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Gifu Bus

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Public transportation company in Japan

Gifu Bus (岐阜乗合自動車, Gifu Noriai Jidōsha) is a public transportation company based in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is a subsidiary of Meitetsu (Nagoya Railroad) and primarily operates within Gifu Prefecture. Some of its public transportation routes within the city of Gifu were handed over by Meitetsu Bus on October 1, 2004.2 It is part of Meitetsu Group Bus Holdings.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Apr 21, 1943Founded1

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Gifu Bus (岐阜乗合自動車, Gifu Noriai Jidōsha) is a public transportation company based in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is a subsidiary of Meitetsu (Nagoya Railroad) and primarily operates within Gifu Prefecture. Some of its public transportation routes within the city of Gifu were handed over by Meitetsu Bus on October 1, 2004. On April 1, 2005, it took over operations of public bus routes formerly run by the city. At the same time, it also replaced bus lines in nearby cities and began operating the Gifu Community Bus.2

Corporate structure

Gifu Bus is part of a group headed by Nagoya Railroad. 16 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Nagoya Railroad 愛知県 名古屋市中村区, Japan
    • Meitetsu Group Bus Holdings Meieki 4-chōme, Japan
    • Central Japan International Airport Line Subsidiary · Nagoya, Japan
    • Kōnan Bus Company Subsidiary · Hirosaki
    • Meitetsu Bus Subsidiary · Nagoya
    • Meitetsu Hotel Holdings Subsidiary
    • Meitetsu Kanko Bus Subsidiary · Nakagawa-ku, Japan
    • Meitetsu Taxi Holdings Subsidiary · Nishi-Hioki, Japan
    • Taiheiyo Ferry Subsidiary · Aichi Prefecture
    • Toyohashi Rail Road Subsidiary · Toyohashi
    • Meitetsu Airport Line Owned · Tokoname, Japan
    • Meitetsu Bisai Line Owned · Aichi Prefecture, Japan
    • Meitetsu Chikkō Line Owned · Nagoya, Japan
    • Meitetsu Chita New Line Owned · Taketoyo, Japan
    • Meitetsu Gamagōri Line Owned · Gamagōri-shi, Japan
    • Meitetsu Hashima Line Owned · Hashima, Japan
    • Meitetsu Hiromi Line Owned · Aichi Prefecture, Japan
    • Meitetsu Inuyama Line Owned · Gifu Prefecture, Japan
    • Meitetsu Kakamigahara Line Owned · Gifu Prefecture, Japan
    • Meitetsu Kōwa Line Owned · Aichi Prefecture, Japan
    • Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line Owned · Gifu Prefecture, Japan
    • Meitetsu Nishio Line Owned · Anjō, Japan
    • Meitetsu Seto Line Owned · Aichi Prefecture, Japan
    • Meitetsu Takehana Line Owned · Kasamatsu, Japan
    • Meitetsu Tokoname Line Owned · Aichi Prefecture, Japan
    • Meitetsu Toyokawa Line Owned · Toyokawa, Japan
    • and 3 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

The majority of the buses in use were made by Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation, because those were the buses used by Nagoya Railroad when the routes began. However, the buses run by Gifu were models made by either Isuzu or Nissan Diesel, so there is some variety among bus types. Additionally, some buses were purchased from Kawasaki Heavy Industries many years ago; these buses have been refurbished and are still in use.

In 2005, Gifu Bus began using non-step buses from Hino Motors to accommodate the aging population of the area. The company also uses hybrid buses made by Mitsubishi that were first used in Expo 2005 in neighboring Aichi Prefecture; most of these buses are operated by the Yanagase Branch Office. Hino Motors provided the hybrid buses used exclusively on the Shinai Loop Line.

The sightseeing and highway buses generally use Mitsubishi buses, but there are also a few made by Mercedes-Benz. Some of the larger model buses were built by the Belgian company Van Hool.

From Wikipedia’s article on Gifu Bus, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Apr 21, 1943Founded Founded1

Sources

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