Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau (京都市交通局, Kyōto-shi Kōtsū-kyoku) is an agency of the city government of Kyoto, Japan that operates municipal subways and city buses within the city. Previously, it also operated trams and trolley buses.
Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau
Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau headquarters
The Kyoto City Buses (京都市バス, Kyōto Shi-basu) are major mean of public transport in Kyoto. The buses have been operating since 1928.[1]
Besides the regular commuter routes, the city bus co-operated the city's "Regular Tour Bus" with Keihan Bus.[2]
Tramedit
Kyoto City Tram in 1978
Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau operated the Kyoto City Tram (ja:京都市電, Kyōto Shiden) until 1978.
Kyoto Electric Railway (1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge) opened in 1895 as the first electric streetcar in Japan in commercial operation.[1] The city government launched separate network of streetcars of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge in 1912, which absorbed the lines of Kyoto Electric Railway in 1918. Subsequently, the narrow gauge lines were closed, rebuilt in standard gauge, or remained as is (Kitano Line).[3]
In its peak of the 1960s, the network was as follows:[3]
Loop line
Gaishū Line (Loop on Higashiyama, Kujō, Nishiōji, Kitaōji streets)
Between 1932 and 1969, the bureau also operated the Umezu Line, a trolley bus service connecting Shijō Ōmiya (Hankyu Ōmiya Station) and Matsuobashi.[3]
Public relationsedit
The bureau has had events that promote increased ridership of their transit system. In 2013, "Get on! Kyoto City Subway" campaign with anime-style characters began. The characters and logo are also used for Kyoto City Bus.
^ abcOkinaka, Tadayori; Fukuda, Seiji (2000). 京都市電が走った街 今昔 [The City Where Kyoto City Tram Ran, Then and Now] (in Japanese). Tokyo: JTB. ISBN4-533-03421-7.
^"Kyoto City Lines #869/1869 | Hankai Electric Tramway #255". Old Pueblo Trolley. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
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