Kuo-Kuang Motor Transportation
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| Founded | 15 June 2001 |
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| Headquarters | Sanchong, New Taipei, Taiwan |
| Website | www.kingbus.com.tw |
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. 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. 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.