Nishi Tokyo Bus

Template:Infobox Bus transit is a bus-operating company in western Tama Area, mainly in Hachioji and Akiruno, Tokyo, Japan. It has in a subsidiary which once took charge of bus routes in western Hachioji area and Ome area, and expressway bus routes. Although it now belongs to Keio Group, it was originally a bus section of Ome Electric Railway Co. (present JR Ōme Line).

History

Nishi Tokyo Bus is a company established by a merger of Takao Jidōsha Co.(), Okutama Shinkō Co.() and Goō Jidōsha Co.() in 1963.

Takao Jidōsha's first route is between Hachiōji Station - Mount Takao foot which started operation in 1916. This is in only three years, after the Keio Denki Kidō (present Keio Corporation) operates around a bus for the first time (temporarily to railroad opening of traffic) in Tokyo in 1913, and in continuous operation, this became the first in the Tokyo-fu. Since This route competed with the route of Hachiōji Shigai Jidōsha (present Keio Dentetsu Bus Hachioji office) which started operation in 1923, Takao Jidōsha established the new route between Hachiōji Station - Kawarajuku, Ongata Village (present Hachioji City) in 1932, extended to Shimo-Ange () by 1924, and it became the prime route of Takao Jidōsha. It entered under the influence of Keio Teito Electric Railway (present Keio Corporation) in 1955.

Okutama Shinkō is the company which Ome Electric Railway Co. established in 1928 by setting development of an area along the railroad line as the main purpose. The first bus line in Ome and Okutama area is between Futamatao Station (destination station of Ome Electric Railway of those days) and Hatonosu Station which was started operation by Okutama Jidōsha Co. in 1922. Ome Electric Railway purchased the Okutama Jidōsha in 1930, and it extended to Hikawa (Oku-Tama Station) in August of the same year. Although the railroad section of Ome Electric Railway was nationalized (present JR Ome Line) and the bus section operated by Ome Electric Railway succeedingly in April, 1944, all the bus enterprises of the Ome Electric Railway were transferred to the Okutama Shinkō, its subsidiary in April, 1946. Okutama Shinkō entered under the influence of Keio Teito Electric Railway in 1956.

In 1920, Ishikawa Jidōsha was replaced with the stagecoach which operated between Imaguma, Kawaguchi-mura (present Hachioji) - Hachioji (Hiraokachō) until then, and started operation of the bus of track reconstruction between Itsukaichi - Hachioji. It extended to Hachioji station in 1924, and the company name was changed into Goō Jidōsha Shōkai (it incorporated in 1947 and was re-change to Goō Jidōsha). It entered under the influence of Keio Teito Electric Railway in 1961.

The three companies which used as the influence of Keio Teito Electric Railway, moved to the joint head office of the Keio Line Higashi-Hachioji station (present Keio Hachioji station) next door in April, 1963 for merger preparation aiming at rationalization of bus operation, Okutama Shinkō merged other two companies on October 1, and Nishi Tokyo Bus launched. The symbol of a company is what designed the initial of Nishi Tokyo "NT" in the circle, and T imagined speediness and the feather of a bird, and it is published in the front of all the vehicles of a general route vehicle until it continues up to now. Since the number of routes increased rapidly by "bed-town"-izing of Hachioji and advance of educational facilities such as universities, and it became impossible to be unable to respond by at the existing office after the 1970s, Narahara Office was established newly in 1971 and Ongata Office is established newly in 1992.

Tama bus was split up by whole ownership and change of jurisdiction and commission of operation of an unprofitable route were started on April 1, 1999. Thereby, Ome Office was transferred to the Tama bus from 1999 to 2000, and Ongata Office from 2000 to 2005. On August 5, 2008, the official website of Nishi Tokyo Bus announced that it unified the bus division of Tama Bus and succeeded all the routes which Tama bus operated from the first bus on September 1 of the same year, in order to attain improvement in convenience and the increase in efficiency of business operation. Although Tama bus which business was transferred remains as a company, and will concentrate on enterprises, such as lease, management, etc. of land and a building, from now on.

On September 30, 2007, a smart card "PASMO" was introduced into the some area around Hachioji, and was introduced also into all the remaining areas on January 25, 2009.

Depots

• Head Office - 1-7, Myōjinchō 3-chōme, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
• Narahara Bus Office () - 591-1, Naraharachō, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
  • Nakano Gakuen Branch Office () - 1100, Tobukimachi, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
• Itsukaichi Bus Office () - 24, Tateyadai, Akiruno, Tokyo, Japan
  • Hikawa Branch Office () - 213, Hikawa, Okutama, Tokyo, Japan
• Ome Bus Office () - 3-3, Suehirochō 1-chōme, Ome, Tokyo, Japan
• Ongata Bus Office () - 281-1, Shimo-Ongatamachi, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Ome and Ongata depots were depots of Tama Bus till August 31, 2008.

Major routes

Expressway bus routes

All expressway bus routes were operated by Tama Bus till August 31, 2008.

Route name	Japanese	Terminals		via	Co-operator(s)	History	Notes
Hachiōji - Shibuya - Kaga Line		Hachiōji Station	Kagaonsen Station	Shibuya Mark City, Kanazawa Station, Komatsu Station	Hokuriku Railroad	Started as Hachioji - Kanazawa Line on August 3, 1992; changed to Shibuya - Kaga Line on July 6, 2007; changed to current route on Mar. 1, 2010 (also started the service in the daytime).
"Twinkle"		Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal	Abenobashi Station	Hachiōji Station, Ibaraki Station, Osaka Station	Kintetsu Bus	Started on December 6, 1989 and on November 9, 1990 as Hachioji-Osaka Line "Trendy". Two routes merged on Dec. 1, 2006.
"Hello Bridge"		Hachiōji Station	Marugame Station	Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal, Yokohama Station, Takamatsu Station	Shikoku Kōsoku Bus	Started as Shinjuku - Takamatsu Line on October 14, 1989; changed to Hachiōji - Shinjuku - Yokohama - Marugame Line on Dec. 1, 2008
"Orange Liner Ehime"		Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal	Yawatahama	Chuo Expwy Hino B.S., Dōgo Onsen, Matsuyamashi Station	Iyo Railway	Started on May 2, 1990; extended to Yawatahama on Sep. 1, 2008.
Hachiōji - Haneda Airport Line		Takao Station, Hachiōji Station	Haneda Airport	Chuo Expwy Hino B.S.	Airport Transport Service, Keio Bus Minami	Started on Nov. 23 2003
Hachiōji - Narita Airport Line		Hachiōji Station	Narita Airport		Airport Transport Service	Started the joint operation with Airport Transport Service on Mar. 17, 2008
Ōme - Haneda Airport Line		Kabe Station	Haneda Airport	Ozaku Station, Hamura Station, Fussa Station		Started on Mar. 26, 2011

Defunct route

Route name	Japanese	Terminals		via	Co-operator(s)	History	Notes
"New Epoch"		Hachioji Station	Sendai Station		Miyagi Transportation	Started on August 7, 1990; discontinued on Aug. 31, 1996.
"Kyoto"		Hachioji Station	Kyoto Station	Sanjō Station	Keihan Bus	Started on June 22, 1990; discontinued on March 30, 2007.
"Trendy"		Hachioji Station	Abenobashi Station	Ibaraki Station, Osaka Station	Kintetsu Bus	Started on November 9, 1990; merged with the "Twinkle" route on Dec. 1, 2006.
"Casual Twinkle"		Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal	Abenobashi Station	Ibaraki Station, Osaka Station	Kintetsu Bus	Started on March 22, 2002; withdrew on Apr. 24, 2008.	Discount route.

Regular routes

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A former Tama Bus car

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A Nishi Tokyo Bus expressway route car

• From Hino Station
  • for Utsugidai () via Komiyamachi ()
  • for Hachiōji Station via Komiya Station Entrance ()
• From Keio Hachiōji Station and JR Hachiōji Station
  • for Utsugidai via By-pass Ōya () and via Kita-Hachiōji Station ()
  • for Junshin Academy () and Tobuki () via Sanyū ()
  • for Soka University Daimon (), Junshin Academy and Tobuki via Babayato ()
  • for Soka University Eikō Gate and Tobuki via Hiyodoriyama-tunnel () and Roadside Station Hachiōji-Takiyama ()
  • for Narahara Bus Office () via Jinja-mae ()
  • for Imaguma () and Musashi-Itsukaichi Station () via Naraharachō and Kawaguchi Elementary School ()
  • for Tokyo Summerland () and Akigawa Station () via Naraharachō and Tobuki-Yuttarikan ()
  • for Narahara Bus Office and Kogakuin University () via Nishi-Nakano ()
  • for Matsue-Jūtaku () via City Hall east(市役所入口・元本郷公園東) and Yokokawachō-Jūtaku () and Izumichō-Jūtaku ()
  • for Hōshōji-Danchi () via Yotsuya ()
  • for Ōkubo () via Yotsuya and Odano ()
  • for Ongata-Bus Terminal () via Yotsuya and Ongata-Eigyōsho ()
  • for Takao Station South Exit () via Yotsuya and Motohachi Branchi Office ()
• From Nishi-Hachiōji Station
  • for Narahara Bus Office via Hachiōji City Hall () and Nishi-Nakano
  • for Matsue-Jūtaku via City Hall east and Yokokawachō-Jūtaku and Izumichō-Jūtaku
  • for Ongata-Terminal via Yotsuya and Uenohara ()
  • for Green Town Takao () and Takao Station North Exit via Chuo Expressway Moto-Hachioji Bus Stop ()
• From Takao Station North Exit
  • for Ongata-Shako via Reien-Seimon ()
  • for Homest Town () via Shiroyama-Ōhashi ()
  • for Hōshōji-Danchi via Reien-Seimon
  • for Takao-no-mori Wakuwaku Village () via Reien-Seimon
  • for Ōkubo and Jinba-Plateau-Shita () via Reien-Seimon
  • for Miyamachō () via Reien-Seimon and Ongata Bus Terminal
• From Haijima Station
  • for Kyorin University () via Takatsuki () and Tobuki
  • for Junshin Academy via Takatsuki
• From Fussa Station
  • for Akigawa Station and Musashi-Itsukaichi Station via Akiruno City Office ()
  • for Hinode-Orikaeshijō () via Akigawa Station and Æon Mall Hinode Shopping mall ()
  • for Soka University and Junshin Academy via Takatsuki
  • for Ozaku Station West () via Hamura Station West ()
• From Hamura Station
  • Shimmachi 9-chome circulation ()
• From Ozaku Station
  • Mitsuhara Circulation ()
  • for Sugao High School () via Tomoda ()
  • for Ōme Station () via Tomoda
  • for Akigawa Station via Sugasebashi ()
• From Mitake Station
  • for Mitake tozan railway Takimoto station ()
• From Oku-Tama Station
  • for Kamihinata () and Seitōbashi () via Kawai Station
  • for Higashi-Nippara () and Nippara-Shōnyūdō ()
  • for Lake Okutama (), Tozura (), Kamosawa-Nishi () and Taba ()
  • for Minetani () via Lake Okutama
  • for Kosuge () via Lake Okutama
  • for Kosugenoyu Hot spring()
• From Akigawa Station
  • for Sugao High School
• From Musashi-Itsukaichi Station
  • for Matsuo () and Tsurutsuru-Onsen () via Sajigami ()
  • for Akikawa-keikoku Seotonoyu (), Hossawa Fall Ent.(), Kazuma (), Kami-Yōsawa (), Koiwa () and Fujikura () via Jūrigi ()
  • for Tomin no mori ()

Community Bus routes

• in Hachioji City
• in Akiruno City
• in Hamura City
• in Hinode Town - defunct on Jun. 9, 2008.

Buses

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BXD50 bonnet bus made in 1967

Nishi Tokyo Bus owns the buses below:

• Hino Motors
  • Blue Ribbon II non-step
  • Rainbow RJ middle-size bus
  • Rainbow HR / Rainbow II middle-size non-step bus
  • S'elega for expressway bus routes
• Isuzu
  • Erga non-step
  • Erga Mio non-step
  • BXD50 bonnet bus - It was operated as "Yūyake-Koyake-go" till May, 2007.
• Mitsubishi Fuso
  • Aero Queen for expressway bus routes
• Nissan Diesel
  • JP, a middle-size bus with long body.
  • UA non-step
  • RA non-step and one-step with FLENDS system (low emission technology)

See also

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

External links

• Template:In langNishi Tokyo Bus official site
• Template:In langBus-Navi.com (for schedule information)