page_title: Taipei Joint Bus System
section_title: Overview
hierarchical_section_title: Taipei Joint Bus System / Overview
caption_attribution_description: 中文（台灣）‎: 欣欣客運大客車AG-555停靠臺北市羅斯福路公車專用道候車亭。English: Shin-Shin Bus AG-555 at bus stop on Roosevelt Road exclusive bus lane, Taipei City.
context_page_description: The Taipei Joint Bus System is a bus system that serves the greater metropolitan area of Taipei, Taiwan. It is administered by the Taipei Joint Bus Service Management Center, the Taipei City Traffic Bureau, and the New Taipei City Traffic Bureau, and is operated by 15 private agencies. It includes the bus systems of Taipei City and New Taipei City, and has a coordinated numbering and fare system.
context_section_description: The system is jointly operated by 15 individual bus transit agencies, sharing the same fare structure, ticketing process, and route numbering. Although most routes are operated by a single agency, there are routes co-operated by two agencies.
  The 15 agencies are:
  Tatu-huei, Metropolitan Transport Company Ltd. (Chinese: 大都會客運) (Originally Taipei City Bus Administration, part of the city government, later privatised.)
  Hsinhsin Bus (Chinese: 欣欣客運)
  Tayiu Bus (Chinese: 大有巴士)
  Ta-nan Bus (Chinese: 大南汽車)
  Kuanghua Bus (Chinese: 光華巴士)
  Chunghsing Bus (Chinese: 中興巴士)
  Chihnan Bus (Chinese: 指南客運)
  Taipei Bus (Chinese: 台北客運)
  Sanchung Bus (Chinese: 三重客運)
  Capitol Bus (Chinese: 首都客運)
  Hsintien Bus (Chinese: 新店客運)
  Hsinho Bus (Chinese: 欣和客運)
  Tanshuei Bus (Chinese: 淡水客運)
  Tungnan Bus (Chinese: 東南客運)
  Keelung Bus (Chinese: 基隆客運)
  Fuho Bus (Chinese: 福和客運) was previously part of the system, but left in 2009.
  Each bus operating agency participating in the joint alliance formed a committee overseeing a joint-venture management centre. 
  The alliance shares stops and waiting areas, and operates universal ticketing and fare structures. All revenue generated is collected by the management center and is then distributed to individual operators to meet their expenditure needs. Each operator retains control of its own structure, assets, revenue vehicles, and legal liabilities.
  Furthermore, Taipei City Traffic Bureau makes a bi-annual service quality evaluation of each operating agency. This evaluation is used as a reference with regard to an operator's application for new routes and, the public transit subsidisation. New Taipei City Traffic Bureau evaluates New Taipei-administered operators separately.
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caption: Roosevelt Road
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