Tokyo Bus

The Tokyo Bus System or Toei Bus is the main operator of bus in the Greater Tokyo Metropolitan Area. An Army of 1470 Buses serve the  138 routes and 1640 Stops around the Greater Tokyo Metropolitan Area. The buses are both public and private bus services. The Bus is not a very popular choice, the trains conquer Tokyo and the Whole Country. But some people who can't use trains use the buses eg.Disabled, Large Famlies etc.

History

In the Early Days, the train & tram were the only service in Tokyo until the Great Kantō earthquake had struck badly on Tokyo in 1923. This destroyed the entire tram system. For then some emergency buses were serviced on the route. The buses gained so much popularity that 8 bus companies emerged rivaling against each other. 

Some train companies also started their own bus services. Until 1945, only 12 buses  were in operation. Japan's allie the US supplied Japan with 400 Buses. The first thing was to make some of the buses to tourism, that was to Hato Bus. Later all other tram systems were substituted by the very popular bus.

Fleet and Fares

Almost all buses have an accessable entrance and are very eco-friendly vehicles. They also have buses that run on Natural Gas.

The Fares may look expensive but are very cheap

Regular routes: ¥210(7 AED ,210 INR or 2$)

Gaku Bus: ¥180 (6 AED, 120 INR or 1.6$)

The routes designated with the kanji 学 (gaku). They mainly transport college students.

Shuttle Bus (C-H 01): ¥190 (6.5AED,125 INR or 1.7$)

Access Line Bus (AL 01): ¥100(3.4 AED,66.5 INR or 0.9$)

Midnight 25: ¥420(15 AED,280 INR, 4$)