Burlington Trailways is an intercity bus company based in West Burlington, Iowa.
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 A Burlington Trailways bus in Iowa City | |
| Founded | 1929 |
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| Headquarters | West Burlington, Iowa, U.S. |
| Service area | Western United States/Midwestern United States |
| Service type | Intercity bus |
| Alliance | Trailways Transportation System, Greyhound Lines |
| Fleet | > 24 coaches[1] |
| Website | burlingtontrailways.com |
History
editBurlington 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 ran 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]
Primary Hubs
editRoutes
editAs of September 2022, Burlington Trailways operates the following routes. Intermediate stops are not listed.[5]
- 1201 Chicago to Omaha, Nebraska
- 1202 Omaha, Nebraska to Chicago
- 1205 Chicago to Des Moines, Iowa
- 1208 Des Moines, Iowa to Chicago
- 1401 Indianapolis to Denver
- 1402 Denver to Indianapolis
- 1489 Cedar Rapids, Iowa to St. Louis
- 1490 St. Louis to Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- 1491 Chicago to Burlington, Iowa
- 1492 Waterloo, Iowa to Chicago
- 1493 Dubuque, Iowa to Burlington, Iowa
- 1494 Burlington, Iowa to Dubuque, Iowa
- 1496 Burlington, Iowa to Davenport, Iowa
- 1498 Davenport, Iowa to Waterloo, Iowa
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Trailways Travel". www.trailwaystravel.com. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Trailways Transportation System". Retrieved October 8, 2024.
References
edit- 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.