although the community bus yawata route was at first established for testing purpose to conduct a real-world evaluation for the period of one year , the operation period of the route was later extended for another year from the first expiration date of the test in 2006 , and again another year from the second expiration date of the test in 2007 . この経路は、当初は1年間の試験運行とされていたが、現在はその期間を1年延長し、2007年に更に1年延長している。
because the number of passengers did not meet the target estimate , the administration of the yawata city north-south bus route decided to extend the test operation period until the end of june 2009 , although the administration decided to discontinue the route after this testing period without re-launching the route as a regular service ( ' the asahi shinbun (newspaper )' south kyoto edition: the announcement by the yawata city administration office posted at yawata city city hall on march 5 , 2009 ). 乗客数が目標に達しなかったため、6月まで運行を継続して廃止予定（『朝日新聞』南京都版 2009年3月5日付、八幡市役所の案内看板）
