JR Bus Tōhoku (ジェイアールバス東北株式会社, Jeiāru Basu Tōhoku Kabushiki-gaisha) is an operator of inter-city and regional bus lines based in the
Tōhoku region of
Japan. A subsidiary of the
East Japan Railway Company (JR East) group, JR Bus Tohoku is one of eight
JR Bus companies within
Japan Railways Group (JR Group).
Outline
JR Bus Tohoku was established on 5 March 1988 the same as
JR Bus Kanto by splitting from JR East Bus. This bus company was actually established as JR East Bus Tohoku Branch the same as
JR East was established on 1 April 1987. This firm operates routes connecting the Tohoku region to the
Tokyo metropolitan area and cities within the region, as well as regional routes providing intra-regional service.