Burlington Trailways

A Burlington Trailways bus in Iowa City
Founded	1929
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

Burlington Trailways is an intercity bus company based in West Burlington, Iowa.

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 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

• Burlington, Iowa
• Davenport, Iowa
• Des Moines, Iowa
• Iowa City, Iowa
• Omaha, Nebraska

Routes

As of September 2022, Burlington Trailways operates the following routes. Intermediate stops are not listed.^[5]

See also

• Jefferson Lines
• List of intercity bus stops in Illinois
• List of intercity bus stops in Iowa

Notes

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.

External links

• Burlington Trailways official site