Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau

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The Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau (熊本市交通局, Kumamoto-shi Kōtsūkyoku^?) is is a public transportation authority of Kumamoto City, Japan. The bureau operates trams and bus lines.

The city government operated tram lines from 1924, bus lines from 1927, while the current tranporation bureau was formed in 1944.

Contents 1 Kumamoto City Tram 1.1 Lines and routes 2 See also 3 External links

[edit] Kumamoto City Tram

Currently. Kumamoto City Tram (熊本市電, Kumamoto Shiden^?) has five lines in official count with two routes regularly in service.

[edit] Lines and routes

• Lines:
  • Trunk Line (幹線): Kumamoto-Ekimae — Suidōchō
  • Suizenji Line (水前寺線): Suidōchō — Suizenji-Kōen
  • Kengun Line (健軍線): Suizenji-Kōen — Kengunmachi
  • Kami-Kumamoto Line (上熊本線): Karashimachō — Kami-Kumamoto-Ekimae
  • Tasaki Line (田崎線): Kumamoto-Ekimae — Tasakibashi
• Routes:

■ Route 2 (2系統): Tasakibashi — Kumamoto-Ekimae — Karashimachō — Suidōchō — Suizenji-Kōen — Kengunmachi

■ Route 3 (3系統): Kami-Kumamoto-Ekimae — Karashimachō — Suidōchō — Suizenji-Kōen — Kengunmachi

[edit] See also

• List of light-rail transit systems

[edit] External links

• (Japanese) Official website
• (Japanese) Kumamoto Shiden Database, unofficial fansite.
• (Japanese) Kumamoto-city Transportation Museum, unofficial fansite.