Keihan Bus Explained

KEIHAN BUS Co.Ltd.
Parent:	Keihan Electric Railway
Founded:	1922 (as Momoyama Motor Co., Ltd.) 1924 (change corporation name to Keihan Bus)
Headquarters:	5 Higashi-Kujo Minami-Ishidamachi Minami, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Service Area:	Kyoto and Osaka, Shiga
Service Type:	Bus
Ceo:	Kazuya Suzuki
Website:	http://www.keihanbus.co.jp/

The is a bus company company that operates within Osaka, in southern Kyoto, and Ōtsu. It is a subsidiary of the Keihan Group, which also runs Keihan Electric Railway.

History

Keihan Bus Company was established on 22 July 1922^[1] as a taxi company called Momoyama Motor Co., Ltd.(桃山自動車株式会社). In 1924 it became a subsidiary of Keihan, which runs the Keihan Electric Railway. It later merged with other transportation companies, including Daigo Kisen and Jōhoku Motor Co. in 1930, and Keihan-Uji Kotsu and Keihan Uji Kotsu Tanabe in 2006. As a result of these mergers, Keihan Bus has acquired an extensive service area in Osaka, Kyoto and Shiga Prefecture.

Local bus services

Offices

Keihan Bus offices attached to garages include:

• Ōtsu Office: There are route buses which run with Kōjaku Railway.
• Yamashina Office
• Rakunan Office: There are route buses which run with Nara Kotsu.
• Kyotanabe Office
• Otokoyama Office
• Hirakata Office
• Takatsuki Office
• Katano Office
• Neyagawa Office
• Kadoma Office

Information desks

Information desks are known as "K-bit" (the abbreviation for the Keihan-bus Information & Tickets)

• Ōtsu Station Desk
• Ishiyama Station Desk☆
• Yamashina Station Desk☆
• Sanjo-Keihan Station Desk
• Kyoto Station Karasuma Exit Desk (sells only highway bus tickets)
• Kyoto Station Hachijo Exit Desk（sells only highway bus and sightseeing bus tickets）
• Hirakatashi Station Desk☆
• Korien Station Desk
• Neyagawashi Station Desk☆
• Moriguchishi Station Desk☆

Temporary sales offices

These type desks open at the beginning and end of each month.

• Hoshida Station Desk
• Rokujizo Station Desk
• Takatsukishi Station Desk

Bus terminals

• Enryaku-ji Bus Terminal
• Daigo Bus Terminal

Subsidiary companies

Keihan Kyoto Kotsu

KEIHAN KYOTO KOTSU Co., Ltd.
Parent:	Keihan Bus
Founded:	1 April 2005
Headquarters:	10 Shinomukaidani Shinocho Kameoka, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan (621-0826京都府亀岡市篠町篠向谷10番)
Service Area:	Kyoto
Service Type:	Bus
Ceo:	Kazuhiro Sakamoto
Website:	http://www.keihankyotokotsu.jp/

The is a bus company within the Keihan Group, established in April 2005^[2] by splitting from Keihan Bus. Its service areas are in the northwest of Kyoto.

External links

• Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://www.keihanbus.jp/info/ . ja:京阪バス 会社情報. KEIHAN Bus Co., Ltd. Japan. Japanese. 21 December 2020.
2. Web site: https://www.keihankyotokotsu.jp/company_info.html . ja:京阪京都交通 会社情報. KEIHAN KYOTO KOTSU Co., Ltd. Japan. Japanese. 10 July 2021.