greyhound bus schedules and ticket prices

Īlso in 1930, the company moved from Duluth, Minnesota to Chicago, Illinois. According to company lore, that name came from a driver, Ed Stone, who was reminded of a greyhound when he saw a passing bus in a reflection.

Recognizing the need for a more memorable name, the partners of the Motor Transit Corporation changed its name to The Greyhound Corporation after the Greyhound name used by earlier bus lines.

1930–1945 įront view of a Greyhound Lines Super Coach in Maryland (1938 photo) ( side view)īy 1930, more than 100 bus lines had been consolidated into the parent company, then called Motor Transit Corporation. It also acquired an interest in Northland Transportation Company and renamed it Northland Greyhound Lines. In 1929, the company acquired additional interests in Gray Line Worldwide and part of the Colonial Motor Coach Company to form Eastern Greyhound Lines. In 1929, the company acquired the Yelloway-Pioneer System, which in 1928 made the first transcontinental bus trip, and The Pickwick Corporation. The company continued to expand and, in 1928, it had income of $6 million and was offering trips all over the United States. In 1928, Anderson and Bogan disbanded and sold most of the routes of the Mesaba Transportation Company to Northland. In 1925, the company completed the $2.5 million acquisition of eight independent bus lines in Minnesota. Caesar, who had strong business acumen, mechanical skills, and ambition, eventually became president of the company. In 1924, Wickman formed Northland, which acquired the Superior-White Company its founder, Orville S. Wickman and Heed then moved to Duluth and acquired White Bus Lines.

In 1922, Wickman and Heed sold their interests in the company to Bogan and Anderson. By 1918, the company had 18 vehicles and annual income of $40,000. In December 1915, Wickman merged his company with that of 19-year-old Ralph Bogan, who was running a similar transportation service from Hibbing to Duluth, Minnesota, to form the Mesaba Transportation Company. In 1915, he added a 15-mile route to Nashwauk, Minnesota. However, he agreed to continue on by reducing his driving duties. Wickman almost gave up after the first winter due to the harsh driving conditions in Minnesota. 'Arvid' Heed to transport iron ore miners two miles from Hibbing to Alice for 15 cents per ride. He became a Hupmobile salesman in Hibbing, Minnesota, and, when he could not sell the first seven-passenger Hupmobile that he received, he began using it along with fellow Swedish immigrant Andy 'Bus Andy' Anderson and C. A. A. In 1914, Eric Wickman, a 27-year-old Swedish immigrant, was laid off from his job as a drill operator at a mine in Alice, Minnesota. The company is owned by Flix North America, Inc., an affiliate of Flixbus, and is based in Downtown Dallas. The company's first route began in Hibbing, Minnesota in 1914 and the company adopted the Greyhound name in 1929. Greyhound operates 1,700 coach buses produced mainly by Motor Coach Industries and Prevost serving 230 stations and 1,700 destinations. Services include Greyhound Mexico, charter bus services, and Amtrak Thruway services. ( Greyhound) operates the largest intercity bus service in North America. A Prevost X3-45 operated by Greyhound in New York City, August 2009ġ914 109 years ago ( 1914) by Carl Wickman in Hibbing, Minnesota, United Statesġ23 routes (includes Greyhound Express routes)ġ,700 motorcoaches mostly Motor Coach Industries 102D元, G4500, D4505, and Prevost Car X3-45

Greyhound bus schedules and ticket prices