Neoplan operated by JR Bus Kanto

Substitution bus for temporarily suspended Etsumi North Line railway operated by West JR Bus

JR Bus collectively refers to the bus operations of Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies in Japan. Neoplan Bus GmbH is a German Bus and coach manufacturer The company is now a subsidiary of NEOMAN Bus GmbH which itself is a part of The Japan Railways Group, more commonly known as, consists of seven for-profit companies that took over most of the Assets and Operations of the government-owned For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. JR Bus is operated by eight regional companies, each owned by a JR railway company. JR Bus companies provide regional, long distance, and chartered bus services.

List of companies

History

The Ministry of Railways of Japan started its first bus operation in Aichi Prefecture in 1930 and gradually expanded bus routes. WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan 's The is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group and thus often known as. is an operator of inter-city and regional bus lines based in the Tōhoku region of Japan. The is a geographical area of Japan. Tōhoku is Japanese for "northeast" and the Tōhoku region occupies the northeastern portion of Honshū is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven JR companies The is a Geographical area of Honshū, the largest Island of Japan. The is a sub-region of the Chūbu region in Japan that runs along the Pacific Ocean. The ( is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu ( Nagoya) region of central Japan. is the (subregion along the Sea of Japan within the Chūbu region, the central region of Honshū, the main island The or the lies in the southern-central region of Japan 's main island Honshū. ( also referred to as, is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group companies and operates in western Honshū. The or is the westernmost region of Honshū, the largest Island of Japan. is the smallest (225 km long and between 50 and 150 km wide and least populous (4141955 as of 2005 of the four main islands of Japan, located south of Honshū commonly known as, is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group or Kyushu is the third-largest Island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands. The, also referred to as, is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group The Japanese Government Railways (JGR was the national railway system directly operated by the central government of Japan until 1949 WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region. The Japanese National Railways (JNR), public corporation established in 1949, succeeded the bus operations, then called Kokutetsu Bus or JNR Bus. abbreviated or "JNR" was the national Railway network of Japan from 1949 to 1987 In 1987, JNR was divided into regional railway companies together with its bus operations. JR companies later separated their bus operations to subsidiaries in 1988 (JR East, JR Central, JR West), 2000 (JR Hokkaido), 2001 (JR Kyushu) and 2004 (JR Shikoku).

External links

• (Japanese) http://www.kakuyasubus.jp/ (jointly operated by JR Bus companies for promotion of intercity buses)
• (Japanese) The first car of JNR Bus (Railway Museum)