Shinki Bus


Shinki Bus Co., Ltd is a transport company based in Himeji, Japan, operating local bus services in Hyogo prefecture and other services mainly related to transport and tourism.

History

The company was founded on 10 March 1927 under the name of Shinki Automobile in Kobe. In 1947 the company moved and settled in Himeji, renamed as Shinki Co Automotive. In 1956, the company changed its name back to its original name. In May 1972, the company again modifies its name to become Shinki Bus, the current name.

Vehicles

Currently, four models of Mitsubishi Fuso, Isuzu, Hino, Nissan Diesel, Nissan Civilian, Toyota Coaster, Toyota Hiace are introduced. Electric cars and high-speed cars were unified in MFTBC for a long time, but in 2005 two Hino and Selega were introduced. The most noteworthy point in coloring is the painting of charter cars. This was introduced in 1990, graphic designer Kazumasa Nagai designed that was requested to, in the article of the bus magazine is that it was also introduced as a "designer brand tour bus".The earlier chartered car design has been used as a design for high-speed vehicles for daytime even after that. The night express bus is a design that arranged Himeji Castle. In the first vehicle, the base color was a blue color, but the base color has been changed when updating the vehicle. The nickname of "Orange Arrow Strand SANDA" was publicly recruited and named. Shin-Sanda Station and Mita Station part of the pre-arrival and departure has been used in routes, capacity has become from usual route bus from about 40 people to 116 people. Regular sightseeing bus "Sky Bus Kobe" with open top bus borrows Neo Plan Skyliner and Neo Plan Space Liner of "Sky Bus Tokyo" from Hinomaru Auto Industry Co., Ltd.

Group companies

Consolidated subsidiary