JR Bus Tōhoku (ジェイアールバス東北株式会社, Jeiāru Basu Tōhoku Kabushiki-gaisha) is an operator of inter-city and regional bus lines based in the Tōhoku region of Japan. A subsidiary of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) group, JR Bus Tohoku is one of eight JR Bus companies within Japan Railways Group (JR Group).
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JR Bus Tohoku was established on 5 March 1988 the same as JR Bus Kanto by splitting from JR East Bus. This bus company was actually established as JR East Bus Tohoku Branch the same as JR East was established on 1 April 1987. This firm operates routes connecting the Tohoku region to the Tokyo metropolitan area and cities within the region, as well as regional routes providing intra-regional service.