Toei Bus

The is a bus service operated by the Bus Service Division, the . It is also called .

The bureau mainly operates bus routes in the special wards of Tokyo, as well as those in the city of Ōme in the western Tama Area. It creates a virtual monopoly of bus routes in the central Tokyo (the area roughly within Yamanote Line loop), while those in other parts of Tokyo Metropolis and the Greater Tokyo Area are operated by many different companies. TMBT also operates a few other bus services, such as chartered bus, school bus, and community bus. Tokyo is one of the only two Japanese prefectures that directly operate bus routes, the other being Nagasaki Ken-ei Bus by the Transportation Bureau of Nagasaki Prefecture.

As of February 2022, there are about 200 routes with the total length of . If the sections shared by multiple routes are counted once, the length is . 1,467 bus vehicles serve 1,639 bus stops.Toei Bus outline from TMBT official website.

Toei Bus has an official mascot called , a bug-like personification of a bus vehicle.

History

When Tokyo Shiden (Tokyo City Streetcar, the current Tokyo Toden) lines were damaged by the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923, Tokyo City Electricity Bureau started 2 bus routes, originally as an emergency measure. They became the origin of Tokyo City Bus. In 1942, Tokyo City bought over 8 rivaling bus companies, including of , of , and others. In 1943, TCEB changed to the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation, as the city changed to the metropolis.

Right after the World War II, there were only 12 routes still in operation. 400 surplus buses from U.S. force were sold to TMBT, helping its recovery. In 1948, its tourist bus division was assigned to , which now dominates tourist bus services in Tokyo. Toei Bus had a good financial condition in 1950s, but went into red from 1961. After 1963, many streetcar lines were closed, and new bus routes started their services as substitutes, making the backbone of the current network. In 1975, the bureau succeeded the routes in Ōme from Seibu Bus.

Toei Bus had the highest ridership in 1972 fiscal year, with the average of 1,298,912 daily passengers. With the growth of subway network, the ridership is continuously decreasing. It had the average of 568,863 daily passengers in 2005 fiscal year.

Bus depots Toei Bus is operated with 12 bus depots and 7 branch offices. Latin letters are assigned to each depot/branch for vehicle identification and such. : V; Nakakasai, Edogawa. : R; Rinkai, Edogawa. : S; Shinonome, Kōtō. : N; Kamiya, Kita. : F; Toyotamakami, Nerima. : L; Kōtōbashi, Sumida. : K; Minamisenju, Arakawa. : Z; Shiratori, Katsushika. : K; Shiratori, Katsushika. : E; Higashinakano, Nakano. : G; Ōtsuka, Bunkyō. : H; Umeda, Adachi. : B; Higashi, Shibuya : B; Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku. : A; Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa. : Y; Kōnan, Minato. : P; Sugamo, Toshima. : T; Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku. : W; Morishitachō, Ōme. : D; Umesato, Suginami.

List of regular routes Most routes are designated by one or two kanji followed by a two-digit number. Some routes have Latin alphabets instead of kanji. A number may be followed by a celestial stem (kō, otsu, etc., equivalent to abc or 123). The term orikaeshi is equivalent to the European bis. "Readings" provided here are tentative. There are no widely accepted English names of the routes. TMBT uses the kanji names even in English texts, like " starts from Kameari-eki Kitaguchi".

All routes are equipped with accessibility feature, such as non-step buses with kneeling function.

Depot Reading Name From Via To Aoto Rinkai Hira 28 Higashi-Ōjima Sta. Hirai Sta. (loop route in Hirai Sta.) Higashi-Ōjima Sta. Aoto Kusa 39 Kanamachi Sta. Asakusa-Kaminarimon (Asakusa-Kaminarimon Gate) Asakusa-Kotobukichō Ueno-Matsuzakaya (Ueno-Matsuzakaya Department Store) Aoto Ue 23 Hirai Sta. Jukkembashi Ueno-Matsuzakaya Aoto Ue 23 Shutsunyū Aoto-Shako Yotsugibashi Hirai Sta. Aoto Ue 26 Kameido Sta. Nishi-Asakusa-Sanchōme (Nishi-Asakusa 3) Ueno-Kōen (Ueno Park) Aoto Nishiki 37 Aoto-Shako Nakaibori Kinshichō Sta. Ariake Nami 01 (NM01) (NM01) Tokyo Teleport Sta. Telecom Center Sta. Chūō-Bōhatei Kōnan Rinkai To 04 Toyomi Suisan Futō Ginza-Yonchōme (Ginza 4) Tōkyō Sta. Marunouchi Minamiguchi Ariake Umi 01 (KM01) (KM01) Monzen Nakachō Toyosu Sta. Ariake-Itchōme (Ariake 1) Tokyo Teleport Sta. Kōtō Kame 23 Kameido Sta. Kōtō-Kōreisha-Iryō Center (Juntendo Tokyo Koto Geriatric Medical Center) (Circular) Kameido Sta. Edogawa Kame 24 Kasaibashi Ōjima Sta. Kameido Sta. Edogawa Kame 29 Nagisa New Town Nishi-Kasai Sta. Kameido Sta. Edogawa Kasai 21 Kasai Sta. Higashi-Kasai-Kyūchōme Kōsha Heim Minami-Kasai Edogawa Kasai 21 Kasai Sta. Higashi-Kasai-Kyūchōme Kasai-Rinkai-Kōen Sta. Edogawa Nishikatsu 20 Otsu Nishi-Kasai Sta. Naka-Kasai-Nanachōme (Naka-Kasai 7) Kasai-Rinkai-Kōen Sta. Edogawa Nishikatsu 20 Kō 西葛20甲 Nishi-Kasai Sta. Naka-Kasai-Nanachōme (Naka-Kasai 7) Nagisa New Town Edogawa Nishikatsu 27 西葛27 Nishi-Kasai Sta. Seishin-Futaba-Shōgakkō Rinkaichō-Nichōme-Danchi Edogawa Nishiki 25 錦25 Kasai Sta. Funabori Sta. Kinshichō Sta. Edogawa Nishiki 25 Shutsunyū 錦25出入 Kasai Sta. Nagashimachō-Kōsaten Edogawa-Shako Edogawa Nishiki 27 錦27 Koiwa Sta. Kinshichō Sta. Ryōgoku Sta. Edogawa Nishiki 27-2 錦27-2 Koiwa Sta. Keiyō-Kōsaten Funabori Sta. Kōtō Nishiki 28 錦28 Higashi Ōjima Sta. Nishi-Ōjima Sta. Kinshichō Sta. Edogawa Rinkai 28-1 臨海28-1 Ichinoebashi-Nishizume Kasai Sta. Kasai-Rinkai-Kōen Sta. Edogawa Shinko 21 新小21 Nishi-Kasai Sta. Funabori Sta. Shin-Koiwa Sta. Edogawa Shinko 22 新小22 Kasai Sta. Ichinoe Sta. Shin-Koiwa Sta. Fukagawa Higashi 15 東15 Fukagawa Shako Shinonome-Miyakobashi Tōkyō-eki Yaesu-Guchi Fukagawa Higashi 16 東16 Tokyo Sta. Yaesuguchi (Yaesu Exit) Tsukishima Sta. Fukagawa-Shako Tokyo Big Sight Fukagawa Ki 11 Kō 木11甲 Kiba Sta. Tōyōchō Sta. Shin Kiba Ekimae Tōyōchō Sta.Wakasu Camp Jō Fukagawa Kōtō 01 江東01 Shiomi Sta. Kiba-Nichōme (Kiba 2) Tatsumi Sta. (joint forces with KOTO-KU Community bus "SHIOKAZE") Shiomi Sta. Fukagawa Mon 19 門19 Tokyo Big SightFukagawa-Shako Toyosu Sta. Monzen Nakachō Fukagawa Nari 10 業10 Shimbashi Ginza Yon-chōme, Kachidoki Sta. Toyosu Sta.Kiba Sta.Kikukawa Sta.Tokyo Skytree Sta. Fukagawa Nari 10 Shutsunyū 業10出入 ShimbashiTokyo Skytree Sta. Toyosu Sta. Fukagawa-Shako Fukagawa Nishiki 13 Kō 錦13甲 Kinshichō Sta. Tōyō San-chōme, Toyosu Sta. Harumi Futō Fukagawa Nishiki 13 Otsu 錦13乙 Kinshichō Sta. Tōyō San-chōme, Tatsumi Sta. Fukagawa Shako-maeFukagawaNishiki 13 Shutsunyū錦13出入Toyosu Sta.Shinonome-MiyakobashiFukagawa Shako Kōtō Nishiki 18 錦18 Kinshichō Sta. Sakaigawa only weekday Shin-Kiba Sta., Kokusai-Tenjijō Sta. Fukagawa To 05-1 都05-1 Harumi Futō Ginza Yon-chōme Tōkyō Sta. Marunouchi Minamiguchi Fukagawa To 05-1 Shutsunyū 都05-1出入 Fukagawa-Shako Harumi-Sanchōme (Harumi 3) (Harumi 3) Harumi-Futō Fukagawa To 05-2 都05-2 Tokyo Big Sight Ariake-Itchōme (Ariake 1) Ginza Yon-chōme Tōkyō Sta. Marunouchi Minamiguchi Fukagawa Toyosu 01 豊洲01 Toyosu Sta. IHI Canal Court (Loop, only the morning and evening of a weekday) Toyosu Sta. Ariake Yō 12-1 陽12-1 Tōyōchō Sta. Edagawa-Nichōme (Edagawa 2) Shōwa-Daigaku-Kōtō-Toyosu-Byōin (Showa Univ. Koto Toyosu Hp.) Ariake Yō 12-2 陽12-2 Tōyōchō Sta. Toyosu Sta. Toyosu-Shijō Kita Higashi 43 東43 Kōhoku Sta.Arakawa Dote Sōshajo-mae Odai Komagome-Byōin (Komagome Hp.) Tokyo Sta. Marunouchi-Kitaguchi (Marunouchi North Exit) Kita Ō 40 Shutsunyū 王40出入 Kita-Shako Kitaku-Kamiyachō Ōji Sta. Kita Ō 40 Hei 王40丙 Ōji Sta. Kōnan-Chūgakkō (Loop in Miyagi) Ōji Ekimae Kita Ō 40 Kō 王40甲 Ikebukuro Sta. Higashiguchi Ōji Sta. Nishiarai Sta. Kita Ō 41 王41 Ōji Sta. Ōji Go-chōme Shinden Itchōme Kita Ō 45 王45 Ōji Sta. Shindembashi Kita Senju Sta. Kita Ō 55 王55 Ikebukuro Sta. Ikebukuro Sta. Higashiguchi (East Exit) Ōji Sta. Heart Island Higashi Shinden-Itchōme (Shinden 1) Kita Ō 57 王57 Akabane Sta. Higashiguchi Ōji Sta. Toshima Go-chōme DanchiShinagawaHama 95浜95Shinagawa Sta. Kōnanguchi (Kōnan Exit)Tamachi Sta. Higashiguchi (East Exit)Tōkyō Tower Shinagawa Hashi 86 橋86 Meguro Ekimae Aiiku Clinic Shimbashi Sta. Kōnan I 96 井96 Ōimachi Sta. Higashiguchi (East Exit) Tennōzu Isle, Minami Banba (Loop) Ōimachi Sta. Higashiguchi (East Exit)KōnanI 98井98Ōimachi Sta. Higashiguchi (East Exit)Tōkyō zeikan-Ōi-Shutchōjo (Tokyo Customs Ōi Branch)Ōi-Suisambutsu-Futō Ariake Kyūkō 06 急行06 Morishita Ekimae Palette Town (Rapid, only on Saturdays / holidays) Nippon-Kagaku-Miraikan (NATIONAL MUSEUM OF EMERGING SCIENCE AND INNOVATION) Shinagawa Ta 92 田92 Shinagawa Sta. Higashiguchi Takahamabashi Tamachi Sta. Higashiguchi Kōnan Ta 99 田99 Shinagawa Sta. Kōnanguchi (Kōnan Exit) Shibaura Futō Tamachi-eki Higashiguchi Kōnan Tan 94 反94 Gotanda Sta. Takanawadai Sta. Akabanebashi Sta. Kōnan To 03 都03 Harumi Futō Ginza Yon-chōme Yotsuya-eki Kōtō Chokkō 03 直行03 Kinshichō Sta. Rapid route only on Saturdays / holidays) Nippon-Kagaku-Miraikan (NATIONAL MUSEUM OF EMERGING SCIENCE AND INNOVATION) Kōtō Higashi 22 東22 Kinshichō Sta. Tōyōchō Sta. Tōkyō Sta. Marunouchi Kitaguchi Ariake Kame 21 亀21 Tōyōchō Sta. Kitasuna-Nanachōme (Kitasuna 7) Kameido Sta. Kōtō Kyūkō 05 急行05 Kinshichō Ekimae Shin Kiba Ekimae (Rapid, only on Saturdays / holidays) Nippon-Kagaku-Miraikan (NATIONAL MUSEUM OF EMERGING SCIENCE AND INNOVATION) Kōtō Mon 33 門33 Kameido Sta. Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Sta. Toyomi-Suisan-Futō Kōtō Nishiki 18 錦18 Kinshichō Ekimae Sakaigawa (only weekday) Shin-Kiba Sta., Kokusai-Tenjijō Sta. Kōtō To 07 都07 Kinshichō Sta. Sakaigawa Monzen Nakachō Kōtō Yō 20 陽20 Tōyōchō Sta. Kōtō-Kōreisha-Iryō Center (Juntendo Tokyo Koto Geriatric Medical Center) Higashi-Ōjima Sta. Minami-Senju Higashi 42-1 東42-1 Minami-Senju Sta.Nishiguchi (West Exit) Minami-Senju-Shako Asakusabashi Tokyo Sta. Yaesuguchi(Yaesu Exit) Minami-Senju Higashi 42-2 東42-2 Minami-Senju Sta.Nishiguchi (West Exit) Minami-Senju-Shako Asakusabashi Higashi-Kanda Minami-Senju Higashi 42-3 東42-3 Minami-Senju-Shako Riverside Sports Center Asakusa-Kaminarimon (Asakusa-Kaminarimon Gate) Minami-Senju Nishiki 40 錦40 Minami-Senju Sta. Higashiguchi (East Exit) Tokyo Skytree Sta. Kinshichō Sta. Minami-Senju Sato 22 里22 Nippori Sta. Ōzeki-Yokochō Kameido Sta. Minami-Senju To 08 (T08) 都08 Nippori Sta. Senzoku Oshiage Kinshichō Ekimae Minami-Senju Ue 46 上46 Minami-Senju Sta. Higashiguchi (East Exit) Asakusa-Kotobukichō Ueno-Matsuzakaya (Ueno-Matsuzakaya Department Store) Minami-Senju Ue 46 上46 Minami-Senju-Shako Asakusa-Kotobukichō Ueno-Matsuzakaya (Ueno-Matsuzakaya Department Store) Nerima Gaku 05 学05 Mejiro Sta. Nihon Joshidai Mejiro Sta. Nerima Neri 68 練68 Nerima-Shako Nerima-Sōgō-Byōin-Iriguchi (Nerima-Sōgō Hp.) Mejiro Sta. Nerima Ike 65 池65 Nerima Sta. Egota-Nichōme (Egota 2) Ikebukuro Sta. Higashiguchi (East Exit) Nerima Shiro 61 白61 Nerima Sta.Nerima-Shako Hotel Chinzansō Tokyo Shinjuku Sta. Nishiguchi (West Exit) Shinjuku CH01 CH01 Shinjuku Sta. Nishiguchi (West Exit) Tochō-Daiichi-Honchōsha (Tokyo Metropolitan Government No.1 Building) (Circular) Weekdays onlyShinjuku Sta. Nishiguchi (West Exit) Otakibashi Gaku 02 学02 Takadanobaba Sta. Takadanobaba-Nichōme (Takadanobaba 2) Sōdai-Seimon (Waseda University) Otakibashi Hashi 63 橋63 Otakibashi-Shako Ichigaya Sta. Shimbashi Sta. Otakibashi Ii 62 飯62 Otakibashi Shako Ōkubo-Dōri Toei-Iidabashi Sta. Otakibashi Ii 64 飯64 Otakibashi-Shako Kudanshita Otakibashi-Shako Sugamo To 02 Otsu 都02乙 Ikebukuro Sta. Higashiguchi (East Exit) Kasuga Sta. Tokyo Dome CityHitotsubashi