areas along the Keio railroad lines. Moreover, it operates around the expressway bus routes to Nagano Prefecture, Hida-Takayama, Miyagi Prefecture, etc. from Shinjuku.

History

The history of the bus of Keio starts for the Keio Denki Kidō Co. to have opened the bus on April 15, 1913 in the section where the railroad is not opened for traffic (between Shinjuku Station - Sasazuka Station and between Chōfu Station - Fuchū Station - Kokubunji Station). Although these were the first bus business in Tokyo, the tone of the provisional means of transport was deep, and canceled between Chōfu Station - Kokubunji Station in 1914, between Shinjuku Station - Sasazuka Station was abolished with railroad commencement of business in 1915, and all have taken down the curtain for a short period of time.

Keio sets about a bus enterprise in early stages of Shōwa period again. Banzai Jidōsha Co.() which operated around the bus from the end of Taishō period changed the company name to the Kōshū Kaidō Noriai Jidōsha Co.() in July, 1924, and the route was extended to Tama-mura Tokyo city-owned park cemetery (present Tama Cemetery) through Karasuyama and Chofu. However, Keio which has a railroad in parallel to the Kōshū Kaidō felt this as the threat, and made more than the majority of the holdings of the company acquisition and an associated company in May, 1927. Furthermore, the Keio acquired Kōshū Kaidō Noriai Jidōsha in 1937, and absorbed enterprise all. Thereby, the automobile division and Sasazuka office were installed and the bus enterprise of the direct management which leads to the present Keio Dentetsu Bus Group was resumed. Hachiōji Shigai Jidōsha Co.() was purchased and the Hachioji Office was established in 1938. Moreover, Takahata Noriai () is purchased in the same year, Yugi Noriai Jidōsha () was purchased in 1939, and these enterprises were absorbed. The Pacific War broke out and the route within Yamanote Line was transferred to Tokyo City on February 1, 1942 for the war integration based on a land transport business method of preparation. Moreover, the Keio came to be merged by Tokyu Corporation on May 31, 1944 (Keio Teito Electric Railway dissociated from Tokyu in 1948).

Depots

Head Office of Keio Dentetsu Bus and its subsidiaries - 2-22, Harumichō, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan

• Keio Dentetsu Bus
  • Hachioji Depot () - 1304-3, Naganumamachi, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
  • Sakuragaoka Depot () - 4-898, Ochikawa, Hino, Tokyo, Japan.
• Keio Bus Higashi
  • Nakano Depot () - 51-9, Yayoichō 2-chōme, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan
  • Eifukucho Depot () - 60-19, Eifuku 2-chōme, Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
  • Chofu Depot () - 6-6, Kokuryōchō, Chofu, Tokyo, Japan
  • Setagaya Depot () - 9-1, Kami-Kitazawa, 5-chōme, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
• Keio Bus Chuo
  • Fuchu Depot () - 22, Harumichō 2-chōme, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
• Keio Bus Minami
  • Minami-Osawa Depot () - 26-1, Minami-Ōsawa 5-chōme, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
  • Tama Depot () - 1-1, Minamino 1-chōme, Tama, Tokyo, Japan
  • Terada Branch Office () - 374-1, Teradamachi, Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan
• Keio Bus Koganei
  • Koganei Depot () - 3-31, Honchō 5-chōme, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan

Major routes

Expressway bus routes

Route name	Japanese	Terminals		via	Co-operator(s)	History	Notes
Shinjuku - Fuji Five Lakes Line		Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal	Lake Motosuko	Fuji-Q Highland, Yamanakako Terminal	Fuji Kyuko
Shinjuku - Fujisan Gogōme Line		Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal	Mount Fuji 5-gome	Mount Fuji 3-gome	Fuji Kyuko
Shinjuku - Kōfu Line		Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal	Kōfu Yumura Onsen	Kōfu Station	Fuji Kyuko, Yamanashi Kotsu
Shinjuku - Suwa - Okaya Line		Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal	Okaya Station	Kami-Suwa Station	Fuji Kyuko, JR Bus Kanto, Yamanashi Kotsu, Suwa Bus
Shinjuku - Matsumoto Line		Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal	Matsumoto Bus Terminal	Matsumoto I.C.	Matsumoto Electric Railway
Shinjuku - Nagano Line		Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal	Zenkō-ji Daimon	Nagano Station	Kawanakajima Bus	Started in 1992, changed to current route in 1997.
Shinjuku - Ina Line		Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal	Ina Bus Komagane Shed	Ina, Komagane	Fuji Kyuko, Yamanashi Kotsu, Ina Bus, Shinnan Kotsu
Shinjuku - Iida Line		Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal	Iida, Hirugami Onsen	Komagane I.C.	Suwa Bus, Ina Bus, Shinnan Kotsu
Shinjuku - Hakuba Line		Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal	Hakuba Happō	Shinano-Ōmachi Station	Matsumoto Electric Railway
Shinjuku - Hida-Takayama Line		Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal	Takayama Nōhi Bus Center	Hirayu Onsen	Nōhi Noriai Jidōsha
Shinjuku - Nagoya Line		Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal	Meitetsu Bus Center		Meitetsu Bus
Shinjuku - Kiso-Fukushima Line		Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal	Kiso-Fukushima Station		Ontake Kotsu
Shinjuku - Osaka Line		Shibuya Mark City, Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal	Umeda Station		Hankyu Bus
Shinjuku - Kobe - Himeji Line ("Princess Road")		Shibuya Mark City, Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal	Himeji Station	Sannomiya Bus Terminal	Shinki Bus	Started on March 3, 1989 as Shibuya-Himeji Line "Milky Way" and in December 2003 as Shinjuku-Himeji Line. Two routes merged on March 22, 2007.
Shinjuku - Minobu Line		Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal	Minobu	Minami-Alps City Hall	Yamanashi Kotsu
Shinjuku - Numazu Line		Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal	Fujikyu Numazu Office	Numazu Station North	Fujikyu City Bus
Shinjuku - Hamamatsu Line		Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal, Shibuya Mark City	Hamamatsu Station	Hamamatsu I.C.	JR Tokai Bus	Started on Dec 15, 2006
Shinjuku - Shizuoka Line		Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal, Shibuya Mark City	Higashi-Shizuoka Station	Shizuoka Station
"Hirose Liner"		Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal, Shibuya Mark City	Ishinomaki Station	Sendai Station	Miyagi Transportation	Started on Mar. 31, 2006
Narita - Chofu Line		Narita Airport	Chōfu Station		Airport Transport Service
Narita - Tama-Center Line		Narita Airport	Minami-Ōsawa Station	Seiseki-Sakuragaoka Station, Tama-Center Station	Airport Transport Service
Haneda - Tama-Center Line		Haneda Airport	Minami-Ōsawa Station	Tama-Center Station	Airport Transport Service
Haneda - Chofu Line		Haneda Airport	Chōfu Station		Airport Transport Service
Haneda - Kokubunji Line		Haneda Airport	Kokubunji Station		Airport Transport Service
Haneda - Hachioji Line		Haneda Airport	Hachiōji Station, Takao Station		Airport Transport Service, Tama Bus

Regular routes

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A highway Keio Dentetsu Bus car

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A Keio Bus Minami car

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A minibus operated in Tama area

Operators:

^D : Keio Dentetsu Bus

^H : Keio Bus Higashi

^C : Keio Bus Chuo

^M : Keio Bus Minami

^K : Keio Bus Koganei

• From Shibuya Station
  • for Hatsudai Station via Tomigaya () and Tokyo Opera City ^H
  • for Sasazuka Station via Tomigaya ^H
  • for Asagaya Station via Hōnanchō () and Shin-Kōenji Station ^H
• From Shinjuku Station
  • for Nakano Station via Rokugō-Dōri () ^H
  • for Eifukuchō () via Hōnanchō ^H
• From Nakano Station
  • for Eifukuchō via Hōnanchō ^H
  • Daitabashi Circulate Line () ^H
• From Kōenji Station
  • for Eifukuchō via Shin-Kōenji Station ^H
• From Chōfu Station North Exit
  • for Kichijōji Station via Chūō Expressway Jindaiji B.S. () ^H
  • for Kyorin University Hospital () via Chūō Expressway Jindaiji B.S. ^H
• From Chōfu station South Exit
  • for Tsutsujigaoka Station via Matsubara () ^H
  • for Kurumagaeshi-Danchi-Orikaeshijō () via Tamagawa-Dōri () ^H
  • for Inagi Municipal Hospital () via Yanokuchi Station ^H
• From Fuchū Station
  • for Musashi-Koganei Station via Ippongi () and Gakuen-Dōri Post Office () ^D
  • for Kokubunji Station via Meisei Gakuen () ^D
  • for Kunitachi Station via Fuchu Hospital () ^C
  • for Inagi Municipal Hospital via Koremasa () ^C
• From Seiseki-Sakuragaoka Station
  • for Tama-Center Station via Matsugaya () ^D
  • for Minami-Ōsawa Station via Yugi-Orikaeshijō () ^M
  • for Takahatafudō Station via Mogusaen Station ^D
• From Takahatafudō Station
  • for Tachikawa Station via Hino Bridge () ^D
  • for Teikyo University () ^D
• From Hino Station
  • for Toyoda Station via Izumizuka () ^D
  • for Hachiōji Station via Hinodai () ^D
• From Toyoda Station
  • for Hachiōji Station via Ōwada-Sakaue () ^D
  • for Tama-Center Station via Tama Tech () ^D
• From Hachiōji Station (Keio & JR) North Exit
  • for Nagafusa-Danchi () and Shiroyamate () via Oiwake () ^D
  • for Tategaoka-Danchi () via Nishi-Hachiōji Station ^D
• From Hachiōji Station (JR) South Exit
  • for Mejirodai Station via Fujimori Park () ^D
  • for Minami-Ōsawa Station via Kitano Station ^M
• From Minami-Ōsawa Station
  • Minami-Ōsawa 5-chome junkan (Circulate Line) () ^M
  • for Tama Art University () ^M
• From Takao Station
  • for Tategaoka-Danchi ^D
  • for Kobotoke () ^M

Community Bus routes

• in Shibuya in collaboration with Tokyu Transsés and Fuji Express.
• in Shinjuku.
• in Suginami City in collaboration with Kanto Bus.
• in Chōfu, Tokyo in collaboration with Odakyu Bus.
• in Kokubunji City in collaboration with Tachikawa Bus.
• in Koganei City.
• in Fuchu City.
• in Hino City.
• in Tama City.

Cars

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Nissan Diesel JP introduced in 1995

The vehicles introduced from four manufacturers, Hino, Isuzu, Mitsubishi Fuso and Nissan Diesel, are held into the Keio Dentetsu Bus Group. Although the general route vehicle is introduced from all these four manufacturers, the rate of the Nissan Diesel vehicles is slightly high. The reason is that the one-step vehicles with narrow width and long body (Nissan Diesel JP) were purchased in lump sum from Nissan Diesel in advancing low floor-ization of vehicles in the mid-1990s.

See also

• List of bus operating companies in Japan (east)
• Keio Corporation
• Nishi Tokyo Bus

External links

• Keio Dentetsu Bus Group Template:In lang
• highwaybus.com Template:In lang (for expressway bus information)
• highwaybus.com Template:In lang (for expressway bus information)
• Bus-Navi.com Template:In lang (for timetable information)