Private company

Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau

Logo: 大阪市電気局, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Former Transportation Bureau in Osaka, Japan

Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau (大阪市交通局, Ōsaka-shi Kōtsū-kyoku) was the public department of transportation of the city of Osaka, Japan that existed from 1903 to 2018. It operated the municipal subway lines, the New Tram, and the city buses that have replaced the remaining lines of the municipal tram network. On April 1, 2018, the bureau was split into two private companies: Osaka Rapid Electric Tramway K.K. (known as Osaka Metro) and Osaka City Bus.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Sep 12, 1903Founded1
Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau1
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau (大阪市交通局, Ōsaka-shi Kōtsū-kyoku) was the public department of transportation of the city of Osaka, Japan that existed from 1903 to 2018. It operated the municipal subway lines, the New Tram, and the city buses that have replaced the remaining lines of the municipal tram network.2

Corporate structure

Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau sits at the top of its group. 1 entity, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau Osaka
    • Imazatosuji Line Owned · Osaka, Japan
    • Yotsubashi Line Owned · Osaka, Japan

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Imazatosuji Line
  • Yotsubashi Line

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Products and brands

Municipal trams: 1903–1969

City trolleybuses: 1953–1970

Municipal subway: 1933–2018 (8 lines; Surutto KANSAI Cards and IC cards (PiTaPa and ICOCA) accepted)

New Tram: 1981–2018

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City buses: 1927–2018 (103 regular bus routes, 29 red bus routes)

From Wikipedia’s article on Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

  • Imazatosuji Line
  • Yotsubashi Line

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by Osaka City Bus1
  2. Succeeded by Osaka Metro1

Timeline

  1. Mar 31, 2018Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Sep 12, 1903Founded Founded in Ōsaka-shi1