In 1929, Greyhound acquired additional interests in the Gray Line and part of the Colonial Motor Coach Company to form Eastern Greyhound Lines. The first transcontinental bus trip was made in 1928 by competitor Yelloway-Pioneer System, In 1929, Wickman purchased two West Coast operations, the Yelloway-Pioneer System and the Pickwick Lines, creating a national intercity bus company. and was offering trips in places from California to New York. Wickman continued to expand it so that in 1928, the Greyhound system had a gross annual income of $6 million. Through most of the mid-1920s, the parent company was named Motor Transit Corporation. Stone later became General Sales Manager of Yellow Truck and Coach, a division of General Motors (GM), which built Greyhound buses. The Greyhound name became popular across the bus network but only later gave its name to Greyhound Corporation. The reflection reminded him of a greyhound dog, and he adopted that name for that segment of the Blue Goose Lines. While passing through a small town, Ed Stone, the route's operator, saw the reflection of his 1920s era bus in a store window. The Greyhound name had its origins in the inaugural run of a route from Superior, Wisconsin to Wausau, Wisconsin. In 1922, Wickman joined forces with Orville Caesar, the owner of Superior White Bus Lines. The company made $8,000 in profit in its first year.īy the end of World War I in 1918, Wickman owned 18 buses and was making an annual profit of $40,000. In 1915, Wickman joined forces with Ralph Bogan, who was running a similar service from Hibbing to Duluth, Minnesota, to form the Mesaba Transportation Company. The fledgling company transported iron ore miners from Hibbing to Alice at 15 cents a ride. Although unsuccessful as a car salesman, Wickman used a seven-passenger car to begin a bus service with Andy "Bus Andy" Anderson and C.A.A. That same year, he became a Hupmobile salesman in Hibbing, Minnesota. In 1905, he moved to the United States where he worked as a drill operator at a mine in Alice, Minnesota, until he was laid off in 1914. History 1914–1930: Early years Ĭarl Eric Wickman was born in Sweden in 1887. 1.4.5 2001: Trailways-Laidlaw mergers and bankruptcy.1.4.4 Early 1990s: Bankruptcy and antitrust cases.
1.4 1983–2001: Consolidation, strikes, and bankruptcies.1.3 1945–1983: Expansion, desegregation, and diversification.Greyhound is the largest motorcoach operators in the United States. Since October 2021, Greyhound is a subsidiary of German transportation company Flixmobility, but has been based in Dallas, Texas, since 1987. The company's first route began in Hibbing, Minnesota, in 1914 and the company adopted the Greyhound name in 1929. Greyhound Lines, Inc., usually shortened to Greyhound, is an intercity bus common carrier serving more than 3,800 destinations across North America. Trailways, Jefferson Lines, Indian Trails, Barons Bus, and othersġ23 routes (includes Greyhound Express routes)ġ,700 motorcoaches mostly MCI 102D元, G4500, D4505, and Prevost X3-45
The busses were tested and optimized by bus drivers and driving instructors.Greyhound Lines Prevost X3-45 in New York City in August 2009ġ914 107 years ago ( 1914) by Carl Wickman
Construction sites, traffic jams and accidents will challenge you as a bus driver to keep up with the schedule. True to original passenger announcements provide a realistic atmosphere. The interior and exterior of the bus is modeled to the last detail. Like in reality at the bus stations passengers already holding a valid ticket can get on right away while the other passengers have to buy a ticket from you.īoth MAN busses are equipped with original cockpits including all functions. Time passes at a scale of 1:10, so that the individual tours last not too long.
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