title: JR Bus
text: # JR Bus
  
  JR Bus collectively refers to the bus operations of Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies in Japan. 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
  
  | Bus company | Operation area | Parent company |
  | - | - | - |
  | JR Hokkaido Bus Company | Hokkaidō region | Hokkaido Railway Company |
  | JR Bus Tohoku Company | Tōhoku region | East Japan Railway Company |
  | JR Bus Kanto Company | Kantō region | East Japan Railway Company |
  | JR Tokai Bus Company | Tōkai region | Central Japan Railway Company |
  | West Japan JR Bus Company | Hokuriku region, Kansai region | West Japan Railway Company |
  | Chugoku JR Bus Company | Chūgoku region | West Japan Railway Company |
  | JR Shikoku Bus Company | Shikoku region | Shikoku Railway Company |
  | JR Kyushu Bus Company | Kyūshū region | Kyushu Railway Company |
  
  ## History
  
  The Ministry of Railways of Japan started its first bus operation in Aichi Prefecture in 1930 and gradually expanded bus routes. The Japanese National Railways (JNR), public corporation established in 1949, succeeded the bus operations, then called Kokutetsu Bus or JNR Bus. 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).
  
  ## Examples of vehicles
  
  ### Regional route vehicles
  
  * JR Hokkaidō bus 521-4956
  * JR Bus Tohoku 531-9452
  * JR Bus Kanto L534-97506
  * JR Tokai Bus 328-8902
  * Nishinihon JR Bus 537-1909
  * Chugoku JR Bus 534-5969
  * JR Shikoku Bus 531-2911
  * JR Kyushu Bus 521-21602
  
  ### Expressway route vehicles
  
  JR Bus Tohoku, JR Bus Kanto, JR Tokai Bus and Chugoku JR Bus share a common livery based on the JNR Bus livery.
  
  * JR Hokkaido Bus 644-5822
  * JR Bus Tohoku H654-02406
  * JR Bus Kanto H654-07417
  * JR Tokai Bus 747-05952
  * Nishinihon JR Bus 749-8913
  * Chugoku JR Bus 641-5906
  * JR Shikoku Bus 694-8950
  * JR Kyushu Bus 748-06558
  