Taichung City Bus

Taichung City Bus
臺中市公車

Route 150 (one of the Taichung New Express Bus routes) bus stop
Founded 1958
Locale Taichung City, Taiwan
Operator Taichung Bus, Fengyuan Bus, Renyeou Bus, Ubus, Central Taiwan Bus, Chang Hua Bus, Ho Hsin Bus, Southeast Bus, Chuan Hang Bus, Green Transit, Geya Bus, Miaoli Bus

Taichung City Bus (Chinese: 臺中市市區公車; pinyin: Táizhōng Shì Shìqūgōngchē or so called Chinese: 臺中市公車; pinyin: Táizhōng Shì Gōngchē) is managed by the Transportation Bureau, Taichung City Government in Taichung City, Taiwan. This includes bus routes 1–359 which are operated by different bus companies: Taichung Bus (台中客運), Fengyuan Bus (豐原客運), Renyeou Bus (仁友客運), United Bus (Ubus) (統聯客運), Central Taiwan Bus (中台灣客運), Chuan Hang Bus (全航客運), Ho Hsin Bus (和欣客運), Southeast Bus (東南客運), Chang Hua Bus (彰化客運), Green Transit (豐榮客運), Geya Bus (巨業交通), Miaoli Bus (苗栗客運) and Nantou Bus (南投客運).

History

new made mix bus stop
United Bus Route 75
Taichung Bus Route 132
Fengyuan Bus Route 253
Geya Bus Route 68
Renyeou Bus Route 105
Chuan Hang Bus Route 58
Chang Hua Bus Route 52
Green Transit Route 40
Southeast Bus Route 98

Taichung Bus was established in 1958, commissioned by the Taichung Municipal Government to operate high capacity bus services. Renyou Bus was established in 1976 and became the second bus operator of the network. For some 25 years, the network are run by only these two companies. In order to widen the bus service network, the City Government let more bus companies operate since 2002. The number of operators have come to 13 since September 2014.

before 2002

2002-2005

2006-2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Operators

Taichung Bus, Taichung Bus Company, Ltd., was established on 18 February 1958 as the first company to operate Taichung City Bus. Its present names has been used since 1980. It operates 46 routes of Taichung City Bus, remaining the most essential in downtown Taichung.[1]

Fengyuan Bus, Fengyuan Bus Transportation Co., Ltd., was established on 22 October 1945. Transportation in eastern Taichung have been dependent on Fengyuan Bus for tens of years. It operates 79 routes of Taichung City Bus, mainly connecting Fengyuan District with other districts of Taichung City.[2]

Ubus, United Bus Company Ltd., was established on 6 September 1989 as the second freeway bus operator in Taiwan at that time. It first operates only freeway bus routes, but started running Taichung City Bus in 2002. At the present, it operates 21 routes of Taichung City Bus. It also runs route 705 in Taoyuan City and 15 routes in Kaohsiung City. In late 2012, United Bus started a subcompany, Central Taiwan Bus, which operates 14 routes of the network.[3]

Renyou Bus, established on 31 December 1976, operates only 7 routes of Taichung City Bus after suffering its financial problems in April 2013.[4]

Geya Bus, Geya Bus Transportation Co., Ltd., was established on 7 March 1974. It operates 16 routes of Taichung City Bus, being the main bus company in coastal Taichung.[5]

Chuan Hang Bus operates 8 routes of Taichung City Bus, and also runs highway bus route 6268 between Puli and Taichung.[6]

Southeast Bus joined the network on 1 November 2011, running Route 7, 17, 67, 97, and 98.[7]

Green Transit joined the network on 1 October 2012, running Route 40, 48, 89, and 127.[8]

Chang Hua Bus joined the network on 1 January 2009, running Route 52 and 99.[9]

Ho Hsin Bus joined the network the second time on 1 March 2013, running Route 160 and 161.[10]

Mioali Bus joined the network on 10 December 2012, running merely Route 181.[11]

Nantou Bus joined the network on 1 September 2014, running merely Route 39.[12]

Sifang Bus (四方客運) and Jieshun Bus (捷順交通) joined the network on 30 April 2016.

Fares

The fares are calculated by mileage per ride. The basic fare is NT$20 for 10 km, and the extended fare is NT$2.431*(1+5% tax included) per km and round to the nearest integer.

From 1 June 2011 to 30 June 2015, taking buses whose route numbers are under 300 with any of four sorts of electronic tickets (including EasyCard (悠遊卡), I Pass (高捷一卡通) and Taiwan Easy Go Senior Card(台灣通敬老愛心卡), could benefit from a free ride below 8 kilometers.[13] From July 1, 2015, the same benefit extended from 8 km to 10 km, and the range of route numbers are no longer under 300.

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