Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau
Template:Short description Template:Infobox company Template:Nihongo 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.
Subway
Template:Main The Kyoto Municipal Subway operates the following two lines:
Bus
The Template:Nihongo are a major means of public transport in Kyoto. The buses have been operating since 1928.<ref name=chronology>Template:Cite web</ref>
Besides the regular commuter routes, the city bus co-operated the city's "Regular Tour Bus" with Keihan Bus.<ref>京都定期観光バス</ref>
Tram
Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau operated the Template:Nihongo until 1978.
Kyoto Electric Railway (Template:RailGauge narrow gauge) opened in 1895 as the first electric streetcar in Japan in commercial operation.<ref name=chronology/> The city government launched separate network of streetcars of Template:RailGauge 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).<ref name=Okinaka>Template:Cite book</ref>
In its peak of the 1960s, the network was as follows:<ref name=Okinaka/>
- Loop line
- Gaishū Line (Loop on Higashiyama, Kujō, Nishiōji, Kitaōji streets)
- East-West lines
- Imadegawa Line
- Marutamachi Line
- Shijō Line
- Shichijō Line
- North-South lines
- Senbon Line
- Karasuma Line
- Kawaramachi Line
- Shirakawa Line
- Fushimi Line
- Kitano Line (narrow gauge, closed in 1961)
Because of increasing congestion of road traffic, the tram was abolished in 1978. Part of disused cars were sold to other cities in Japan. As of 2010, Hiroshima Electric Railway and Iyo Railway still operate ex-Kyoto tram cars. One of the cars transferred to Hankai Tramway is now preserved at Old Pueblo Trolley in Tucson, Arizona.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Trolley bus
Between 1932 and 1969, the bureau also operated the Umezu Line, a trolley bus service connecting Shijō Ōmiya (Hankyu Ōmiya Station) and Matsuobashi.<ref name=Okinaka/>
Public relations
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.
See also
References
External links
- Kyoto City Bus & Subway Information Guide - Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau
- PDF of Kyoto Bus Routes