Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau
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Native name | 熊本市交通局 | |
Owner | Kumamoto City | |
Transit type | Light rail | |
Number of lines | 2 | |
Headquarters | 5-chome-1-40 Oe, Chuo-ku Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto-ken 862-0971 | |
Website | http://www.kotsu-kumamoto.jp/ | |
Operation | ||
Began operation | 16 November 1921 | |
Technical | ||
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge | |
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The Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau (熊本市交通局, Kumamoto-shi Kōtsūkyoku) is a public transportation authority of Kumamoto City, Japan.
Tram Routes[]
The bureau operates 2 tram lines within the city.
Tram Fare[]
The fare is a flat 170 yen for adults, 90 yen for children, payable by cash or public transit card (including Nimoca, ICOCA, Suica, and Pasmo).[1]
Operators[]
Bus lines in the city were formerly operated by the agency, but have since been privatized.[2]
The city government has operated tram lines since 1924, and bus lines since 1927, but the current transportation bureau was formed in 1944.
Kumamoto City Tram[]
Currently, Kumamoto City Tram (熊本市電, Kumamoto Shiden) has five lines in official count, but with only two routes regularly in service.
Lines and routes[]
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- Lines:
- Routes:
- (A系統): Tasakibashi — Kumamoto-Ekimae — Karashimachō — Suidōchō — Suizenji-Kōen — Kengunmachi
- (B系統): Kami-Kumamoto — Karashimachō — Suidōchō — Suizenji-Kōen — Kengunmachi
Gallery[]
Kumamoto City Tram
Kumamoto Buses
Route A at Shin-Suizenji Station
See also[]
- List of light-rail transit systems
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau. |
- (in Japanese) Official website—English version of official map
- (in Japanese) Kumamoto Shiden Database, unofficial fansite.
- (in Japanese) Kumamoto-city Transportation Museum, unofficial fansite.
- Network map
References[]
- ^ Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau. "Kumamoto City Tram Guide". Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ Narita, Taiaki (1 April 2015). 熊本)熊本市営バス、88年の歴史に終止符 (in Japanese). Asahi Digital. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- Bus companies of Japan
- Tram transport in Japan
- Kumamoto
- Intermodal transport authorities in Japan
- Tram stubs
- Japanese company stubs
- Bus operating company stubs