Nishi Tokyo Bus

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A Nishi Tokyo Bus car in Hachioji

Nishi Tokyo Bus Co., Ltd. (西東京バス株式会社, Nishi Tōkyō Basu Kabusiki-gaisha^?) is a bus-operating company in western Tama Area, mainly in Hachioji and Akiruno, Tokyo, Japan. It has Tama Bus Co., Ltd. (多摩バス株式会社, Tama Basu Kabushiki-gaisha^?) in a subsidiary which takes 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).

1 History
2 Offices
3 Major routes
4 Cars
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] History

Nishi Tokyo Bus is the company which Takao Jidōsha Co.(高尾自動車), Okutama Shinkō Co.(奥多摩振興) and Goō Jidōsha Co.(五王自動車) merged, and was established 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 (下案下) 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.

[edit] Offices

Nishi Tokyo Bus and Tama Bus Head Office - 1-7, Myōjinchō 3-chōme, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
Nishi Tokyo Bus Narahara Office (楢原営業所) - 591-1, Naraharachō, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
Nishi Tokyo Bus Itsukaichi Office (五日市営業所) - 24, Tateyadai, Akiruno, Tokyo, Japan
Tama Bus Ome Office (青梅営業所) - 3-3, Suehirochō 1-chōme, Ome, Tokyo, Japan
Tama Bus Ongata Office (恩方営業所) - 281-1, Shimo-Ongatamachi, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

[edit] Major routes

[edit] Expressway bus routes (all operated by Tama Bus)

Route name	Japanese	Terminals		via	Co-operator(s)	History	Notes
Shibuya - Kaga Line	渋谷・八王子 - 金沢・加賀線	Shibuya Mark City	Kagaonsen Station	Hachiōji Station, Kanazawa Station, Komatsu Station	Hokuriku Railroad	Started as Hachioji - Kanazawa Line on August 3, 1992; changed to current route on July 6, 2007.
"Twinkle"	ツィンクル号	Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal	Abenobashi Station	Hachiōji Station, Ibaraki Station, Osaka Station	Kintetsu Bus	Started on December 6, 1989
"Casual Twinkle"	カジュアル・ツィンクル号	Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal	Abenobashi Station	Ibaraki Station, Osaka Station	Kintetsu Bus	Started on March 22, 2002	Discount route.
"Hello Bridge"	ハローブリッジ号	Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal	Marugame Bus Center	Chuo Expwy Hino B.S., Takamatsu Station, Sakaide Station	Shikoku Kōsoku Bus	Started on October 14, 1989
"Orange Liner Ehime"	オレンジライナーえひめ号	Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal	Matsuyama Muromachi Office	Chuo Expwy Hino B.S., Dōgo Onsen, Matsuyamashi Station	Iyo Railway	Started on May 2, 1990
Haneda Airport Line	八王子 - 羽田空港線	Takao Station, Hachiōji Station	Haneda Airport	Chuo Expwy Hino B.S.	Airport Transport Service, Keio Bus Minami
Narita Airport Line	八王子 - 成田空港線	Hachiōji Station	Narita Airport		Airport Transport Service	Started the joint operation with Airport Transport Service on Mar. 17, 2008

[edit] Regular routes

A Tama Bus car

A Tama Bus expressway route car

^T : Operated by Tama Bus

^J : Joint operation of Nishi Tokyo Bus and Tama Bus

^PN : PASMO not available

From Hino Station
- for Utsugidai (宇津木台) via Komiyamachi (小宮町)
From Keio Hachiōji Station and JR Hachiōji Station
- for Utsugidai via By-pass Ōya (バイパス大谷) and via Kita-Hachiōji Station (北八王子駅)
- for Junshin Academy (純心女子学園) and Tobuki (戸吹) via Sanyū (左入)
- for Haijima Station (拝島駅) via Sanyū
- for Soka University Eikō Gate (創価大学栄光門), Junshin Academy and Tobuki via Babayato (馬場谷戸)
- for Soka University Eikō Gate and Tobuki via Hiyodoriyama-tunnel (ひよどり山トンネル) and Road Station Hachiōji-Takiyama (道の駅八王子滝山)
- for Naraharachō (楢原町) via Jinja-mae (神社前)
- for Imaguma (今熊) and Musashi-Itsukaichi Station (武蔵五日市駅) via Naraharachō and Kawaguchi-ES(川口小学校)
- for Tokyo Summerland (東京サマーランド) and Akigawa Station (秋川駅) via Naraharachō and Tobuki-Yuttarikan (戸吹湯ったり館)
- for Naraharachō (楢原町) and Kogakuin University (工学院大学) via Nishi-Nakano (西中野)
- for Matsue-Jūtaku (松枝住宅) via Yokokawachō-Jūtaku (横川町住宅) and Izumichō-Jūtaku (泉町住宅)
- for Hōshōji-Danchi (宝生寺団地) via Yotsuya (四谷) ^T
- for Ōkubo (大久保) via Yotsuya and Odano (小田野) ^T
- for Sen'i-Danchi (繊維団地) via Yotsuya and Ongata-Shako (恩方車庫) ^T
- for Takao Station South Exit (高尾駅南口) via Yotsuya and Motohachi Office (元八事務所) ^T
From Nishi-Hachiōji Station
- for Naraharachō via Hachiōji City Hall (八王子市役所) and Nishi-Nakano
- for Matsue-Jūtaku via Yokokawachō-Jūtaku and Izumichō-Jūtaku
- for Sen'i-Danchi via Yotsuya and Uenohara (上野原) ^T
- for Green Town Takao (グリーンタウン高尾) via Chuo Expressway Moto-Hachioji Bus Stop (中央道八王子バス停下) ^T
From Takao Station North Exit
- for Ongata-Shako via Reien-Seimon (霊園正門) ^T
- for Homest Town (ホーメストタウン) via Miyanomae (宮の前) ^T
- for Hōshōji-Danchi via Reien-Seimon ^T
- for Takao-no-mori Wakuwaku Village (高尾の森わくわくビレッジ) via Reien-Seimon ^T
- for Ōkubo and Jinba-Kōgen-Shita (陣馬高原下) via Reien-Seimon ^T
- for Miyamachō (美山町) via Reien-Seimon and Sen'i-Danchi ^T
From Haijima Station
- for Akigawa Station via Nonomiya (二の宮) ^{T PN}
- for Kyorin University (杏林大学) via Tobuki ^{T PN}
- for Hachioji Station via Sanyū
From Fussa Station
- for Akigawa Station and Musashi-Itsukaichi Station via Akiruno City Hall (あきる野市役所) ^PN
- for Hinode-Orikaeshijō (日の出折返場) via Akigawa Station and ÆON Mall Hinode (イオンモール日の出) ^{J PN}
- for Soka University and Junshin Academy via Takatsuki (高月) ^{J PN}
From Ozaku Station
- Mitsuhara Circulate (三ツ原循環) ^{T PN}
- for Sugao High School (菅生高校) via Tomoda (友田) ^{T PN}
- for Ōme Station (青梅駅) via Tomoda ^{T PN}
- for Akigawa Station via Sugasebashi (菅瀬橋) ^{T PN}
From Mitake Station
- for Cable-Shita (ケーブル下, near Mitake Tozan Railway Takimoto Station) ^PN
From Oku-Tama Station
- for Kamihinata (上日向) and Seitobashi (清東橋) via Kawai Station ^PN
- for Higashi-Nippara (東日原) and Nippara-Shonyudo (鍾乳洞) ^PN
- for Lake Okutama (奥多摩湖), Tozura (留浦), Kamosawa-Nishi (鴨沢西) and Taba (丹波) ^PN
- for Minetani (峰谷) via Lake Okutama ^PN
- for Kosuge (小菅) via Lake Okutama ^PN
From Akigawa Station
- for Sugao High School ^{T PN}
From Musashi-Itsukaichi Station
- for Matsuo (松尾) and Tsurutsuru-Onsen (つるつる温泉) via Sajigami (幸神) ^PN
- for Akikawa-keikoku Seotonoyu (秋川渓谷瀬音の湯), Hossawa Fall Ent.(払沢の滝入口), Kazuma (数馬), Kami-Yōsawa (上養沢), Koiwa (小岩) and Fujikura (藤倉) via Jūrigi (十里木) ^PN

[edit] Community Bus routes

Hachi-Bus (はちバス, Hachibasu^?) in Hachioji City
Runo-Bus (るのバス, Runobasu^?) in Akiruno City
Hamurun (はむらん, Hamuran^?) in Hamura City
Hinode Utopia-go (日の出ユートピア号, Hinode Yūtopiagō^?) in Hinode Town - abolished on Jun. 9, 2008.

[edit] Cars

BXD50 bonnet bus made in 1967

Nishi Tokyo Bus and Tama Bus own the cars below:

Hino Motors
- Blue Ribbon
- Rainbow RJ middle-size bus
- Rainbow HR middle-size non-step bus
- S'elega for expressway bus routes
Isuzu
- Cubic
- Erga non-step
- Erga Mio non-step
- BXD50 bonnet bus - It was operated as "Yūyake-Koyake-go" till May, 2007.
Mitsubishi Fuso
- Aero Bus 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)