J.S Bus

J.S Bus (Chinese: 捷順交通; full name 捷順交通股份有限公司) was a Taiwanese bus operator and a member of the 路得寶交通集團 (Ludebao Transportation Group). Its core business was operating urban bus routes in Taoyuan City, Taichung City, and Penghu County. The company entered the Taichung city bus market on 30 April 2016, taking over routes 356, 357, and 359 from 臺中客運 (Taichung Bus) and 統聯客運 (Ubus). In doing so, it purchased electric buses from 凱勝綠能科技股份有限公司 (Kaisheng Green Energy Technology), becoming the first operator in Taichung to use the Kaisheng K9 electric bus across its fleet. The brand positioned itself around green, electric public transport. However, in November 2023 a wage arrears scandal erupted across several of its Taichung city bus routes, and from 23 December 2023 the routes stopped running. The company is therefore best understood as a defunct regional bus brand that briefly pioneered electric bus operations in central Taiwan.

J.S Bus (捷順交通股份有限公司) was a bus operator under the 路得寶交通集團 (Ludebao Transportation Group). Its main business covered urban bus services in Taoyuan City, Taichung City, and Penghu County. The company entered the Taichung city bus market on 30 April 2016, when it took over routes 356, 357, and 359 from 臺中客運 (Taichung Bus) and 統聯客運 (Ubus). As part of this expansion, it procured electric buses from 凱勝綠能科技股份有限公司 (Kaisheng Green Energy Technology), becoming the first operator in Taichung to fully adopt the Kaisheng K9 electric bus model. This gave the brand a distinct green-transport identity in a market still dominated by diesel buses. However, the company later ran into financial trouble. In November 2023, a wage arrears scandal broke out across several of its Taichung city bus routes. The situation deteriorated, and from 23 December 2023, its routes stopped dispatching buses altogether. The brand effectively ceased operations, leaving a legacy as an early electric bus pioneer in Taichung that ultimately could not sustain its business.

• Took over Taichung city bus routes 356, 357, and 359 from Taichung Bus and Ubus, entering the Taichung market.

• Purchased electric buses from Kaisheng Green Energy Technology, becoming the first Taichung operator to fully use the Kaisheng K9 electric bus.

• Wage arrears scandal broke out across multiple Taichung city bus routes.

• All routes ceased operation.

Regional electric bus operator under the 路得寶交通集團, pioneering all-electric fleets in Taichung before financial difficulties led to closure.

• Taichung city bus routes 356, 357, 359

  Urban bus routes taken over from Taichung Bus and Ubus in 2016.

• Kaisheng K9 electric bus fleet

  Electric buses procured from Kaisheng Green Energy Technology, making J.S Bus the first Taichung operator to fully adopt them.

• Wage arrears scandal

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1. 1J.S Bus - Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2捷順交通 - 维基百科zh.wikipedia.org