First regularly scheduled electric bus service begins in Japan

[bikkuri bahn]

 

 

Hamura, Tokyo Starts Electric Bus on Regular Route

March 13, 2012 By Charis Michelsen

 

The city of Hamura, located on the western end of the Tokyo metropolitan area started Japan’s very first regular bus route serviced solely with an electric vehicle last Friday, March 10th. The electric bus is operated and maintained by Nisi Tokyo Bus, and is owned by the city.

 

http://gas2.org/2012/03/13/hamura-tokyo-starts-electric-bus-on-regular-route/

[bill937ca]

What about the Kanden Tunnel trolleybus?  That`s an electric bus.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanden_Tunnel_Trolleybus

 

 

 

[miyakoji]

Yeah I always think of trolley buses or trackless trolleys as electric buses, but as it turns out, no one else does  .   Looking at wikipedia, it appears that several major cities in Japan had trolley buses, but all have been retired.  Other than the Kanden bus there's the Tateyama Tunnel trolleybus.  Nothing in open urban or suburban areas.

[bikkuri bahn]

I suppose the category is for first electric bus to regularly operate independently of a fixed power delivery infrastructure- and related to the the current movement among electric automobiles with charging stations/home charging.

[westfalen]

I beleive the Kanden and Tateyama trolley bus lines are legally railways and operate under the laws governing railways.