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The Metropolitan Expressway Public Corporation (responsible for the Shuto Expressway) was established in 1959, and the Hanshin Expressway Public Corporation (responsible for the Hanshin Expressway) was established in 1962. By 2004 the lengths of their networks had extended to 283 kilometres (175.8 mi) and 234 kilometres (145.4 mi) respectively.
Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal or Busta Shinjuku (バスタ新宿) is a major bus terminal that opened at Shinjuku Station South on 4 April 2016. It is the first integrated bus terminal in Greater Tokyo, and the largest in Japan, serving once scattered companies.
The expressway is a short connector route linking Chūgoku Expressway with the Sanyō Expressway.. Although the route officially originates at Hiroshima Junction, the southern terminus and terminates at Hiroshima-kita Junction, the northern terminus, exit numbers and kilometer markings originate from Hiroshima-kita Junction.
The Ministry of Railways of Japan started its first bus operation in Aichi Prefecture in 1930 and gradually expanded bus routes. The Japanese National Railways (JNR), public corporation established in 1949, succeeded the bus operations, then called Kokutetsu Bus or JNR Bus. In 1987, JNR was divided into regional railway companies together with ...
The expressway is also numbered E1A, E52 and E69 under the "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering". [2] Shin-Tōmei Expressway provides a more direct and shorter route between Tokyo and Nagoya compared to the Tōmei Expressway and avoids most city centres along the way. Its western terminus connects with Isewangan Expressway in ...
Shikoku Kōsoku Bus Co., Ltd. (四国高速バス株式会社, Shikoku Kōsoku Basu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a bus company in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. The company operates only expressway route buses. The company operates only expressway route buses.
Jōshin-etsu (上信越) is a kanji acronym consisting of 3 characters, each representing the former names of the prefectures that the route traverses. Kōzuke Province (上野国) consists of present-day Gunma Prefecture, Shinano Province (信濃国) consists of present-day Nagano Prefecture, and Echigo Province (越後国) consists of present-day Niigata Prefecture.
Road passenger and freight transport expanded considerably during the 1980s as private ownership of motor vehicles greatly increased along with the quality and extent of the nation's roads. Bus companies including the JR Bus companies operate long-distance bus services on the nation's expanding expressway network. In addition to relatively low ...