Kobe Municipal Transportation Bureau

Kōbe Municipal Transportation Bureau (神戸市交通局, Kōbe-shi kōtsū-kyoku) is an agency of the city government of Kobe, Japan that operates municipal subways and city buses. Previously, it also operated city trams.

Kōbe Municipal Transportation Bureau

Kobe Municipal Transportation Bureau headquarters
Native name	神戸市交通局
Romanized name	Kōbe-shi kōtsū-kyoku
Company type	Transportation authority
Industry	Transportation
Founded	1 August 1917
Headquarters	Hyogo-ku, Kobe, Japan
Website	Official website

Kobe City Bus

Subway

• Kobe Municipal Subway
  • Seishin-Yamate Line
  • Kaigan Line
  • Hokushin Line

Bus

• Kobe City Bus

Tram

Kobe City Tram in 1961

The city tram of Kobe opened in 1910 by a private company and was purchased by the city government in 1917. As of 1952, it operated 35.6 km of tracks. The tram system was totally abolished by 1971. Between 1917 and 1971, the trams operated approximately 600 million kilometers and transported 5.6 billion passengers.^[1]