Kuo-Kuang Motor Transportation

Kuo-Kuang Motor Transportation (Chinese: 國光客運; pinyin: Guóguāng Kèyùn) is a bus company in Taiwan.

Kuo-Kuang Motor Transportation Co., Ltd.
國光汽車客運股份有限公司
Show-Der Building which houses Kuo-Kuang Motor Transportation headquarters
Founded15 June 2001 (2001-06-15)
HeadquartersSanchong, New Taipei, Taiwan
Websitewww.kingbus.com.tw

History

Kuo-Kuang was established on July 1, 2001 as a result of the privatization of state-owned Taiwan Motor Transport (臺灣汽車客運公司).[1] After the state-run company announced its intention to close, some 1,090 employees each contributed NT$300,000 in order to raise the funds necessary to purchase the firm's assets and relaunch the service as Kuo-Kuang.[2] As of 2013, the company's fleet comprised more than 1,200 buses.[3] In January 2016, the final Greyhound buses still being used on regular Kuo-Kuang routes were retired.[4] In November that year, Kuo-Kuang's Taipei Main Station location was moved following the demolition of its historic Taipei West Bus Station home.[5]

Incidents

On 23 November 2015, the driver of a Kuo-Kuang bus traveling from Taipei to Taichung pulled over on a freeway after an electrical fire broke out. While the driver and passengers were waiting outside the bus, a truck drove into their vehicle, killing the driver and one passenger and injuring 13 more.[6]

On 2 June 2017, a Kuo-Kuang bus heading from Pingtung to Taichung crashed in poor weather, killing one person and injuring 31 others.[7]

On 10 June 2019, a southbound Kuo-Kuang bus collided with the rare of a flatbed semi-trailer along National freeway 1 killing the bus driver and injuring 7 passengers.[8]

On 13 July 2020, a Kuo-Kuang bus en route to Taipei rear-ended a truck on National freeway 1 injuring 13 passengers.[9]

References
  1. https://ir.nctu.edu.tw/handle/11536/69885
  2. https://chinapost.nownews.com/20020703-144668
  3. http://englishnews.ftv.com.tw/read.aspx?sno=48F7E43F8FC71829C8A8D943735A92BA
  4. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/01/22/2003637797
  5. http://focustaiwan.tw/topic/eng_forum/17/201611030001.aspx
  6. http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/society/breakingnews/1518164
  7. http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/society/breakingnews/2087434
  8. Everington, Keoni (11 June 2019). "2 Taiwan bus crashes in one day leave 4 dead, 21 injured". Taiwan News. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  9. Charlier, Phillip (2020-07-13). "13 injured in freeway bus accident". Taiwan English News. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
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