The Keisei Bus Co., Ltd. (京成バス株式会社, Keisei Basu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a bus company within the Keisei Group. It was established on 1 October 2003[1] to inherit all business of the Keisei Electric Railway bus department.
This pass[note 1] provides passengers unlimited use of all Keisei Bus and Keisei Town Bus buses in Tokyo, including 金61[note 2] in Saitama, as well as Arakawa City and Sumida City community buses. It is not valid for expressway and midnight bus routes.
The following companies demerged from Keisei Electric Railway and Keisei Bus between 1990 and 2000.
The Chiba Flower Bus Co., Ltd. (ちばフラワーバス株式会社, Chiba Fulawā Basu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a bus company that demerged from the Naruto Office.
Initially named the 'Reinetsu Service', the bus company was established on 2 October 1991. It was renamed 'Chiba Flower Bus' on 2 August 1994, and started operating many bus routes which were transferred from Keisei Electric Railway on 1 May 1995.[note 3] Over time, bus routes with low usage were discontinued or unified, and bus routes within Narutō were established around Narutō Station and Chiba Station by a community-based company.
The expressway buses run via Chiba-Tōgane Road.
The Chiba Rainbow Bus Co., Ltd. (ちばレインボバス株式会社, Chiba Reinbo Basu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a bus company that demerged from the Funabashi Office (Funao Garage) and the Matsudo Office (Shiroi Garage).
This company was established on 1 June 1998. Many of its bus routes were transferred from Keisei Electric Railway.[7]
The company does not have any expressway bus routes.
The Chiba City Bus Co., Ltd. (ちばシティバス株式会社, Chiba Shiti Basu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a bus company that demerged from the Chiba Office (Shinjuku Garage).
This company was established in February 1999 and started to operate on 16 January 2000 with two initial bus routes: the Pride City line, and the Saiwaicho Danchi line. These have now expanded to 11 routes in Chiba, especially around Chiba Station, as well as airport bus routes.[8]
It is located a 25-minute walk from Nishi-Nobuto Station and Midori-dai Station.
Local bus routes
The Chiba Green Bus Co., Ltd. (ちばグリーンバス株式会社, Chiba Gurīn Basu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a bus company that demerged from the Sakura Office.
This company was established on 9 February 2000, and started operating bus routes transferred from Keisei Electric Railway on 16 July 2000.[4] Bus routes with low earning rate were discontinued or unified, while specialized bus routes in the city of Sakura were established around Sakura Station by a community-based company.
Since 2010, Chiba Green Bus has operated the MyTown Direct bus, an expressway and midnight bus for commuters and from/to Tokyo.
The Keisei Bus System Co., Ltd. (京成バスシステム株式会社, Keisei Basu Shisutemu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a bus company that demerged from the Funabashi Office.
This company was established on 22 November 2005 to manage charted buses and courtesy of companies in Funabashi, and started operating many bus routes transferred from Keisei Bus on 1 December 2007. In 2012, the Kashiwai Line, Shinai Line, and Higashi–Funabashi Line were transferred to this company when the Keisei Bus Hanawa Garage closed.
Airport Bus TYO-NRT seat reservations
Seat reservations are not enabled on TYO-NRT services (excluding some services departing from Kajibashi Parking). When departing from Kajibashi Parking, board the buses 20 minutes prior to departure. Some services departing from Ginza Station do not stop at Tokyo Station.
Seat reservations are required on buses departing from Narita Airport. Reservations can be made at the tickets counter of Narita Airport. However, for early morning and the late evening buses, fares are paid with cash or IC Card when boarding the bus.
The Keisei Town Bus Inc. (京成タウンバス株式会社, Keisei Taun Basu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a bus company that demerged from the Funabashi Office.
This company was established on 12 May 2000 by splitting from Keisei Electric Railway, and started operating bus routes transferred from Keisei Bus on 16 February 2001.
All bus routes are operated around Katsushika-ku, Tokyo; Edogawa-ku, Tokyo; and Taito-ku, Tokyo.
The Chiba Kotsu Co., Ltd. (千葉交通株式会社, Chiba Koutsu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a bus company established on 16 November 1906 as a bus department of the former Seiso Electric Railway. The tram lines of Seiso Electric Railway were an affiliated company of Keisei Electric Railway (Keisei Group).
Chiba Kotsu was the parent company of Choshi Electric Railway from 1960 until 1990.
