Burlington Trailways
Burlington Trailways is an inter-city bus company based in West Burlington, Iowa.
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| Founded | 1929 |
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| Headquarters | West Burlington, Iowa |
| Service area | Western United States/Midwestern United States |
| Service type | Intercity bus |
| Alliance | Trailways Transportation System |
| Fleet | > 24 coaches[1] |
| Website | burlingtontrailways.com |
History
Burlington Trailways was founded in 1929 as the Burlington Transportation Company, a subsidiary of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. It started as a bus line that run through Highway 34. In 1934, the service expanded to Denver and Omaha and in 1935 from Chicago to California. In 1936 it was a charter member of the Trailways Transportation System, an association of independent intercity bus operators created to offset the growing strength of Greyhound Lines.[2][3][4]
In 1952, Burlington Transportation Company was renamed into Burlington Trailways.[4]
Notes
- Mashek, Kera (August 17, 2007). "Trailways buses upgraded". KHQA. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- Schwantes (2003), 187.
- Yago (1984), 172.
- "Trailways Travel". www.trailwaystravel.com. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
References
- Schwantes, Carlos A. (2003). Going places: transportation redefines the twentieth-century West. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-34202-3.
- Yago, Glenn (1984). The Decline of Transit: Urban Transportation in German and U.S. Cities, 1900-1970. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-25633-X.
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