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Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau

The Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau (熊本市交通局) is a public transportation authority of Kumamoto City, Japan.

Tram Routes

The bureau operates 2 tram lines within the city.

History

Timeline

  • 23 November 2024 - The 2400 series train has entered service.[1]

Tram Fare

The fare is a flat 180 yen for adults, 90 yen for children, payable by cash or public transit card (including Nimoca, ICOCA, Suica, and Pasmo).[2]

Operators

Bus lines in the city were formerly operated by the agency, but have since been privatized.[3]

The city government has operated tram lines since 1924, and bus lines since 1927, but the current transportation bureau was formed in 1944.

Kumamoto City Tram

Currently, Kumamoto City Tram (熊本市電) has five lines in official count, but with only two routes regularly in service.

Lines and routes

  • Lines:
  • Trunk Line (幹線): Kumamoto-Ekimae — Suidōchō
  • Suizenji Line (水前寺線): Suidōchō — Suizenji-Kōen
  • Kengun Line (健軍線): Suizenji-Kōen — Kengunmachi
  • Kami-Kumamoto Line (上熊本線): Karashimachō — Kami-Kumamoto
  • Tasaki Line (田崎線): Kumamoto-Ekimae — Tasakibashi
  • Routes:
  • Route A (A系統): Tasakibashi — Kumamoto-Ekimae — Karashimachō — Suidōchō — Suizenji-Kōen — Kengunmachi
  • Route B (B系統): Kami-Kumamoto — Karashimachō — Suidōchō — Suizenji-Kōen — Kengunmachi

Gallery

See also

  • List of light-rail transit systems

External links

Official sites

Unofficial sites

Unofficial sites

References

  1. 熊本市電に３両編成導入、九州の路面電車で最大級…朝の混雑解消の切り札に「熊本城イメージ」黒と白の外観 The Yomiuri Shimbun, retrieved 2025-04-09^
  2. Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau. Kumamoto City Tram Guide retrieved 22 May 2019^
  3. Taiaki Narita. https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASH3R35NFH3RTLVB002.html Asahi Digital, 1 April 2015, retrieved 22 May 2019^