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Last Updated January 14, 2022
City of Yokohama, Transportation Bureau was founded on April 1, 1921.
| Christian era | Year | Date | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1889 | 1889 | April 1 | Yokohama municipal organization enforcement |
| 1904 | 1904 | July 15 | Yokohama Electric Railway Co., Ltd. started its first train operation in the city (currently between Aokibashi Bridge and Sakuragicho). |
| 1921 | 1921 | April 1 | Born in Yokohama City Electric Power Station (the headquarters is Takigashira) Opened a municipal train (acquired Yokohama Electric Railway Co., Ltd.) |
| 1923 | 1923 | September 1 | Great Kanto Earthquake The entire line was opened on October 26, 2016 due to the completion of the earthquake disaster recovery work. |
| 1928 | 1928 | November 10 | Municipal bus operations commenced (Sengencho Automobile Branch Office) |
| 1933 | 1933 | February 3 | Chartered bus service start |
| 1935 | 1935 | December 23 | City sightseeing bus business starts |
| 1941 | 1941 | December 8 | The Pacific War begins |
| 1945 | 1945 | May 29 | Devastating damage caused by the Great Yokohama Air Raid (45 trains and 53 buses burned down) |
| 1945 | 1945 | August 15 | End of the war |
| 1946 | 1946 | May 31 | The electric station was renamed Transportation Bureau |
| 1952 | 1952 | May 12 | Start using the one-mancar of the bus |
| 1952 | 1952 | October 1 | Local Public Enterprise Law enforced. Both trains and buses are subject to independent accounting based on corporate accounting. |
| 1959 | 1959 | July 16 | Started trolley bus operations |
| 1966 | 1966 | November 1 | Start of transportation business finance reconstruction plan (14 years, development of streetcar abolition plan) |
| 1972 | 1972 | April 1 | Total elimination of trains and trolley buses |
| 1972 | 1972 | December 16 | Subway opening (between Isezaki-Chojamachi and Kamiooka) |
| 1974 | 1974 | March 6 | Start of the Second Fiscal Reconstruction Plan (15 years) |
| 1976 | 1976 | September 4 | Subway opening (between Isezaki-Chojamachi and Yokohama, between Kamiooka and Kaminagaya) |
| 1985 | 1985 | March 14 | Subway opening (between Yokohama and Shin-Yokohama, between Kaminagaya and Maioka) |
| 1987 | 1987 | May 24 | Subway opening (between Maioka and Tozuka) |
| 1988 | 1988 | March 31 | End of the Second Fiscal Reconstruction Plan |
| 1989 | 1989 | August 27 | Main opening of subway Totsuka Station |
| 1993 | 1993 | March 18 | Subway opening (Shin-Yokohama-Azami Noma) |
| 1993 | 1993 | July 21 | Establishment of Yokohama City Transportation Business Management Soundness Committee |
| 1994 | 1994 | August 9 | Report of Yokohama City Transportation Business Management Soundness Committee |
| 1996 | 1996 | February 17 | Establishment of a subway Shinba depot |
| 1998 | 1998 | October 10 | Birth of the municipal traffic image character "Hamarin" |
| 1999 | 1999 | March 31 | Abolition of chartered tourism bus business |
| 1999 | 1999 | August 29 | Subway opening (between Tozuka and Shonandai) Changed station name from Shin-Yokohama Kita Station to Kita Shin-Yokohama Station |
| 2000 | 2000 | October 28 | Start of 100 yen bus operation in Minato Mirai 21 district |
| 2003 | 2003 | March 13 | Municipal transportation business way Exploratory Committee setting |
| 2003 | 2003 | September 3 | Report of the Review Committee (subway) |
| 2004 | 2004 | January 22 | Review Committee Report (Bus) |
| 2004 | 2004 | December 1 | Subway station outsourcing started |
| 2005 | 2005 | March 28 | Sightseeing spot tour bus "Akaikutsu" service started |
| 2006 | 2006 | March 26 | Abolished bus Noba office |
| 2006 | 2006 | November 24 | Formulation of bus reorganization plan |
| 2007 | 2007 | March 18 | Start using IC cards |
| 2007 | 2007 | March 31 | Abolished bus Kohoku New Town Sales Office |
| 2007 | 2007 | December 15 | Start of one-man subway operation |
| 2008 | 2008 | February 9 | Start of bus service outsourcing |
| 2008 | 2008 | March 30 | Subway Green Line (between Nakayama and Hiyoshi) opened |
| 2015 | 2015 | July 18 | Subway Blue Line Rapid Operation Start |
| 2016 | 2016 | October 1 | Burari sightseeing SAN route service start (city sightseeing bus business abolition) |
| 2019 | 2019 | October 31 | Pier Line operation started |
| 2020 | 2020 | July 23 | Continuous bus "BAYSIDE BLUE" (Bayside Blue) service started |
Inquiries to this page
Transportation Bureau General Affairs Department General Affairs Division
Telephone: 045-671-3147
Telephone: 045-671-3147
Fax: 045-322-3911
Email address: kt-somu@city.yokohama.jp
Page ID: 100-087-753