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Kuo-Kuang Motor Transportation Co., Ltd.
國光汽車客運股份有限公司
Founded15 June 2001 (2001-06-15)
HeadquartersSanchong, New Taipei, Taiwan
Service typeBus services
Websitewww.kingbus.com.tw
Kuo-kuang Bus Terminal in Taipei

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

History

Kuo-Kuang was established on July 1, 2001, as a result of the privatization of state-owned Taiwan Motor Transport [zh]. 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.

The last MCI 96A3 was retired in 2016

As of 2013, the company's fleet comprised more than 1,200 buses. In January 2016, the final Greyhound buses still being used on regular Kuo-Kuang routes were retired. In November that year, Kuo-Kuang's Taipei Main Station location was moved following the demolition of its historic Taipei West Bus Station home.

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.

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

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.

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

References

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  4. "Greyhound buses to run final journey - Taipei Times". 22 January 2016.
  5. "Taipei West Bus Station passes into history - Focus Taiwan".
  6. "國光客運電視起火 停路肩遭撞2死13傷 - 社會". 23 November 2015.
  7. "國道3號客運追撞貨櫃車 司機慘死、30輕重傷 - 社會". 2 June 2017.
  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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