Kantetsu Green Bus

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Kantetsu Green Bus Co., Ltd.

This image is a Isuzu Erga Mio, and the vehicle is one of the vehicles named "Kashitetsu Bus" which is the BRT on Kashima Railway that was taken out of service in 2007
Parent	Kanto Railway
Founded	15 March 2002
Headquarters	5–18 Yukisatogawa, Yawata, Ishioka, Ibaraki, Japan
Service area	Ibaraki
Service type	Bus
Fleet	64 buses
Chief executive	長津 博樹
Website	http://kantetsu.co.jp/green-bus/

The Kantetsu Green Bus Co., Ltd. (関鉄グリーンバス株式会社, Kantegu Gurīn Basu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a bus company within the Kanto Railway, and also belongs to Keisei Group. This company was established on 15 March 2002 to inherit the partly business of the Kanto Railway bus department.

Outline[]

As part of the business efficiency, Hokota office of Kanto Railway was split into Kantetsu Melon Bus in 2001 which is now this company. And in 2002, Kanto Railway established Kantetsu Green Bus as a subsidiary company in the Ishioka area. Service areas which the company has are based in Ishioka, and a part of bus routes are operated on Tsuchiura. Besides, in 2005, Kantetsu Green Bus consolidated Kantetsu Melon Bus, so the company has had bus routes which operated in the Hokota. In addition, the company has operated "Kashitetsu Bus" since 2007 which is a bustitution of Kashima Railway that was taken out of service in 2007. Service areas of the company have many tourist resources which are Ibaraki Airport, Kairakuen and so on.^[1]

History[]

• 1 June 2001 - split into Kantetsu Melon Bus from Hokota office
• 30 September - transferred a part of routes that had belonged to Kanshima Office of Kanto Railway to Kantetsu Melon Bus.
• 15 March 2002 - established Kantetsu Green Bus
• 1 July - transferred a part of routes that had belong to Kakioka and Ishioka Office of Kanto Railway to Kantetsu Green Bus.
• 2005 - consolidated Kantetsu Green Bus and abolished Kantetsu Melon Bus
• 2007 - As Kashima Railway was taken out of service, started running Kashitetsu Bus
• 11 March 2010 - started running Airport Bus for Ibaraki Airport
• 1 June 2012 - started running Kasumigaura Koiki Bus between Tsuchiura Station and Tamatsukuri Station
• 21 May 2016 - started running Koiki Renkei Bus in the Namegata・Itako・Kashima areas^[2]
• 1 September - installed 東口BRTバスターミナル East Exit BRT Bus Terminal
• 16 March 2018 - IC Cards such as Suica and PASMO were adapted to use all bus routes.^[3]
• 28 April - As the company has adapted IC Card since 2018, IC 1 dairy Pass Ticket for using almost bus routes of Kanto Railway Group has been sold. The ticket costs 710 yen to ride on all bus routes excluding Community buses and Highway buses and Tsukubasan Shuttle Bus.^[4]

Office[]

• Ishioka Head Office
• Kakioka Office
• Hokota Office

Route[]

Highway bus[]

Route bus[]

• KASHITETSU BUS (BRT)
  • Shin-Hokota Station - Hokota Station - Tamatsukuri Station - Ibaraki Airport - Ishioka Station
• Kasumigaura Width Connection Bus
  • Tsuchiura Station - Tamatsukuri Station
• Hatori Station - Itashikiyama
• Kakioka Shako - Ishioka Station
• Shin-Hokota Station - Mito Station (Ibaraki)
• Shin-Hokota Station - Takahama Station (Ibaraki)
• Ibaraki Airport - Mito Station (Ibaraki)
• Ibaraki Airport - Takahama Station (Ibaraki)

References[]

See also[]

• Kanto Railway
• Kashima Railway
• Keisei Bus
• Tokyo BRT
• Keisei Transit Bus
• Tokyo Bay City Bus

External links[]

• Kantetsu Green Bus on Twitter