Private company
Sapporo City Transportation Bureau
Logo: Takoi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Transportation bureau in Sapporo, Japan
Sapporo City Transportation Bureau (札幌市交通局, Sapporo-shi Kōtsū-kyoku) is a public organization of transportation in Sapporo, Japan. The organization operates subways and a tram. It was founded in 1927, when the city took private tram lines.2 It is headquartered in Ohyachi.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industryrailway1
- HeadquartersOhyachi1
- Websitewww.city.sapporo.jp/st
- Legal formJapanese Regional Company1
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Sapporo City Transportation Bureau (札幌市交通局, Sapporo-shi Kōtsū-kyoku) is a public organization of transportation in Sapporo, Japan. The organization operates subways and a tram. It was founded in 1927, when the city took private tram lines. The bureau also started to operate bus lines from 1930, subways from 1971. However, from 1990s, the bureau has been suffering from huge deficits. It handed over its bus lines to a private operator in 2004. The bureau introduced a smart card called SAPICA on January 30, 2009.2
Corporate structure
Sapporo City Transportation Bureau sits at the top of its group. 3 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Sapporo City Transportation Bureau Ohyachi
- Sapporo Streetcar Subsidiary
- Sapporo Transportation Service Promotion Corporation Subsidiary · Ōdōri Station, Japan
- Ichijō–Yamahana Streetcar Line Owned · Sapporo, Japan
- Sapporo Municipal Subway Owned · Sapporo, 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 Sapporo City 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)
- Ichijō–Yamahana Streetcar Line
- Sapporo Municipal Subway
- Sapporo Streetcar
Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1
Subsidiaries and ownership
Subsidiaries
Also owns
- Ichijō–Yamahana Streetcar Line
- Sapporo Municipal Subway
- Sapporo Streetcar
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
- Dec 1927Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.city.sapporo.jp/st1
- X (Twitter)x.com/sapporokotsu_PR1
- WikipediaSapporo City Transportation Bureau
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ5359399
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1
- 2
- 3Wikimedia CommonsSapporo City Transportation Bureau logo by Takoi, Public domain
- 4Wikimedia CommonsSapporo City Transportation Bureau photo by Ninosan, CC0