The is a Japanese bus company. It was formed by

Keisei Bus The is a bus company within the Keisei Group which was established on 1 October 2003 to inherit all business of the Keisei Electric Railway bus department. Local bus services Offices * Edogawa Office * Kanamachi Office * Matsudo Office * Ichika ...

(Keisei Group) and

Oriental Land Company is a Japanese leisure and tourism corporation headquartered in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan where it also owns and operates the Tokyo Disney Resort. The company operates in three segments, divided as theme parks, hotels, and other business. Oriental ...

, on 2 February 1999. Keisei Transit Bus has two barns, one in Shiohama Ichikawa, the other in Chidori

Urayasu 260px, old Urayasu is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 170,533 in 81,136 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Urayasu is best known as the home of the Tokyo ...

History

This company was established in 1999 to transport passengers and staff to the

Tokyo Disney Resort The (local nickname ''TDR'') is a theme park and vacation resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, just east of Tokyo. The resort is fully owned and operated by The Oriental Land Company under a licence from The Walt Disney Company, who constru ...

by bus. In 2001, as the bus department of

Keisei Electric Railway The (stylized as K'SEI since 2001) is a major private railway in Chiba Prefecture and Tokyo, Japan. The name ''Keisei'' is the combination of the kanji 京 from and 成 from , which the railway's main line connects. The combination uses diffe ...

was split into parent and child companies, the Urayasu Line and Gyotoku Line were transferred to Keisei Transit Bus from Keisei Electric Railway. Simultaneously, the Braki Line and Ōsu Line were transferred to Ichikawa Kōtsū from Keisei Electric Railway. In 2006, Kaijin Line was transferred from

Funabashi Office, giving it a bus route in

Funabashi is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 644,668 in 309,238 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . It is the Greater Tokyo Area's 7th most populated city (after p ...

. In 2009, Ōsu Line and Baraki Line were transferred from Ichikawa Kōtsū. This company operated five bus routes thereafter. Ichikawa Kotsu was renamed Keisei Taxi Ichikawa in 2012. This companies' main operation has been taxis since the bus routes transferred to Keisei Transit Bus in 2009. This company commenced operating a highway bus route connecting

Chōfu Station (Tokyo) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keio Corporation. Lines Chōfu Station is served by the Keio Line and Keiō Sagamihara Line as the junction of t ...

and

in step with

Keio Bus is a core bus-operating company of the Keio Group which was established on February 1, 2002, inherited business all of the Keio Electric Railway (present Keio Corporation) automobile operation division and started business on August 1 of the sa ...

. The Ichikawa・GyotokuーHaneda Airport Line was transferred to the company in July 2014.

Bus route

Highway buses

Route buses

*Urayasu Line **(浦安01/02/03/04/10) Mutually operated from

Urayasu Station (Chiba) is a railway station on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. Its station number is T-18. Lines Urayasu Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line. Station layout The statio ...

and

Shin-Urayasu Station is a railway station in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Shin-Urayasu Station is served by the Keiyō Line between and , and by Musashino Line through services between Tokyo and . The station i ...

or Ichikawa-Shiohama Station through

Motoyawata Station is a junction passenger railway station in the city of Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei Subway). It is the only station on the Toei Subway that is loca ...

or Ichikawa Station and Motoyawata Station respectively **(浦安05)

- High Town Shiohama - Ichikawa-Shiohama Station *Gyotoku Line (行徳01/02/03) ** Ichikawa-Shiohama Station - Gyotoku Station - Myoden Station *Myoden Line (妙典05) ** Myoden Station - Baraki-Nakayama Station -

*Futamata Line (二俣01) ** Futamata-Shinmachi Station - Baraki-Nakayama Station -

*Shiohama Line (塩浜01/02/03) ** Ichikawa-Shiohama Station - Myoden Station *Kaijin Line (西船21) **

Nishi-Funabashi Station is a railway station in Funabashi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Tokyo Metro, and the Tōyō Rapid Railway. It is the easternmost station of the Tokyo subway network, lying in Chiba Prefecture. Lines Nishi-Funabashi ...

- Funabashi Central Hospital - Hinagiku Kindergarten - Suwa Jinja *Nakayama Line (市川05) **

Nishi-funabashi Station is a railway station in Funabashi, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Tokyo Metro, and the Tōyō Rapid Railway. It is the easternmost station of the Tokyo subway network, lying in Chiba Prefecture. Lines Nishi-Funabashi ...

- Ichikawa Station *Ichikawa City Community Bus Wakuwaku Bus **Tokyo Bay Medical Center - Minami-Gyotoku Station - Gyotoku Station - Myoden Station - Chiba Museum of Science and Industry Media Park Ichikaw

Mascot

A stray cat named "Shishimaru" lived in the company's Shiohama Barn. And, "Toranya" which is a cat originated from "Shishimaru" was created as a mascotToranya
/ref> in 2021 with the company's 20th anniversary.

References

External links

Timetable
{{Keisei transit Ichikawa, Chiba Japanese companies established in 1999 Transport in Chiba Prefecture Bus companies of Japan