Asahi Motor

ASAHI Motor Corporation
Isuzu Erga at Kuki Station
ParentTobu Railway
Founded11 January 1941
Headquarters1119, Fukuroyama, Koshigaya, Saitama (埼玉県越谷市袋山1119)[1]
Service areaSaitama, Ibaraki, Gunma, Tochigi, Chiba Prefecture, Tokyo List on the pages of TOHOKU KYUKO BUS, Kan-etsu Kotsu, Nikko-koutsu, Kokusai Juo Bus, KAWAGOE Motor, Bando BUS, IBAKYU Motor
Service typeLand Transportation (Buses and Taxies)
Fleet100[2]
Chief executive神﨑　満
Websitehttp://www.asahibus.jp/

The ASAHI Motor Corporation (朝日自動車株式会社, Asahi Jidosha Kabushiki-gaisha) is a bus company within the Tobu Group which was established on 11 January 1941 in Tsuchiura.[3][4][5][6]

Overview

ASAHI Motor was established on 11 January 1941 in Tsuchiura as a company for taxis and buses. The taxi business of Tobu Railway on stations which belonged to Tobu Railway transferred to this company in 1954. The company has established its inroads bus business since 1993 as 21-Jō basu (21条バス) which charters buses that are used on route buses by requesting from a local government.

The company received ownership of offices and vehicles of the Tobu Railway bus department in 1994. Between 1999 and 2002, the bus company transferred a selection of offices and other vehicles from Tobu Bus. The transfer of assets ended in 2002 when Tobu Bus spilt from Tobu Railway. ASAHI Motor discontinued its chartered bus business in 2008, at which point the business was split into subsidiary companies.

The company owns shares of Bando Bus and other companies. Its parent company, Asahi Motor Corporation Group, owns TOHOKU KYUKO BUS, Kan-etsu Kotsu, Nikko-koutsu, Kokusai Juo Bus, KAWAGOE Motor, Bando BUS, and IBAKYU Motor.

Offices and routes

  • Management and overall of affiliated and group companies head office[1]

It is located near the head office of Tobu Railway in Oshiage Station.

  • Head office

It is located near Ōbukuro Station on Tobu Skytree Line

Kiryu Asahi Motor Corporation

  • Kiryu Office (The head office of Kiryu Asahi Motor Corporation)
  • Omama Office

Community buses

Entrust this company from each local government.
Tokyo

Saitama

Chiba

Ibaraki

Other bus routes

  • TOHOKU KYUKO BUS
  • Kan-etsu Kotsu
  • Nikko-koutsu
  • Kokusai Juo Bus
  • KAWAGOE Motor
  • Bando BUS
  • IBAKYU Motor

Other bus companies of TOBU GROUP

  • Tobu Bus Nikko
  • Tobu Bus West
  • Tobu Bus Central

Tohoku Kyuko Bus

TOHOKU KYUKO BUS CO., LTD.
Hino Selega (They are used for a lot of expressway buses) at Kinugawaonsen Station
ParentTobu Railway
Founded4 April 2002
Headquarters2-6-6, Shinonome, Koto, Tokyo (東京都江東区東雲二丁目6番6号)[7]
Service typeBus
RoutesRoute map
Fleet20
Chief executive成木 千里
WebsiteTOHOKU KYUKO BUS (in English)

The TOHOKU KYUKO BUS CO., LTD. (東北急行バス株式会社, Tohoku Kyuko Bus Kabushiki gaisya) is a subsidiary company of Tobu Railway and belongs to Asahi Motor Corporation Group.[8] The head office is located in Tokyo Office.

Overview

In 1962, the company was established by capital injection of Tobu Railway and Toya Kotsu, Miyagi Transportation and Fukushima Transportation, Aizu Bus, Yamagata Kotsu. In 2002, Tohoku Kyuko Bus started to be an affiliated company of Tobu Railway because Tobu Railway received other shares.

History

Started to manage chartered buses at the Tokyo Office

  • In 2002

This company has belonged to Tobu Railway

Office

  • Tokyo Office (Shinonome Garage)

It is located head office of this company. Opened in 1962.

  • Sendai Office

It is located near Sendai Station at 1-1-7, Motomachi, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi

    • Sendai Garage

It is located at 2, Azuma, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi

Highway buses

NO Terminus Via Terminus Note
New Star/Holiday Star Tokyo Station Non stop Sendai Station
Rainbow Tokyo Station Fukushima Station, Yonezawa Station Yamagata Station
TOKYO SUNRISE Tokyo Station Murayama Station Shinjō Station Operated with Yamagata Kotsu
Flying Liner/Flying Sneaker Tokyo Disney Resort Tokyo Station - Kyōto Station - Ōsaka Station Ōsaka Abenobashi Station Operated with Kintetsu Bus
Mamakari Liner Tokyo Disney Resort Tokyo Station - Okayama Station Kurashiki Station Operated with Ryobi Bus. When passengers reserve the seats, only telephone reservation for Tohoku Kyuko Bus.
LeBlanc Shinonome Shako Tokyo Station・Yokohama Station・Tsuyama Station Okayama Station Operated with Ryobi Bus
Kimasshi Shinonome Shako Ueno Station・Toyama Station Kanazawa Station Operated with Kitanippon Kanko Bus
Tokyo - Kinugawaonsen Nikko Line Tokyo Station Shimo-Imaichi Station・Tōbu-Nikkō Station・Tobu World Square Kinugawa-Onsen Station

Kan-etsu Kotsu

Kan-etsu Kotsu CO., LTD.
Isuzu Erga Mio at Jomo-Kogen Station
ParentTobu Railway
Founded15 June 1953 (as Minakami Kanko Car)
Headquarters608-1 Nakamura, Shibukawa, Gunma, Japan (群馬県渋川市中村608-1)
Service areaGunma, Tochigi
Service typeBus
Fleet210
Chief executive佐藤 俊也
WebsiteKan-etsu Kotsu(in Japanese)

The Kan-etsu Kotsu CO., LTD. (関越交通株式会社, Kan-etsu Kotsu Kabushiki gaisya) is a subsidiary company of Tobu Railway and belongs to Asahi Motor Corporation Group.[9] The head office is located in Shibukawa.

Overview

The company was established on 15 June 1953 as Minakami Kanko Car Corporation (水上観光自動車) and has belonged to Tobu Railway since March 1960. It was renamed to its current name on 1 November 1972. It has been operating bus routes since 1982.

Agatsuma Kanko Motor, established on 5 November 1953, and had belonged to Tobu Group from 1969 until October 2002 when it was merged into Kan-etsu Kotsu.

Gunma Kanko Taxi established in 1950, belonged to Tobu Bus Group from 1957 until 2000 when it was merged.

The bus company runs in the area based in the stations which belong to Jōetsu Line and Jōetsu Shinkansen.

Office

  • Head office
  • Shibukawa Office
  • Agatsuma Office
  • Maebashi Office
  • Numata Office
  • Kamata Office
    • Oze-Tokura Information desk
    • Tsukiyono Auto Gas Stand

Highway buses

NO Terminus Via Terminus Note
Azalea Ikaho Onsen Maebashi Station, Takasaki Station Narita Airport Operated with Chiba Kotsu
Shima Onsen Shinonome Shako Tokyo Station, Shibukawa Station, Nakanojō Station Shimaonsen
OZE SHINJUKU Shinjuku Station Kawagoe Station Oshimizu
APPLE Numata Station Gunma Prefectural Hall Gundai Hospital
Fujikyu Highland Line Shibukawa Office Shibukawa Station - Maebashi Station - Takasaki Station - Fuji-Q Highland Kawaguchiko Station Operated with Fujikyu Bus
Joshu Yukemuri Liner Minakami Onsen Shinjuku Station Kawagoe Station, Jōmō-Kōgen Station Minakami Station
Joshu Yukemuri Ikaho/Shimaonsen Shin-Koshigaya Station Kawagoe Station・Shibukawa Station・Ikaho Onsen Shima Onsen
Katashina Snow Express Shinjuku Station Non stop Michi no eki Katashina
Bus stop at Minakami Station

Ticket

About one diary tickets for sightseeing in Gunma

Nikko Kotsu

Nikko-koutsu CO., LTD.
A bus bound for Shimo-Imaichi Station
ParentTobu Railway
Founded25 May 1955
Headquarters8-1 Aioi, Nikko, Tochigi, Japan (栃木県日光市相生町8-1)
Service areaTochigi
Service typeBus and Ropeway
RoutesRoute map
Chief executive渡辺　剛志
WebsiteNikko Kotsu(in Japanese)

The Nikko-koutsu CO., LTD. (日光交通株式会社, Nikko Koutsu Kabushiki gaisya) is a subsidiary company of Tobu Railway. The head office is located in Nikko Office.

Overview

The company established on 25 May 1955, was transferred Akechidaira Ropeway from Tobu Railway on 1 April 1985. Tobu Dial Bus was merged to this company in 2008. The bus company runs in the vicinity of the Watarase Keikoku Line and the Tobu Kinugawa Line.

Low emission bus which Hino Blue Ribbon is used Watasuge bound for Odashirogahara

Office

  • Nikko Office
  • Dial Office

Express buses

NO Terminus Via Terminus Note
Nikko Nasu Mankitsu Liner Tōbu-Nikkō Station Kinugawa-Onsen Station, Yunishigawa-Onsen Station Nasu Yumoto Onsen Operated with Toya Kotsu
Nikko Kinugawa Express Kinugawa-Onsen Station Tōbu-Nikkō Station Nikkō Tōshō-gū
Bus terminal at Kinugawaonsen Station

Subsidiary company

Akechidaira Ropeway

Tickets

About tickets for Nikko

Kokusai Juo Bus

Kokusai Juo CO., LTD.
Isuzu Erga Mio
ParentTobu Railway, ASAHI Motor, Bando Bus
Founded26 December 1957 (As Kokusai Hire)
Headquarters263-1 Niijima, Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan (埼玉県熊谷市新島263-1)[10]
Service areaSaitama
Service typeBus
RoutesRoute map
Chief executive中村　良夫
WebsiteKokusai Juo Bus(in Japanese)

Kokusai Juo CO., LTD. (国際十王交通株式会社, Kokusai Juo Koutsu Kabushiki gaisya) is a subsidiary company of ASAHI Motor and Bando Bus and Tobu Railway. The head office is located in Nikko Office.[4][5]

Overview

The company was established on 26 December 1957 as Kokusai Hire which was a subsidiary company of Kokusai Kogyo. Kokusai Hire was merged into Ryomo Kanko Motor in 2002, which subsequently merged Juo Motor on 1 January 2004. The new company was renamed to Kokusai Juo.

Its operations are in the vicinity of the Tobu Isesaki Line and the Takasaki Line.

Office

  • Kumagaya Office
  • Isesaki Office

Bus routes

Route buses

Most bus routes are connected Higashi-Matsuyama Station and Shinrinkōen Station (Saitama) with Kumagaya Station as the result of the discontinuation of the Tobu Kumagaya Line.

Expressway buses

NO Terminus Via Terminus Note
Haneda Airport Line Kagohara Station Kumagaya Station, Shinrinkōen Station, Sakado Station (Saitama) Haneda Airport Operated with Airport Transport Service

KAWAGOE Motor

KAWAGOE Motor Corporation
Isuzu Erga Mio
ParentTobu Railway
Founded4 August 1966 (Establishment in 1933 as Kawagoe Motor LLC)
Headquarters3897-3 Namegawa, Hiki, Saitama, Japan (埼玉県比企郡滑川町3897-3)[10]
Service areaSaitama
Service typeBus
RoutesRoute map
Fleet92
Chief executive石井　英俊
WebsiteKawagoe Motor(in Japanese)

The KAWAGOE Motor CO., LTD. (川越観光自動車株式会社, Kawagoe Kanko Jidosha Kabushiki gaisya) is a subsidiary company of Tobu Railway. The head office is located in Shinrinkoen Office.

Outline

The company was established on 3 August 1933 as Kawagoe Motor LLC, and has belonged to Tobu Group since 1962. Meanwhile, KAWAGOE Motor Corporation was established on 4 August 1966. Kawagoe Motor LLC merged into KAWAGOE Motor Corporation on 1 November 1966.

Operations on bus routes started on 1 April 1998. Buses serve in the vicinity of the Tōbu Tōjō Line, Tobu Ogose Line, and the Takasaki Line.

Office

  • Shinrinkoen Office

Expressway buses

NO Terminus Via Terminus Note
Narita Airport Line Shinrinkōen Station Kawagoe Station, Sakado Station (Saitama) Narita Airport

Bando Bus

BANDO BUS inc.
Stops at Abiko Station (Chiba)
ParentASAHI Motor
Founded15 November 1949
Headquarters2-36-22 Higashi-Abiko, Abiko, Chiba, Japan (千葉県我孫子市東我孫子2-36-22)[10]
Service areaChiba
Service typeBus
RoutesRoute map
Chief executive神崎　満
WebsiteBando Bus(in Japanese)

BANDO BUS CO., LTD. (阪東自動車株式会社, Bando Jidosha Kabushiki gaisya) is a subsidiary company of ASAHI Motor. The head office is located in Abiko Office.

Overview

The company was established in November 1949 by local people because routes buses ran in Imba area had belonged to Tobu Railway since February 1958 until 2003.

The company has belonged to ASAHI Motor since 2003. It runs in the vicinity of the Jōban Line.

Office

  • Abiko Office
    • Higahsi-Abiko Garage
    • Shibazaki Garage

Community buses

IBAKYU Motor

IBAKYU Motor Corporation
At Tobu Zoo
ParentTobu Railway
Founded16 June 1950 (As Uchiyama Un'yu)
Headquarters28-1 Chikuhichi, Matsubushi, Kita-Katsushika, Saitama, Japan (埼玉県北葛飾郡松伏町大字築比地28-1)[10]
Service areaSaitama
Service typeBus
RoutesRoute map
Chief executive大館　広知
WebsiteIBAKYU Motor(in Japanese)

The IBAKYU Motor CO., LTD. (茨城急行自動車株式会社, Ibaraki Kyuko Jidosha Kabushiki gaisya) is a subsidiary company of Tobu Railway. The head office is located in Matsubushi Office.

Overview

The company was established as in 1950 as Uchiyama Un'yua and has been owned by the Tobu Group Company since 1963. That same year, it was renamed IBAKYU Motor.

It runs in the vicinity of the Tōbu Urban Park Line, Tobu Skytree Line, and the Utsunomiya Line.

Office

  • Matsubushi Office
  • Noda Office
  • koga Office
  • Iwai Garage
  • Kita-Moro Garage
  • Noda-Umesato Jutaku Turnroad

See also

Other bus companies of Tobu Group

Former companies belonging to Tobu Group

Tobu Railway

References

  1. ^ a b The management head office of company is located 1-33-12 Mukojima, Sumida, Tokyo, Japan (東京都墨田区向島1-33-12 第2東武館5階)
  2. ^ Vehicles
  3. ^ ASAHI MOTOR Website (ja)
  4. ^ a b Gunma Bus
  5. ^ a b Gunma Bus
  6. ^ About Asahi Motor
  7. ^ The management head office of company is located 1-1-2 Mukojima, Sumida, Tokyo, Japan (東京都墨田区向島1-1-2)
  8. ^ Tohoku Kyuko Bus
  9. ^ Kan-etsu Kotsu
  10. ^ a b c d The management office is located 1-1-2, Oshiage, Sumida, Tokyo(東京都墨田区押上1-1-2)
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