The Nishitetsu Group's bus business includes both the public transportation bus business and the tourist bus business.
The public transportation bus business is classified into two categories: general-route buses, which play an important role in supporting local lifestyles, and highway buses, which directly connect cities, mainly in the various prefectures of Kyushu.
The tourist bus business conducts community-based operations while actively working to acquire customers from outside the prefecture.
|
No. of buses |
No. of passengers (10,000 people) |
Transportation income (Millions of yen) |
Actual kilometers driven (10,000 km) |
|
|
Nishitetsu |
1,604 |
14,879 |
33,056 |
6,430 |
|
Group companies※ |
779 |
5,884 |
13,615 |
3,187 |
|
Nishitetsu Bus Group total |
2,383 |
20,763 |
46,672 |
9,617 |
- Eight companies in the Group: Nishitetsu Bus Kitakyushu Co., Ltd., Nishitetsu Bus Kurume Co., Ltd., Nishitetsu Bus Saga Co., Ltd., Nishitetsu Bus Omuta Co., Ltd., Nishitetsu Bus Chikuho Co., Ltd., Hita Bus Co., Ltd., Kamenoi Bus Co., Ltd., and Kitakyu Nishitetsu Kotsu Co., Ltd.
- However, passenger numbers, transport revenue, and actual vehicle mileage up to the end of September 2025 for the former Nishitetsu Bus Munakata Co., Ltd., and the former Nishitetsu Bus Futsukaichi Co., Ltd.—which were absorbed through a merger by Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd., on October 1, 2025—are included in the group companies.
- Leased vehicles are included in the borrower.
|
No. of vehicles |
Transportation income (Millions of yen) |
|
|
Nishitetsu |
53 |
487 |
|
Group Companies* |
168 |
3,100 |
|
Nishitetsu Bus Group Total |
221 |
3,587 |
- Nine companies in the Group: the former Nishitetsu Kanko Bus Co., Ltd., Nishitetsu Bus Kitakyushu Co., Ltd., Nishitetsu Bus Kurume Co., Ltd., Nishitetsu Bus Saga Co., Ltd., Nishitetsu Bus Omuta Co., Ltd., Nishitetsu Bus Chikuho Co., Ltd., Hita Bus Co., Ltd., Kamenoi Bus Co., Ltd., and Kitakyu Nishitetsu Kotsu Co., Ltd.
- However, passenger numbers, transport revenue, and actual vehicle mileage up to the end of September 2025 for the former Nishitetsu Bus Munakata Co., Ltd., and the former Nishitetsu Bus Futsukaichi Co., Ltd.—which were absorbed through a merger by Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd., on October 1, 2025—are included in the group companies.
- Leased vehicles are included in the borrower.
(As of March 31, 2026)
|
Product name |
Ticket types and prices |
Details |
||
|
Ecole Card |
University students, high school students, technical college students, designated school students |
1 month |
8,000 yen |
A commuter pass for students that allows unlimited rides (*2) on all Nishitetsu Group bus routes in the Fukuoka metropolitan area (6 cities and 1 county, but not including the Ito area) (*1). |
|
3 months |
22,800 yen |
|||
|
6 months |
43,200 yen |
|||
|
1 year |
76,800 yen |
|||
|
Junior high school and elementary school students |
Half of the above |
|||
|
Wide Ecole Card |
University students, high school students, technical college students, designated school students |
1 month |
11,500 yen |
A commuter pass for students that allows unlimited rides in the Fukuoka metropolitan area (*1) as well as Munakata City, Fukutsu City, Koga City, Asakura City, Asakura-gun, and Ito area. |
|
3 months |
32,800 yen |
|||
|
6 months |
62,100 yen |
|||
|
1 year |
110,400 yen |
|||
|
Junior high school and elementary school students |
Half of the above |
|||
|
Chikuho Ecole Card |
University students, high school students, technical college students, designated school students |
1 month |
19,500 yen |
A commuter pass for students that allows unlimited rides (*3) on local buses in the Fukuoka metropolitan area (*1) ,Munakata City, Fukutsu City, Koga City, Asakura City, Asakura-gun, Ito area and Chikuho area, as well as sections of limited express buses between Tenjin and Iizuka/Gotoji. |
|
3 months |
55,600 yen |
|||
|
6 months |
105,300 yen |
|||
|
1 year |
187,200 yen |
|||
|
Grand Pass 65 |
1 month |
6,300 yen |
A commuter pass for customers 65 years of age or older that allows unlimited rides on all Nishitetsu Group bus routes. (*4) In addition, half-fares are offered on express and limited express bus routes. |
|
|
3 months |
18,000 yen |
|||
|
6 months |
32,100 yen |
|||
|
1 year |
52,900 yen |
|||
|
Grand Pass 75 |
1 month |
5,000 yen |
A commuter pass for customers 75 years of age or older that allows unlimited rides on all Nishitetsu Group bus routes. (*4) In addition, half-fares are offered on express and limited express bus routes. |
|
|
3 months |
14,300 yen |
|||
|
6 months |
25,500 yen |
|||
|
1 year |
42,000 yen |
|||
|
Holiday Act Pass |
6 months |
13,700 yen |
A commuter pass that allows unlimited rides on all Nishitetsu Group general bus routes (*4) and half-fares on express and limited express bus routes on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays only. |
|
|
Daytime Pass |
1 month |
6,300 yen |
A commuter pass with unlimited rides in the Fukuoka metropolitan area (*1) limited to the h of 10:00 to 17:00. |
|
|
3 months |
18,000 yen |
|||
|
6 months |
34,000 yen |
|||
|
1 year |
64,300 yen |
|||
|
Toku Pass |
1 month |
17,000 yen |
A commuter pass that allows unlimited rides (*5) on all Nishitetsu Group general route buses in the Kitakyushu metropolitan area. |
|
|
3 months |
46,900 yen |
|||
|
6 months |
91,800 yen |
|||
|
Student Toku Pass |
University students, high school students, technical college students, designated school students |
1 month |
12,200 yen |
A commuter pass for students that allows unlimited rides (*5) on all Nishitetsu Group general route buses in the Kitakyushu metropolitan area. |
|
3 months |
33,600 yen |
|||
|
6 months |
65,200 yen |
|||
|
Fuku Toku Pass |
1 month |
21,600 yen |
A commuter passthat allows unlimited rides (*2) on all Nishitetsu Group bus routes in the Fukuoka metropolitan area (6 cities and 1 county, but not including the Ito area) (*1). |
|
|
3 months |
61,560 yen |
|||
|
6 months |
122,470 yen |
|||
*1 Fukuoka City, Kasuga City, Onojo City, Dazaifu City, Chikushino City, Kasuya County, Nakagawa City
*2 Highway buses, express buses, Fukuoka Open-Top Bus, and community buses operated by each municipality are not eligible.
*3 Highway buses, Fukuoka Open-Top Bus, Kitakyushu Open-Top Bus, and community buses operated by each municipality are not eligible.
*4 Kamenoi Bus, Fukuoka Open-Top Bus, Kitakyushu Open-Top Bus, and community buses operated by each municipality are not eligible. The discount for the Hita direction applies only between Tenjin/Hakata Station and Hita Bus Center.
*5 Highway buses, express buses, and community buses operated by each municipality are not eligible.
|
Product name |
Ticket types and prices |
Details |
|
|
Fukuoka City One-day Pass |
Adult ticket |
1,200 yen |
A one-day pass for unlimited rides on general buses in Fukuoka City. |
|
Child ticket |
600 yen |
||
|
Fukuoka City + Dazaifu Liner Bus “Tabito” One-day Pass |
Adult ticket |
2,100 yen |
A one-day pass that allows unlimited rides on general buses in Fukuoka City and the “Tabito” Dazaifu Liner Bus. |
|
Child ticket |
1,050 yen |
||
|
Kitakyushu Metropolitan Area One-day Pass |
Adult ticket |
1,200 yen |
A one-day pass for unlimited rides on the Nishitetsu Group's general route buses in the Kitakyushu metropolitan area. |
|
Child ticket |
600 yen |
||
|
Product name |
Ticket types and prices |
Details |
|
|
Fukuoka City 6-hour Pass |
Adult ticket |
700 yen |
A ticket that allows unlimited rides on general local buses in Fukuoka City for 6 hours. |
|
Child ticket |
350 yen |
||
|
Fukuoka City 24-hour Pass |
Adult ticket |
1,100 yen |
A ticket that allows unlimited rides on general local buses in Fukuoka City for 24 hours. |
|
Child ticket |
550 yen |
||
|
Fukuoka City + Dazaifu Liner Bus “Tabito” 24-hour Pass |
Adult ticket |
2,000 yen |
A ticket that allows unlimited rides for 24 hours on general local buses in Fukuoka City and the “Tabito” Dazaifu Liner Bus. |
|
Child ticket |
1,000 yen |
||
|
Kitakyushu Metropolitan Area 24-hour Pass |
Adult ticket |
1,000 yen |
A ticket that allows unlimited rides on Nishitetsu Group's general route buses in the Kitakyushu metropolitan area for 24 hours. |
|
Child ticket |
500 yen |
||
|
Kitakyushu Metropolitan Area 48-hour Pass |
Adult ticket |
1,800 yen |
A ticket that allows unlimited rides on the Nishitetsu Group's general route buses in the Kitakyushu metropolitan area for 48 hours. |
|
Child ticket |
900 yen |
||
|
Product name |
Ticket types and prices |
Details |
||
|
SUNQ Pass |
Northern Kyushu + Shimonoseki/Nagato |
3 days |
Digital ticket 10,000円 |
A ticket that allows unlimited rides on highway buses (except for the Southern Kyushu version), local buses, and 6 marine routes (5 routes for the Northern Kyushu version and 1 route for the Southern Kyushu version) in 7 prefectures in Kyushu (5 prefectures of Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, and Oita for the Northern Kyushu version and 3 prefectures of Kumamoto, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima for the Southern Kyushu version), Shimonoseki, and Nagato. |
|
Paper ticket 12,000円 |
||||
|
All Kyushu + Shimonoseki/Nagato |
3 days |
Digital ticket 12,000円 |
||
|
Paper ticket 14,000円 |
||||
|
4 days |
Digital ticket 15,000円 |
|||
|
Paper ticket 17,000円 |
||||
|
Southern Kyushu |
3 days |
Digital ticket 8,500円 |
||
|
Paper ticket 10,000円 |
||||
|
Route name |
Duration |
Fare |
Operation start date |
|
|
Fukuoka - Kitakyushu |
Nakatani-go |
1 h 39 min |
1,350 yen |
1980.3.8 |
|
Hikino-go |
1 h 35 min |
1,350 yen |
||
|
Itozu-go |
1 h 57 min |
1,350 yen |
||
|
Fukuoka - Yukuhashi |
1 h 56 min |
1,950 yen |
1988.4.1 |
|
|
Fukuoka - Shimonoseki (Fukufuku-go) |
1 h 40 min |
1,700 yen |
2001.3.1 |
|
|
Fukuoka - Nagato Yumoto Onsen/Hagi (Otozure-go) |
3 h 59 min |
4,900 yen |
2022.7.1 |
|
Fukuoka Airport
|
Fukuoka Airport - Kurume |
1 h 7 min |
1,260 yen |
1980.5.1 |
Kitakyushu Airport
|
Kokura - Kitakyushu Airport |
58 min |
710 yen |
2006.3.16 |
|
Orio/Kurosaki - Kitakyushu Airport |
1 h 25 min |
820 yen |
2006.3.16 |
|
Route name |
Duration (from Tenjin) |
Fare |
Operation start date |
|
|
Fukuoka/Kitakyushu - Tokyo (Hakata-go) |
Premium seat |
14 h 19 min |
From 19,800 yen |
1990.10.12 |
|
Business seat |
From 9,000 yen |
|||
|
Fukuoka/Kitakyushu - Nagoya (Dontaku-go) |
10 h 55 min |
From 14,000 yen |
1989.12.25 |
|
|
Route name |
Duration |
Fare |
Operation start date |
Saga area
|
Fukuoka - Saga (Wakakusu-go) |
1 h 16 min |
1,100 yen |
1979.12.23 |
|
Fukuoka Airport - Saga |
1 h 13 min |
1,300 yen |
1979.12.23 |
|
Saga Airport - Fukuoka *Limited operating days |
1 h 55 min |
2,000 yen |
2013.9.2 |
Nagasaki area
|
Fukuoka/Fukuoka Airport - Sasebo (Sasebo-go) |
2 h 10 min |
2,600 yen |
1982.10.1 |
|
Fukuoka/Fukuoka Airport - Huistenbosch |
2 h 11 min |
2,600 yen |
1992.3.25 |
|
Fukuoka - Shimabara (Shimabara-go) |
3 h 33 min |
3,400 yen |
1990.1.27 |
Kumamoto area
|
Fukuoka/Fukuoka Airport - Tsuetate/Kurokawa Onsen |
2 h 59 min |
3,770 yen |
2005.11.12 |
|
Fukuoka/Fukuoka Airport - Kumamoto (Hinokuni-go) |
2 h 16 min |
2,500 yen |
1973.11.17 |
Oita area
|
Fukuoka/Fukuoka Airport - Hita (Hita-go) |
1 h 35 min |
1,980 yen |
1981.8.1 |
|
Fukuoka/Fukuoka Airport - Beppu/Oita (Toyonokuni-go) |
2 h 47 min |
3,250 yen |
1989.6.16 |
|
Fukuoka Airport - Yufuin (Yufuin-go) |
2 h 22 min |
3,250 yen |
1982.3.20 |
Miyazaki area
|
Fukuoka - Miyazaki (Phoenix-go) |
4 h 47 min |
From 3,500 yen |
1988.4.29 |
|
Fukuoka/Fukuoka Airport - Nobeoka (Gokase-go) |
4 h 20 min |
From 5,000 yen |
1989.3.1 |
Kagoshima area
|
Fukuoka - Kagoshima (Sakurajima-go) |
4 h 15 min |
From 3,000 yen |
1990.3.22 |
*The routes listed are those of Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd., Nishitetsu Bus Kitakyushu Co., Ltd., Kamenoi Bus Co., Ltd., and Hita Bus Co., Ltd.
“Articulated buses” have about twice the transport capacity of a regular bus in a single vehicle.
They were introduced in Fukuoka city in August 2016 as part of an initiative with the city to form a new transportation system—the Urban Circulation BRT.
Currently, in addition to loop operations connecting the Tenjin, Hakata, and waterfront areas, they provide shuttle bus services between Hakata Station and Fukuoka Airport International Terminal as well as between Fukuoka Airport Domestic and International Terminals.
Also, as part of an initiative with Kitakyushu city to form a “BRT between hubs,” the busses were introduced in July 2019 and operate between Kokura and Kurosaki, Kokura and Tobata, and Tsunemi and Kokura.
GRANDAYS offers unprecedentedly spectacular and elegant bus trips. Limited to 12 seats, this private space is designed to hotel specifications for comfort and relaxation, and takes you to various carefully selected locations that can only be reached by bus.
Cycle buses, which allow bicycles to be brought on board the bus without disassembly, were introduced in April 2023. We aim to help stimulate demand for travel through cycle tourism, which is gaining momentum, and to further contribute to regional revitalization by investing the funds in cycle events and cycling tours in Kyushu.
This is a roofless double-decker bus that began operating in March 2012 and tours sightseeing spots in Fukuoka city. On March 28, 2026, we introduced two new vehicles.
They operate seasonally and provide limited-time event services, thus allowing passengers to enjoy the city of Fukuoka even more.
In March 2026, we began operating open-top buses in Kitakyushu city as well. There are two courses, Mojiko and Wakato Bridge, on which passengers can enjoy the historic buildings and scenery of Kitakyushu city.
The on-demand bus service “Knowroute” is a new service that enables customers to dispatch buses when they want to ride, via an app or phone call. Unlike a typical transit bus, which has a bus stop and a set schedule, this service operates between meeting points (boarding and alighting points) in the service area while calculating an efficient route according to the customer’s reservation. Demonstration runs have been taking place in the Island City district (Higashi Ward, Fukuoka) from April 2019 and in the Iki-Minami district (Nishi Ward, Fukuoka) from June 2020.
