Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, "Tateyama Tunnel Electric Bus" is scheduled to be in operation from April 15, 2025 (Tuesday)!

Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, one of the world's leading mountain tourism routes connecting Toyama and Nagano prefectures (operated by Tateyama Kurobe Kanko Co., Ltd.; head office: Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture), is scheduled to start operating the Tateyama Tunnel Electric Bus between Murodo and Daikanbo on April 15, 2025 (Tuesday).

What is the Tateyama Tunnel Electric Bus?

The Tateyama Tunnel Electric Bus is a new vehicle scheduled to be in operation from 2025, replacing the Tateyama Tunnel Trolleybus, which connected Murodo (2,450 m above sea level) and Daikanbo (2,316 m above sea level) on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route until Saturday, November 30, 2024. As befits the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, which is located in the Chubu-Sangaku National Park, the electric buses will be introduced to reduce the environmental burden and enable stable operation at high altitude in order to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.

Tateyama Tunnel Electric Bus

Running in the Tateyama Tunnel

About the wrapping design

All eight buses have different wrapping designs, featuring the Mikuri-ike Pond in Murodou-daira and other seasonal scenery representative of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, as well as a design collaborating with the animated film "Wolf Children: Rain and Snow" by Studio Chizu.

The wrapping design and the collaboration project with Studio Chizu are introduced in detail on the special website. Information on the electric bus-related events scheduled to be held from June will also be posted on the special site and SNS as needed.

■Tateyama Tunnel Electric Bus special site https://www.alpen-route.com/evbus/

Murodou-daira, Mikuri-ike Pond in summer

Logo mark with images of "light" and "future

About the collaboration project with Studio Chizu

What is the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route?

The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route is one of the world's most famous mountain tourism routes in Tateyama, Chubu-Sangaku National Park. Visitors can easily enjoy the spectacular views of the 3,000-meter-high Tateyama Mountain Range and Kurobe Dam by taking one of six different vehicles, including cable cars, buses, and ropeways, between Tateyama Station in Toyama Prefecture and Ogisawa Station in Nagano Prefecture.

Operating period in 2025 (tentative): April 15 (Tuesday) to November 30 (Sunday)

Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route Route Map