Asahi Motor
The ASAHI Motor Corporation is a bus company within the Tobu Group which was established on 11 January 1941 in Tsuchiura.
Overview
ASAHI Motor was established on 11 January 1941 in Tsuchiura as a company for taxis and buses. The taxi business of Tobu Railway on stations which belonged to Tobu Railway transferred to this company in 1954. The company has established its inroads bus business since 1993 as which charters buses that are used on route buses by requesting from a local government.The company received ownership of offices and vehicles of the Tobu Railway bus department in 1994. Between 1999 and 2002, the bus company transferred a selection of offices and other vehicles from Tobu Bus. The transfer of assets ended in 2002 when Tobu Bus spilt from Tobu Railway. ASAHI Motor discontinued its chartered bus business in 2008, at which point the business was split into subsidiary companies.
The company owns shares of Bando Bus and other companies. Its parent company, Asahi Motor Corporation Group, owns [|TOHOKU KYUKO BUS], [|Kan-etsu Kotsu], [|Nikko-koutsu], [|Kokusai Juo Bus], [|KAWAGOE Motor], [|Bando BUS], and [|IBAKYU Motor].
Offices and routes
- Management and overall of affiliated and group companies head office
- Head office
- Kita-Koshigaya Office
- Noda Office
Kiryu Asahi Motor Corporation
- Kiryu Office
- Omama Office
Community buses
Entrust this company from each local government.Tokyo
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Saitama
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Chiba
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Ibaraki
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Other bus routes
- TOHOKU KYUKO BUS
- Kan-etsu Kotsu
- Nikko-koutsu
- Kokusai Juo Bus
- KAWAGOE Motor
- Bando BUS
- IBAKYU Motor
Other bus companies of TOBU GROUP
- Tobu Bus Nikko
- Tobu Bus West
- Tobu Bus Central
Tohoku Kyuko Bus
The TOHOKU KYUKO BUS CO., LTD. is a subsidiary company of Tobu Railway and belongs to Asahi Motor Corporation Group. The head office is located in Tokyo Office.Overview
In 1962, the company was established by capital injection of Tobu Railway and Toya Kotsu, Miyagi Transportation and Fukushima Transportation, Aizu Bus, Yamagata Kotsu. In 2002, Tohoku Kyuko Bus started to be an affiliated company of Tobu Railway because Tobu Railway received other shares.History
- In 1962
- *12 June: Establishment by capital injection of Tobu Railway and Toya Kotsu, Miyagi Transportation and Fukushima Transportation, Aizu Bus, Yamagata Kotsu
- *1 August: The company started to operate the bus routes
- In 1964
- In 2002
Office
- Tokyo Office
- Sendai Office
- *Sendai Garage
Kan-etsu Kotsu
The Kan-etsu Kotsu CO., LTD. is a subsidiary company of Tobu Railway and belongs to Asahi Motor Corporation Group. The head office is located in Shibukawa.Overview
The company was established on 15 June 1953 as Minakami Kanko Car Corporation and has belonged to Tobu Railway since March 1960. It was renamed to its current name on 1 November 1972. It has been operating bus routes since 1982.Agatsuma Kanko Motor, established on 5 November 1953, and had belonged to Tobu Group from 1969 until October 2002 when it was merged into Kan-etsu Kotsu.
Gunma Kanko Taxi established in 1950, belonged to Tobu Bus Group from 1957 until 2000 when it was merged.
The bus company runs in the area based in the stations which belong to Jōetsu Line and Jōetsu Shinkansen.
Office
- Head office
- Shibukawa Office
- Agatsuma Office
- Maebashi Office
- Numata Office
- Kamata Office
- *Oze-Tokura Information desk
- *Tsukiyono Auto Gas Stand
Nikko Kotsu
The Nikko-koutsu CO., LTD. is a subsidiary company of Tobu Railway. The head office is located in Nikko Office.Overview
The company established on 25 May 1955, was transferred Akechidaira Ropeway from Tobu Railway on 1 April 1985. Tobu Dial Bus was merged to this company in 2008. The bus company runs in the vicinity of the Watarase Keikoku Line and the Tobu Kinugawa Line.Office
- Nikko Office
- Dial Office
Subsidiary company
Akechidaira RopewayKokusai Juo Bus
Kokusai Juo CO., LTD. is a subsidiary company of ASAHI Motor and Bando Bus and Tobu Railway. The head office is located in Nikko Office.Overview
The company was established on 26 December 1957 as Kokusai Hire which was a subsidiary company of Kokusai Kogyo. Kokusai Hire was merged into Ryomo Kanko Motor in 2002, which subsequently merged Juo Motor on 1 January 2004. The new company was renamed to Kokusai Juo.Its operations are in the vicinity of the Tobu Isesaki Line and the Takasaki Line.
Office
- Kumagaya Office
- Isesaki Office
Bus routes
Route buses
Most bus routes are connected Higashi-Matsuyama Station and Shinrinkōen Station (Saitama) with Kumagaya Station as the result of the discontinuation of the Tobu Kumagaya Line.KAWAGOE Motor
The KAWAGOE Motor CO., LTD. is a subsidiary company of Tobu Railway. The head office is located in Shinrinkoen Office.Outline
The company was established on 3 August 1933 as Kawagoe Motor LLC, and has belonged to Tobu Group since 1962. Meanwhile, KAWAGOE Motor Corporation was established on 4 August 1966. Kawagoe Motor LLC merged into KAWAGOE Motor Corporation on 1 November 1966.Operations on bus routes started on 1 April 1998. Buses serve in the vicinity of the Tōbu Tōjō Line, Tobu Ogose Line, and the Takasaki Line.
Office
- Shinrinkoen Office
Bando Bus
BANDO BUS CO., LTD. is a subsidiary company of ASAHI Motor. The head office is located in Abiko Office.Overview
The company was established in November 1949 by local people because routes buses ran in Imba area had belonged to Tobu Railway since February 1958 until 2003.The company has belonged to ASAHI Motor since 2003. It runs in the vicinity of the Jōban Line.
Office
- Abiko Office
- *Higahsi-Abiko Garage
- *Shibazaki Garage
Community buses
*IBAKYU Motor
The IBAKYU Motor CO., LTD. is a subsidiary company of Tobu Railway. The head office is located in Matsubushi Office.Overview
The company was established as in 1950 as Uchiyama Un'yua and has been owned by the Tobu Group Company since 1963. That same year, it was renamed IBAKYU Motor.It runs in the vicinity of the Tōbu Urban Park Line, Tobu Skytree Line, and the Utsunomiya Line.
Office
- Matsubushi Office
- Noda Office
- koga Office
- Iwai Garage
- Kita-Moro Garage
- Noda-Umesato Jutaku Turnroad