Kantetsu Green Bus Explained

The is a bus company within the Kanto Railway, and also belongs to Keisei Group. The company was established on 15 March 2002 to inherit the partial business of the Kanto Railway's bus department.

Overview

As part of the business efficiency, the Hokota office of Kanto Railway was split into Kantetsu Melon Bus in 2001; and in 2002, Kantetsu Green Bus was established as a wholly owned subsidiary in the Ishioka area. Service areas are based in Ishioka, and a part of bus routes are operated on Tsuchiura. In 2005, Kantetsu Green Bus consolidated Kantetsu Melon Bus, so the company has had bus routes which operated in Hokota.

Since 2007, the company has also operated Kashitetsu Bus, a bustitution of the Kashima Railway, which was taken out of service in 2007. Service areas of the company have many tourist resources, including Ibaraki Airport, Kairaku-en, and Mount Tsukuba.^[1]

History

• 1 June 2001 – Hokota Office of Kanto Railway was split into Kantetsu Melon Bus.
• 30 September 2001 – A part of the bus routes belonging to the Kanshima Office of Kanto Railway was transferred to Kantetsu Melon Bus.
• 15 March 2002 – Kantetsu Green Bus was established.
• 1 July 2002 – A part of routes that had belong to the Kakioka and Ishioka Office of Kanto Railway was transferred to Kantetsu Green Bus.
• 2005 – Kantetsu Green Bus was consolidated with Kantetsu Melon Bus, which was abolished.
• 2007 – As Kashima Railway was taken out of service, Kashitetsu Bus began operation.^[2]
• 11 March 2010 – Airport Bus between Ibaraki Airport and Ishioka Station or Shin-Hokota Station began operation.
• 1 June 2012 – Kasumigaura Koiki Bus began operation between Tsuchiura Station and Tamatsukuri Station.
• 21 May 2016 – Koiki Renkei Bus began operation around the Namegata・Itako・Kashima areas.^[3]
• 1 September 2016 – East Exit BRT Bus Terminal was installed.
• 16 March 2018 – IC cards such as Suica and PASMO were adapted for use on all bus routes.^[4]
• 28 April 2018 – Since accommodating IC cards, the company has sold the IC '1 Daily Pass Ticket', for use on almost bus routes of Kanto Railway Group. The ticket costs 710 yen to ride on all bus routes (excluding Community buses, Highway buses, and Tsukubasan Shuttle Bus).^[5]

Office

• Ishioka Head Office
• Kakioka Office
• Hokota Office

Routes

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)

Kantetsu Purple Bus

The is a bus company within the Kanto Railway, and also belongs to Keisei Group. This company was established on 26 September 1978 to inherit the partial business of the Kanto Railway's bus department.

Overview

As part of the business efficiency, the Tsukuba Kita office (Shimotsuma Branch) of Kanto Railway was transferred to Kantetsu Melon Bus on 1 June 2001.

See also

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

External links

• Kantetsu Green Bus/Kantetsu Purple Bus - Twitter

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2007 . 関鉄グリーンバス・関鉄パープルバス－会社概要 . Kantetsu Green Bus – Company Profile . 2023-09-08 . www.kantetsu.co.jp . ja.
2. http://www.hido.or.jp/14gyousei_backnumber/2010data/1011/1011bus_senyoudoka_jigyou.pdf About Kashitetsu Bus
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20160617010146/http://kantetsu.co.jp/green-bus/2016052188.pdf About installed the new bus routes
4. http://kantetsu.co.jp/green-bus/omnibus/pasmo20180316.pdf introduce IC card
5. http://kantetsu.co.jp/news/18041601_bus.html 1 diary Ticket