SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN TEXAS Update: 11/6/2012
KERRVILLE BUS COMPANY is no longer a separate scheduled intercity carrier. Their former routes are now basically served by Concho Coach Lines, Greyhound Lines, Jefferson Lines, and Megabus as follows:
CONCHO COACH LINES – Now operates the former (modified) San Angelo-Sterling City-Garden City-Midland Kerrville route. Greyhound interlines over Concho Coach Lines to and from San Angelo only.
GREYHOUND LINES – Now operates these former Kerrville routes: Texarkana-Marshall-Longview-Kilgore-Henderson-Nacogdoches-Lufkin-Livingston-Houston San Antonio-Kerrville-Junction-Fort Stockton-El Paso
JEFFERSON LINES – Now operates the former Ft Smith-Mena-DeQueen-Lockesburg-Texarkana Kerrville route.
MEGABUS – Now operates these former Kerrville routes with a few modifications and extensions. (Megabus does not interline these routes with anyone, including other Megabus routes): Texarkana-Shreveport-Carthage-Nacogdoches-Lufkin-Livingston-Humble-Houston Houston-LaGrange-Austin Houston-Prairie View-Brenham-Giddings-Austin Houston-LaMarque-Galveston San Antonio-Fort Stockton-El Paso San Antonio-San Angelo-Big Spring-Lubbock San Antonio-Uvalde-Eagle Pass-Del Rio Dallas-Big Spring-Midland-El Paso
A significant number of former Kerrville stops were eliminated and are now no longer served by anyone. They are as follows:
TEXAS – Bastrop, Blanket, Boerne, Brady, Brownwood, Castroville, Center, Center Point, Christoval, Cleveland, Comanche, Comfort, Corrigan, Cross Timbers, Dallas West, D Hanis, Dublin, Eden, Eldorado, Elgin, Fredericksburg, Legion Veterans Hospital, Loma Alta, Mason, Miles, Ozona, Proctor, Rowena, Sabinal, San Antonio West, Santa Anna, Sonora, Stephenville.
LOUISIANA – Logansport, Mansfield
ARKANSAS – Ashdown
NOTE: The above stops are still listed in the Greyhound website, but show as” service not available” when ticketing is attempted to or from any of them. A call to Greyhound ticketing yielded the same result.
The following stops eliminated by Megabus along former Kerrville routes are still served by other carriers. They are all in Texas and are as follows:
Ballinger – still served by Concho Coach Lines Fort Worth – still served by Greyhound, Tornado, and Amtrak Katy – still served by Greyhound Sealy – still served by Tornado Tyler – still served by Greyhound and Tornado
As a consequence of the above eliminated stops, the Texas communities of Brownwood and Stephenville were added to the AIBRA website isolated map and list. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN OHIO AND INDIANA Update: 11/8/2012
LAKEFRONT LINES retains only the southern Ohio “Go Bus” routes between Athens and Cincinnati, Columbus, Marietta, and Parkersburg, WV. Their other former routes are now basically served by Baron’s Bus Lines, Greyhound Lines, Miller Trailways, and Megabus as follows:
BARON’S BUS LINES – A new carrier now operates the following former Lakefront Lines routes: Cleveland-Akron-Canton-New Philadelphia-Cambridge-Marietta-Parkersburg, WV-Ripley, WV-Charleston, WV Cleveland-Akron-Columbus Chicago, IL-Gary-South Bend-Elkhart-Angola-Fort Wayne-Lima-Kenton-Columbus
GREYHOUND LINES – Now operates this former Lakefront Lines route: Cleveland-West Salem-Mansfield-Columbus
MILLER TRAILWAYS and MEGABUS – Now operate the following former Lakefront Lines routes. Chicago, IL-Gary-South Bend-Elkhart-Angola-Fort Wayne-Van Wert-Lima-Kenton-Columbus Chicago, IL-Gary-Valparaiso-Plymouth-Warsaw-Columbia City-Fort Wayne-Muncie-Richmond- Dayton Trotwood-Columbus
MEGABUS – Now operates this former Lakefront Lines route: Buffalo, NY-Columbus
A few former Lakefront Lines stops were eliminated and are now no longer served by anyone. They are as follows:
OHIO – Apple Creek, Conneaut, Mount Eaton, Wooster
NEW YORK – Westfield
The following eliminated Lakefront Lines stops are still served by other carriers. They are all as follows:
Erie, PA – still served by Greyhound and Amtrak Fairfield – still served by Tornado
Because of eliminated stops’ proximity to other existing stops, no communities were added to the AIBRA website isolated map and list.
Note: South Bend Regional Airport information was updated to reflect the above changes. UPDATES IN THE SOUTH Update: 2/7/2013
WEST ALABAMA PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION – Operates the following scheduled intercity routes in Alabama:
Montgomery – Selma (Operates three times daily. Already in the AIBRA website.) Tuscaloosa – Eutaw – Demopolis (Operates three times a week. Already in the AIBRA website.) Livingston – York – Butler – Meridian, MS (Operates twice weekly. Added to the AIBRA website.) Selma – Uniontown (Operates twice weekly. Added to the AIBRA website.)
These schedules can be ticketed directly through the GREYHOUND website, so the carrier code for the above stations are listed as GLI in the AIBRA website.
GREYHOUND – Has eliminated the following stops:
New Albany, MS on the Birmingham – Memphis route Alvin, TX on the Houston – Corpus Christi route (operated by subsidiary VALLEY TRANSIT).
Because of their proximity to other existing stops, they were not added to the AIBRA website isolated map and list.
The following GREYHOUND route in Texas has been added to the AIBRA website and was left out due to an oversight:
Lubbock – Levelland – Brownfield – Seminole – Odessa
The following GREYHOUND route in Georgia and Florida shown in the AIBRA website as follows:
Atlanta – Macon – Cordelle – Tifton – Valdosta – Lake City – Jacksonville
Has been modified to reflect its actual route as follows:
Atlanta – Columbus – Albany – Tifton – Valdosta – Lake City – Jacksonville
The AIBRA website has been updated to reflect the above changes. EXPRESS AND AIRPORT SERVICE UPDATES Update: 2/22/2013
The following carriers previously listed in the “Express Service” category have discontinued all scheduled route service:
BOSTON DE LUXE BUS – former route: Boston – Hartford – New York City
MVP BUS – former route: New York City – Baltimore – Washington
SILVER STATE TRAILWAYS – former route: Las Vegas – Colton – East Los Angeles – Los Angeles
TOP CLASS BUS – former route: New York City – Atlanta
The following carriers have new service or stops:
C & J LINES – has a new express route: Portsmouth, NH – New York City
BOLT BUS COMPANY – has added Bellingham, WA to their Pacific Northwest express schedule. They have also added Baltimore, Philadelphia, and the Long Island communities of Melville, Riverhead and Ronkokoma to their Northeast express schedule.
Changes in scheduled intercity ground transportation to airports are noted below:
BISON EXPRESS – going between Yuma, the Foothills, Wellton and Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport has now become 1st CLASS SHUTTLE with a new website. The intermediate scheduled stops of Dateland and Gila Bend have been eliminated.
EPPLEY EXPRESS – going between Kearney, Grand Island, York, Lincoln and Omaha Eppley Field has now become NAVIGATOR EXPRESS with a new website. No noteworthy changes in scheduled stops were made.
EXPRESS AIR COACH –has added express service between Champaign, IL and Chicago O Hare International Airport.
FAUST TRANSPORTATION –has ceased their scheduled shuttle service between Santa Fe, Espanola, Taos and the Albuquerque International Sunport. As a consequence, the City of Taos, NM has been added to the AIBRA website unserved map and list.
GROOME TRANSPORTATION –has absorbed the EZ RIDE AUGUSTA schedule between Augusta and Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport with any intermediate scheduled stops eliminated. They have additionally extended service between the Alabama communities of Auburn, Opelika and Valley and the Atlanta airport.
OMA SIOUX EXPRESS –provides scheduled service between Sioux City, IA and Omaha Eppley Field.
USA EXPRESS –has added express service between Jefferson City, MO and St Louis Lambert Field.
Two miscellaneous additional changes in service noted:
GREYHOUND – on their direct schedule between Memphis and Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, AL has been eliminated as an intermediate stop. All buses now make only one intermediate stop at Tupelo, MS.
GREYHOUND – no longer operates between Billings and Missoula in Montana and now serves just two stations in Montana directly, Missoula and St Regis. RIMROCK still serves between Billings and Missoula.
The AIBRA website has been updated to reflect the above changes. SIGNIFICANT MEGABUS CHANGES IN INDIANA, OHIO & TEXAS Update: 3/12/2013 For reference, see the following previous updates: 11/6/2012 “Significant Changes in Texas” and 11/8/2012 “Significant Changes in Ohio and Indiana”
MEGABUS has dropped all the former Kerrville Bus Company routes they had except for Houston-Prairie View-Brenham-San Antonio. The following communities are affected: TEXAS: Abilene – still served by Greyhound Lines and Concho Coach Lines Big Spring – still served by Greyhound Lines and Tornado Bus Company Carthage – no longer served by anyone Del Rio – still served by Amtrak Eagle Pass – no longer served by anyone El Paso – still served by Amtrak, El Paso-LA Limo, Greyhound Lines and Tornado Bus Company Fort Stockton – still served by Greyhound Lines Galveston – still served by Amtrak Thruways Giddings – no longer served by anyone Humble – no longer served by anyone La Grange – no longer served by anyone Livingston – still served by Greyhound Lines Lubbock – still served by Greyhound Lines Lufkin – still served by Greyhound Lines Midland – still served by All Aboard America, Concho Coach Lines and Tornado Bus Company Nacagdoches – still served by Greyound Lines and Amtrak Thruways San Angelo – still served by Concho Coach Lines Texas City LaMarque – still served by Amtrak Thruways Uvalde – no longer served by anyone LOUISIANA: Shreveport – still served by Amtrak Thruways, Greyhound Lines and Tornado Bus Company ARKANSAS: Texarkana – still served by Amtrak, Greyhound Lines, Megabus (Memphis-Dallas) and Tornado Bus Company.
MEGABUS – has additionally dropped the former Lakefront Lines Columbus, OH-Chicago routes they took over. The following affected communities now have Miller Transportation Company as a sole carrier unless otherwise noted: ILLINOIS: Chicago – still served by numerous carriers INDIANA: Angola Columbia City Elkhart – Amtrak, Miller Transportation Company Fort Wayne – Greyhound Lines, Miller Transportation Company Gary – Greyhound Lines, Indian Trails, Miller Transportation Company, commuter rail Muncie Plymouth Richmond South Bend – Amtrak, Greyhound Lines, Miller Transportation Company, commuter rail Valparaiso Warsaw OHIO: Akron – Barons Bus Lines, Greyhound Lines Columbus – two Megabus routes, Barons Bus Lines, Greyhound Lines, Miller Transportation Co., Sky Horse Bus Dayton – Greyhound Lines, Miller Transportation Company, Sky Horse Bus Kenton Lima – Greyhound Lines, Miller Transportation Company Van Wert
As a consequence of the above eliminated stops, the Texas communities of Eagle Pass and Uvalde were added to the AIBRA website isolated map and list. Note: South Bend Regional Airport information was updated to reflect the above changes. ADDED SERVICE IN MISSOURI Update: 4/2/2013
GREYHOUND LINES (GLI) – has added the following route in Missouri with a northern terminus in Ottumwa, Iowa:
Ottumwa, IA-Kirksville-Macon-Moberly-Columbia-Jefferson City-Rolla-Licking-Cabool-Mtn. Grove-Springfield
As a consequence of this new service, the Missouri communities of Houston and Moberly have been removed from the AIBRA isolated map and list.
The AIBRA website has been updated to reflect the above changes. EXPRESS SERVICE UPDATES Update: 4/10/2013
The following carriers are newly listed in the AIBRA website “Express Service” category: ABC TOUR – service routes: New York City – Raleigh/Durham – Greensboro – Charlotte New York City – Fayetteville – Lumberton, NC – Florence, SC – Columbia
BALTIMORE LINE – service route: New York City – Baltimore – Pikesville, MD
BUS 2 NEW YORK – service routes: New York City – Columbus – Dayton –Cincinnati – Vandalia, OH New York City – Durham – Charlotte – Valley Falls, SC – Spartanburg – Greenville – Chamblee, GA – Atlanta New York City – Hampton, VA - Norfolk
LC COACH – service route: New York City – Albany – Schenectady, NY
NEW NUMBER 1 BUS – service route: New York City – Yorktown, VA – Newport News
NUMBER 1 BUS –route: New York City – Colonial Hts. – Fredericksburg – Richmond – Norfolk – VA Beach
PANDORA BUS – service route: New York City – Atlanta/Doraville, GA
STAR LINE EXPRESS – service routes: New York City – Charlottesville – Roanoke Rapids/Weldon, NC – Rocky Mount/Wilson/Battleboro, NC – Lumberton, NC – Florence, SC – Manning, SC – Summerville/Charleston – Hardeeville, SC/Savannah – Brunswick, GA – Jacksonville – Tampa
YO! BUS – service route: Boston – New York City – Philadelphia
Additional corrections and updates are as follows:
HORSE RUN TOUR – has added a terminal stop in Baltimore
ORIENTAL PEARL – has added an intermediate stop at Lumberton, NC
XINNIX – currently serves only the following route: Albany – New York City Wilmington, DE – Baltimore
MINGAN – has discontinued all scheduled service. All their numerous stops are well served by other carriers with one noteable exception. Harrisonburg, VA is now unserved, but is within 25 miles of Staunton, which is served by Amtrak’s Cardinal.
KINGS WORLD – appears to have discontinued all scheduled service. All their numerous stops are well served by other carriers with two noteable exceptions. Commerce, GA is no longer served by anyone, but is within 25 miles of Athens (served by Southeastern Stages and Megabus) and Lavonia, GA, also no longer served by anyone, is within 25 miles of Toccoa (served by Amtrak’s Crescent Limited).
NOTE: Online ticketing for East Coast “Chinatown” carriers is usually limited to a to or from New York City option.
Additional miscellaneous changes in service:
GREYHOUND – has discontinued their Emporia, VA stop.
RIMROCK TRAILWAYS – has discontinued all scheduled service. Their comprehensive route system in Montana and North Dakota is currently suspended pending a new operator.
The AIBRA website has been updated to reflect the above changes. UPDATES IN MONTANA AND NORTH DAKOTA Update: 4/11/2013
JEFFERSON LINES – Now operates the following scheduled intercity route through Montana and North Dakota in order to maintain connections with GREYHOUND at Missoula, and SALT LAKE EXPRESS at Butte since RIMROCK TRAILWAYS suspended all scheduled service:
Fargo – Valley City – Jamestown –Minot – Stanley – Williston – Sidney – Glendive – Miles City- Billings – Livingston – Bozeman – Butte – Missoula
NORTH DAKOTA SHUTTLE – Has been added to the AIBRA website as a scheduled service provider because they operate two routes in North Dakota that meet the criteria:
Williston – Watford City – Dickinson Williston – Tioga – Stanley – Minot
WHISTLER TRANSPORTATION – Has been added to the AIBRA website as a scheduled service provider because their Grand Forks – Winnipeg, MAN route meets the criteria:
NEW TOWN BUS COMPANY – Has ceased their New Town – Washburn – Bismarck route in North Dakota and now only have the New Town – Minot route. As a consequence Washburn is no longer served by anyone. Bismarck is still served by JEFFERSON LINES.
The following former RIMROCK TRAILWAYS stops are still served by other carriers:
Montana: Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Glendive, Great Falls, Livingston, Miles City, Missoula, Whitefish
North Dakota: Bismarck, Dickinson, Fargo, Jamestown, Valley City
All stops that were shown as being served by RIMROCK TRAILWAYS exclusively will remain in the AIBRA website with a note that service is suspended to them pending determination of what the States of Montana and North Dakota will do to address the abovementioned suspension of service.
The AIBRA website has been updated to reflect the above changes. ADDED SERVICE IN ARKANSAS AND INDIANA Update: 4/23/2013
LAFAYETTE LIMO – Has been added to the airport portion of the AIBRA website because they provide a scheduled shuttle service in Indiana between Indianapolis International Airport and Lafayette.
STAR OF AMERICA – Has been added to the airport portion of the AIBRA website because they provide two scheduled shuttle services in Indiana, one between Indianapolis International Airport and Lafayette, and the other between Indianapolis International Airport and Bloomington.
AMTRAK’s – Texas Eagle route now includes a stop at Hope, AR.
The AIBRA website has been updated to reflect the above changes. NEW SERVICE IN MINNESOTA Update: 5/10/2013
JEFFERSON LINES – Is starting the following new route in Minnesota:
Duluth – Virginia – Hibbing – Grand Rapids
The Community of Hibbing had gone decades without intercity bus service, somewhat of an irony considering it was the birthplace of GREYHOUND LINES. As a consequence of the above new route, Grand Rapids, MN has been removed from the AIBRA isolated map and list.
GREYHOUND LINES – No longer serves High Point, NC. High Point is still served by AMTRAK and TORNADO.
The AIBRA website has been updated to reflect the above changes. UPDATES IN MO, KS and CO Update: 5/20/2013
MO-X SHUTTLE – Has been added to the AIBRA website as a scheduled service provider because they operate two airport shuttle routes in Missouri that meet the website criteria. The routes are as follows:
Columbia – Kingdom City – St Louis Lambert Field Columbia – Booneville – Kansas City International Airport
As a consequence of this service, the community of Mexico, MO has been removed from the AIBRA isolated list and map.
GROUND TRANSPORTATION SHUTTLE – Has been added to the AIBRA website as a scheduled service provider because they operate one airport shuttle route in Kansas that meet the website criteria. The route is as follows:
Lawrence – Kansas City International Airport
SUPER SHUTTLE – Has added Estes Park to their scheduled service in Colorado and eliminated Cheyenne, WY. Cheyenne is still served by DENVER COACH SHUTTLE and BLACK HILLS STAGE LINES.
JEFFERSON LINES – Has eliminated service to Kansas City International Airport. They have also discontinued their stops in Independence, KS and Jamestown, ND. Neither one of these two communities are served by anyone else.
The AIBRA website has been updated to reflect the above changes. LATEST IN MONTANA AND NORTH DAKOTA Update: 5/24/2013
JEFFERSON LINES – Has modified their two schedules going westward from Fargo, ND towards Montana to go as follows:
Fargo, ND – Valley City – Bismarck – Dickinson, ND – Glendive, MT – Miles City- Billings – Livingston – Bozeman – Butte – Missoula, MT
Fargo, ND – Grand Forks – Larimore – Lakota – Devils Lake – Rugby – Towner – Minot – Stanley – Williston, ND – Sidney, MT – Glendive – Miles City- Billings – Livingston – Bozeman – Butte – Missoula, MT
BLUE EARTH – Has been added to the AIBRA website as a scheduled service provider because they operate a route in North Dakota that meets the website criteria as follows:
Bismarck – Washburn – Minot
Carrier has no website. Local ticketing is not available online. Interline ticketing available on the Greyhound website only.
SALT LAKE EXPRESS – Is now operating the following two former RIMROCK TRAILWAYS routes in Montana:
Great Falls – Ulm Jct. – Cascade – Craig Jct. – Wolf Creek – Helena – Boulder – Basin – Butte
Billings – Laurel – Columbus – Big Timber – Livingston – Bozeman – Belgrade – Manhattan – Three Forks – Townsend – Helena – Drummond – Missoula
Local ticketing is not available online. Interline ticketing available on the Greyhound website only.
All currently unserved former RIMROCK TRAILWAYS routes will remain in the AIBRA website with a note that service is suspended pending action by the States of Montana and North Dakota.
The AIBRA website has been updated to reflect the above changes. ADDED SERVICES IN NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA Update: 11/21/2012
BIRNIE TRAILWAYS – runs a substantial commuter network in the Utica, NY area. Their Tuesday and Thursday only Utica-Holland Patent-Barneveld-Remsen-Alder Creek-Boonville-Port Leyden-Lowville route was added because it goes a significant distance and provides a link between an otherwise isolated area and a well served urban area.
MYERS TRAILWAYS – has a commuter line that operates Monday through Friday except Holidays basically along Route 8 northward from Pittsburgh. Their Pittsburgh-Etna-Glenshaw-Allison Park-Mount Royal-Wildwood-Orchard Park- Bakerstown-Cooperstown-Plainview-Butler-Unionville-Stone House-Slippery Rock-Grove City route was added because it goes a significant distance and provides a link between an otherwise isolated area and a well served urban area. NEW MIDWEST and DISCONTINUED OKLA. SERVICES Update: 7/19/2013
BARON’S BUS LINES – Has added two new routes to their scheduled service. They are as follows:
Buffalo – Fredonia, NY – Erie, PA – Meadville, PA – Youngstown – Ravenna, OH – Akron – Wooster, OH – Mansfield, OH – Columbus – Cincinnati
Cincinnati – Oxford, OH – Richmond, IN – Greenfield, IN – Indianapolis – Marion, IN – Fort Wayne, IN – Napoleon, OH – Bowling Green, OH – Toledo – Lincoln Park, MI – Detroit
The following stops were previously unserved: Wooster, Ravenna, Napoleon, Oxford and Bowling Green in Ohio and Greenfield, Indiana. The other stops are already served by other carriers.
GREYHOUND LINES – Has discontinued their Marion, IN stop. Marion is still served by Baron’s Bus Lines.
JEFFERSON LINES – Has discontinued the following route in Southwestern Missouri and Northeastern Oklahoma: Joplin – Miami – Vinita – Big Cabin – Adair – Pryor – Claremore – Tulsa Airport – Tulsa
With the exception of Joplin and Tulsa, these communities are no longer served by anyone.
As a consequence of the above eliminated stops, the Oklahoma community of Pryor has been added to the AIBRA website isolated map and list. Note: Tulsa International Airport also no longer has scheduled intercity bus service and has been removed from the AIBRA airport map and list.
The AIBRA website has been updated to reflect the above changes. EASTERN EXPRESS SERVICE UPDATES Update: 8/9/2013
I finally went through the East Coast “Chinatown” express carrier list and have come up with the following changes:
ATLANTA TOURS is a new carrier with the following routes:
New York City – Battleboro/Wilson – Greenville – Kinston – New Bern – Jacksonville – Wilmington, NC
New York City – Fayetteville – Lumberton, NC – Florence – Hardeeville, SC – St George, SC – Summerville, SC - Charleston – Savannah – Brunswick – Jacksonville, FL – Orange Park, FL – Orlando – Tampa
Online ticketing is only available through www.gotobus.com and only between New York City and the other above listed stations.
PANDORA BUS – Spartanburg, Greenville and Anderson in South Carolina added and Doraville, Georgia dropped. A website was added www.pandorabus.com and a contact number 917-868-7080
TIGER TRAVEL – Norfolk, VA and Salisbury, MD added.
SPRINTER BUS – Pickup/ drop off points in Hampton, Newport News and Virginia Beach in Virginia added.
STAR LINE EXPRESS –Fayetteville, North Carolina added.
NEW NUMBER 1 has become GOOD YEAR –Yorktown, VA dropped and Virginia Beach, VA added.
GREAT WALL BUS –Pittsburgh, PA dropped
XINNIX has now become the following two companies:
ROCKLEDGE BUS: www.rockledgebus.com 917-603-0088
New York City – Wilmington, DE – Baltimore
HGT BUS: www.hgtbus.com 917-603-0088
New York City – Albany
WORLD WIDE BUS has become GO BUSES
LUCKY STAR BUS – Scheduled service suspended by feds affecting their New York City – Boston route
FUNG WAH BUS – Scheduled service suspended by feds affecting their New York City – Boston route
The AIBRA website has been updated to reflect the above changes. I will update the Western Express Carrier list shortly. WESTERN EXPRESS SERVICE UPDATES Update: 8/20/2013
Many updates including the following:
AMERICAN LION which operates between Los Angeles and Las Vegas with intermediate stops at Colton, Monterey Park, and San Bernardino in California now has a website as follows: amlionbus.com contact number as follows 1-213-533-8700. They also ticket through the www.gotobus.com website.
FRONTERAS DEL NORTE which has two routes between Central Washington State/Portland, OR and San Ysidro, CA now has a website as follows: fronterasdelnorteinc.com contact no. as follows 1-559-528-3389. They no longer ticket through www.gotobus.com
They serve many communites in California, Oregon and Washington no one else does including the following:
Atwater, Anderson, Corning, Dorris, Dunnigan, Earlimart, Kingsburg, Livingston, Macdoel, Orland, Pixley, Parlier, Rose, Tipton, Williams, Willows, Woodland, and Yreka in California; Biggs, Cottage Grove, and Milton-Freewater in Oregon; George, Goldendale, Grandview, Mabton, Othello, Prosser, Royal City, Toppenish, and Wapato in Washington
FUTURA NET TRAVEL has discontinued AIBRA defined scheduled service and is no longer listed in the AIBRA website. They basically operated between the Los Angeles area and Las Vegas. Affected communities include Las Vegas, NV and Buena Park, East Los Angeles, Huntington Park, Lake Forest, Los Angeles, Orange, San Fernando, and Studio Park in California. All communities are in urbanized metropolitan areas comprehensively served by transit and other carriers.
TUFESA – Extended their Nogales – Tucson – Phoenix – Kingman – Las Vegas bus to Salt Lake City to maintain the scheduled service between St George, UT and Salt Lake City that was dropped by UTAH TRAILWAYS. The only change they made in the UTAH TRAILWAYS stops was adding Payson and dropping Nephi in Utah. Ephraim, UT has been added to the AIBRA isolated community map and list as a consequence. UTAH TRAILWAYS has discontinued all AIBRA defined scheduled service and is no longer listed in the AIBRA website.
They also have extended service from the San Bernardino area through Barstow, Fresno, Merced, and Gilroy to San Jose in California.
They serve a number of communities in Utah, Nevada and Arizona that are served by no one else including the following: Wickenburg, AZ; Mesquite, NV; Beaver, Fillmore, and Payson in Utah
Because of their service expansions into numerous rural communities, TUFESA will no longer be listed as a Category 5 Express Carrier, but instead as a Category 4 Scheduled Carrier in the AIBRA website. In addition to their previously listed website and contact number, they also ticket through the www.gotobus.com website.
US ASIA – An express carrier that now fundamentally operates between the Los Angeles Area, the Bay Area, and Sacramento Has discontinued service to Reno, NV; and Hacienda Heights and Richmond in California. The affected communities are all in well-served, urbanized areas.
With the exception of the maps, the AIBRA website information has been updated to reflect the above changes. The maps will be brought current following a companion update for service in Minnesota, Montana and North Dakota. MIDWEST AND NORTH PLAINS SERVICE UPDATES Update: 8/21/2013
Many updates including the following:
SALT LAKE EXPRESS – Has dropped Great Falls – Ulm Jct – Cascade – Wolf Creek – Helena – Boulder – Basin – Butte in Montana. All stops except for Great Falls and Butte are currently unserved, but the unserved stops will be shown as “service suspended” in the AIBRA website for now.
JEFFERSON LINES – Has taken over the SALT LAKE EXPRESS Billings – Laurel – Columbus – Big Timber – Livingston – Bozeman – Belgrade – Manhattan – Three Forks – Townsend – Helena – Drummond – Missoula schedule in Montana and modified it to operate as follows: Billings – Livingston – Bozeman – Butte – Missoula. The discontinued stops will be shown as “service suspended” in the AIBRA website for now.
BLACK HILLS STAGE LINES – Has also dropped Laurel, MT as a stop.
JEFFERSON LINES – Has modified the Fargo – Grand Forks – Crookston – Erskine – Fosston – Bagley – Bemidji – Cass Lake – Walker – Wadena –Staples – Brainerd schedule in Minnesota and North Dakota to operate as follows:
Fargo – Grand Forks – Crookston – Erskine – Fosston – Bagley – Bemidji – Cass Lake – Walker – Hackensack – Pine River – Pequot Lakes – Nisswa – Brainerd – Little Falls – St Cloud – Monticello – Maple Grove – Minneapolis
The following communities in Minnesota scheduled as stops on the above route were previously unserved: Hackensack, Pine River, Pequot Lakes, Nisswa
The following communities in Minnesota along the above schedule have been discontinued as stops and are no longer served by anyone: Fisher, McIntosh, Mentor, Motley, Park Rapids, Shevlin, Solway
They have also modified the Fargo – Detroit Lakes – Perham – Wadena – Staples – Brainerd – Little Falls – St Cloud – Monticello – Maple Grove – Minneapolis schedule in North Dakota and Minnesota to operate as follows:
Fargo – Detroit Lakes – Perham – Wadena – Staples – Brainerd – Crosby – Aitkin – McGregor – Cloquet – Duluth
The following communities in Minnesota scheduled as stops on the above route were previously unserved: Aitkin, Crosby, McGregor
They have additionally dropped the following stops in Southwestern Minnesota: Cottonwood, Ruthton both are no longer served by anyone.
JEFFERSON LINES – Has eliminated the following route in Iowa: Mason City – Charles City – Waverly – Waterloo
Mason City is still served by Jefferson Lines and Waterloo is still served by Burlington Trailways. Charles City and Waverly are no longer served by anyone.
Pineville and Peculiar in Southwestern Missouri, Onawa in Western Iowa, and Morrilton in Central Arkansas have been dropped as stops and are no longer served by anyone. Previously unserved Neosho, MO has been added as a stop.
Above eliminated stops are in regions below the population threshold specified for AIBRA unserved areas, are in close proximity to other stops, or as noted for the Montana stops. As a consequence, no communities were added to the AIBRA unserved areas map and list.
The AIBRA website has been updated to reflect the above changes. CALIFORNIA AND ILLINOIS UPDATES Update: 9/11/2013
The following airports have been added to the AIBRA Website:
BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL CENTRAL ILLINOIS REGIONAL AIRPORT has direct access via PEORIA CHARTER COACH to Peoria and Champaign-Urbana.
BURBANK BOB HOPE AIRPORT in California has direct access via AMTRAK Thruways Bus Service to Santa Clarita and Bakersfield and via AMTRAK Pacific Surfliner Train Service to San Luis Obispo, Grover Beach, Guadalupe-Santa Maria, Lompoc, Goleta, Santa Barbara, Carpinteria, Ventura, Oxnard, Camarillo, Moorpark, Simi Valley, Chatsworth, Van Nuys, Glendale, Los Angeles, Fullerton, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Irvine, San Juan Capistrano, San Clemente, Solano Beach and San Diego.
NOTE: Direct ticketing is not available for the AMTRAK Thruways Bus between Burbank Airport, Santa Clarita and Bakersfield. Ticketing must include interlining with an AMTRAK train. For example if you want to travel from Burbank Airport to Bakersfield, you could purchase a ticket from Burbank Airport to Wasco (this would include the AMTRAK San Joacquin Train Service) and then just ride the bus from Burbank Airport to Bakersfield.
Additional updates are as follows:
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRAY LINE has been added to the AIBRA website because of their scheduled, high frequency Anaheim – Los Angeles International Airport shuttle service. The shuttle website is graylineanaheim.com/shuttles.shtml and contact number is 1-800-828-6699.
HORIZON COACH LINES has dropped their Bakersfield – Los Angeles International Airport scheduled service which they inherited from COACH AMERICA.
AMTRAK – Has discontinued the following stops in California:
Baker, Frazier Park, Lebec – These low population, former Thruways stops are no longer served by anyone.
Beaumont, Rosamond – These former Thruways stops are within 15 miles of other existing Thruways stops.
Thousand Palms – This former Thruways stop has been replaced with a new stop in adjacent Palm Desert.
Laguna Niguel, Orange – These former Pacific Surfliner stops are within 5 miles of other Pacific Surfliner stops.
GREYHOUND LINES has dropped their Bloomington-Normal, IL stop. Bloomington-Normal is still served by AMTRAK, BURLINGTON TRAILWAYS, and PEORIA CHARTER COACH.
The AIBRA website has been updated to reflect the above changes. UPDATES IN LOUISIANA & OKLAHOMA Update: 9/18/2013
LA SWIFT – their scheduled service in Louisiana has been suspended affecting the following communities:
Gonzales, Kenner, La Place, Sorrento – These communities are no longer served by any other intercity carriers, however, they are all within the metropolitan area of either Baton Rouge or New Orleans.
Baton Rouge – still served by AMTRAK, DELTA BUS LINES, GREYHOUND, MEGABUS, and TORNADO.
New Orleans – still served by AMTRAK, GREYHOUND, and MEGABUS.
MEGABUS – has added Baton Rouge, LA as a stop on their New Orleans – Houston schedule; and Burbank, CA on their Oakland – San Francisco – San Jose – Los Angeles schedule.
MEGABUS – has discontinued their Saint Louis – Oklahoma – Dallas schedule affecting the following communities in Oklahoma:
Oklahoma City – still served by AMTRAK, GREYHOUND, and JEFFERSON LINES.
Norman – still served by AMTRAK, and GREYHOUND.
The AIBRA website has been updated to reflect the above changes. UPDATES IN ALABAMA, ARIZONA and MONTANA Update: 10/3/2013
CAPITAL TRAILWAYS is now listed as both a Category 1 and Category 2 carrier in the AIBRA website “Additional Information” table. The reason is because all their local scheduled service can only be ticketed through the GREYHOUND LINES website with one exception. Their Tuscaloosa – Brent – Marion – Selma – Camden – Pine Hill – Thomasville – Grove Hill – Jackson – Mount Vernon – Creola – Mobile schedule can also be ticketed through the CAPITAL TRAILWAYS website. The three letter CAPITAL TRAILWAYS code for the abovementioned stops in the Alabama station table is CML.
ARIZONA SHUTTLE has absorbed SHUTTLEU.com and SEDONA-PHOENIX SHUTTLE while retaining their routes and schedules. The ARIZONA SHUTTLE Flagstaff – Sedona schedule has been removed from the AIBRA website because it operates seasonally only. Sedona is still served by airport shuttle to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
WHITE MOUNTAIN LINES has become MOUNTAIN VALLEY SHUTTLE with the same schedule and stops. The following stops for their service were added to the AIBRA website:
Clay Springs, Forest Lakes, Christopher Creek, Kohls Ranch and Fountain Hills
These stops were not previously included due to an oversight on my part. The MOUNTAIN VALLEY SHUTTLE website is www.mountainvalleyshuttle.com and their contact number is 1-866-255-4819.
NORTHERN TRANSIT INTERLOCAL has a Shelby – Cut Bank – Browning – Kalispell route which has been removed from the AIBRA website because it only operates once a week. Kalispell is now listed as “service suspended” in the Montana station table. Cut Bank and Browning are still served by AMTRAK. Shelby is still served by AMTRAK and NORTHERN TRANSIT INTERLOCAL.
The AIBRA website has been updated to reflect the above changes. UPDATES IN MINNESOTA Update: 10/28/2013
ROCHESTER CITY LINES their schedule from Rochester that previously terminated in Bloomington now operates into downtown Minneapolis.
NORTHFIELD LINES has been added to the AIBRA website as a Midwest Express Carrier because their Northfield – Twin Cities Airport – Minneapolis – Saint Paul shuttle service meets the scheduled service criteria. Their website is www.northfieldlines.com and their contact number is 1-507-645-5267.
The AIBRA website has been updated to reflect the above changes. ILLINOIS AND UNITED STATES LINK ANALYSIS Update: 11/21/2013
Analyzed city pair links for Illinois and the United States.
The parameters for the Illinois link analysis were to provide scheduled service between the 20 largest population concentrations with one or less transfer using existing and proposed schedules. The transfers could last no more than 2.5 hours.
The parameters for the United States link analysis were to provide 40+ miles per hour scheduled service speed between the 40 largest population concentrations less than 800 miles apart using existing and proposed schedules.
The defining parameters are pretty much up to the analyzer. Click on the “Analysis” button on the homepage to go the above link analyses.
I have neglected to give God credit for this website. All thanks and praise go to Him. BUS COMPANY WEBSITE INFORMATION UPDATE, ETC... Update: 11/25/2013
Numerous companies that were previously listed as not having a website in the AIBRA Additional Information List, and State Station Tables, now have one. Their website address and contact phone number are as follows:
DELTA BUS LINES (DBL) serves Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana and interlines with Greyhound: deltabuslines.net 662-335-2144
RIDE SOLUTIONS Florida local agency interlining with Greyhound: www.theridesolution.com 386-325-9999
SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS TRANSPORTATION Arkansas local agency interlining with Greyhound: cadc.com 501-778-1133
SOUTHWEST TRANSIT (SWT) Oklahoma local agency providing connecting service to Jefferson Lines at Lawton and Greyhound at Elk City: www.socag.org/programs/southwest-transit 582-482-5043
ABC BUS (ABC) provides express service between New York and the Carolinas: nyabcbus.com 212-625-1388
BALTIMORE LINE (BALT) provides express service between New York and Baltimore: www.thebaltimoreline.com 718-972-5578
BUS 2 NEW YORK (B2N) provides express service between New York, Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia: bus2nyc.com 855-287-2692
GOOD YEAR BUS (NN1) provides express service between New York and the Virginia Tidewater Area: goodyearbus.com 212-470-4112
LC COACH (LCC) provides express service between New York and Albany/Schenectady: www.lccoachbus.com 518-231-3828
OCEAN TRAVEL (OT) provides express service between New York, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo: oceanbus.com 917-312-2347
ORIENTAL PEARL (OP) provides express service between New York and the Carolinas: buspearl.com 212-431-4501
YO! BUS (Y!B) provides express service between New York, Philadelphia and Boston: yobus.com 855-669-6287
The following updates are noteworthy as well:
LUCKY STAR BUS (LSB) is once again operating their express schedule between New York and Boston. They had been shut down by the Feds.
GREYHOUND (GLI) Has restarted an almost-entirely-in-Arkansas, Memphis – Marked Tree – Jonesboro – Newport – Bald Knob – Searcy – Little Rock route that they briefly operated a couple years ago. The Arkansas communities of Batesville and Searcy have consequently been removed from the AIBRA unserved map and list.
The AIBRA website has been updated to reflect the above changes. CHANGES IN OREGON AND CALIFORNIA Update: 11/27/2012
PORTER STAGE LINES – no longer operates between Bend and Ontario in Oregon. This is now the PUBLIC OREGON INTERCITY TRANSIT Eastern Point service.
PUBLIC OREGON INTERCITY TRANSIT (POINT) – is now listed as the operator in this website for these services:
Eastern Point – Operated under contract for the State of Oregon by EASTERN POINT (Bend-Brothers-Hampton-Riley-Burns-Buchanan-Drewsey Jct-Juntura-Harper-Vale-Ontario) Note: Service previously shown as operated by PORTER STAGE LINES in this website.
High Desert Point – Operated under contract for the State of Oregon by TAC TRANSPORTATION (Redmond-Bend-Sunriver-LaPine-Chemult) Note: Service previously shown as an exclusively AMTRAK Thruways route in this website.
Northwest Point – Operated under contract for the State of Oregon by OREGON COACHWAYS (Portland-Manning-Elsie-Necanicum-Cannon Beach-Seaside-Gearhart-Warrenton-Astoria) Note: Service previously shown as operated by OREGON COACHWAYS in this website.
Southwest Point – Operated under contract for the State of Oregon by THE SHUTTLE (Klamath Falls-Great Meadows-White City-Medford-Gold Hill-Grants Pass-Selma-Cave Jct.- O’Brein-Collier Tunnel-Gasquet-Hiouchi-Crescent City-Smith River-Brookings) Note: Communities in red are located in California. Service previously shown as operated by THE SHUTTLE in this website.
The above services all interline with GREYHOUND and are AMTRAK Thruways routes as well.
YOSEMITE AREA REGIONAL TRANSIT SERVICE (YART) – has been added to the AIBRA website. Their Merced- Mariposa-Midpines-El Portal-Yosemite service located in California was previously shown exclusively as an Amtrak Thruways route in this website. The Yosemite-Lee Vining-June Lake-Mammoth Lakes portion of their service has been eliminated from the AIBRA website because it operates in the summertime only. Lee Vining, June Lake and Mammoth Lakes are all served by EASTERN SIERRA TRANSIT AUTHORITY year around.
YOSEMITE AREA REGIONAL TRANSIT SERVICE continues to be an AMTRAK Thruways carrier. SERVICE REINSTATEMENT IN MONTANA Update: 12/11/2013
SALISH & KOOTENAI CONFEDERATED TRIBES TRANSIT (CSKT) has reinstated the Whitefish – Kalispell – Lakeside – Polson – Pablo – Saint Ignatius – Ravalli – Arlee – Evaro – Missoula service discontinued by RIMROCK TRAILWAYS when they were shut down by the Feds in March, 2013. There is no website, however, their contact number is 406-275-2877. The service can be ticketed at local Greyhound agencies as well.
The AIBRA website has been updated to reflect the above addition. UPDATES IN THE DAKOTAS Update: 12/13/2013
The following scheduled service has been added to the AIBRA website as a category 4 carrier:
STANDING ROCK PUBLIC TRANSIT (SRPT) operated by the Standing Rock Lakota Tribe, has a scheduled service between the capital cities of Bismarck, ND and Pierre, SD through the Standing Rock Reservation. The schedule also serves numerous otherwise deeply isolated rural communities in South Central North Dakota and Central South Dakota. The website is www.sittingbull.edu/community/transport and the contact number is 701-854-8090.
The following communities they serve are also served by JEFFERSON LINES and local transit: Bismarck-Mandan, ND and Pierre, SD
The following North Dakota communities they serve are served by no one else: Cannonball, Fort Yates, Porcupine, Selfridge, and Solen
The following South Dakota communities they serve are served by no one else: Agar, Gettysburg, Kenel, McLaughlin, Mobridge, Onida, Selby, and Wakpala
The following scheduled carriers have been eliminated from the AIBRA website:
NEW TOWN BUS appears to have ceased scheduled service following JEFFERSON LINES expansion in North Dakota. The following North Dakota communities are affected:
Minot – still served by JEFFERSON LINES, NORTH DAKOTA SHUTTLE and AMTRAK. New Town – No longer served by anyone.
BLUE EARTH appears to have ceased operations following JEFFERSON LINES service expansion in North Dakota. The following North Dakota communities are affected:
Bismarck – still served by JEFFERSON LINES and STANDING ROCK PUBLIC TRANSIT. Dickinson – still served by JEFFERSON LINES. Minot – still served by JEFFERSON LINES, NORTH DAKOTA SHUTTLE and AMTRAK. Washburn – No longer served by anyone. Watford City – No longer served by anyone.
WHISTLER TRANSPORTATION COMPANY now appears to operate as a demand service only between Grand Forks and Winnipeg. The following North Dakota community is affected:
Grand Forks – Still served by JEFFERSON LINES and AMTRAK.
The communities above no longer served by anyone, and the ones served only by STANDING ROCK PUBLIC TRANSIT, are all in counties that do not meet the AIBRA unserved area population criteria. The AIBRA unserved area list consequently remains unchanged.
The following update is noteworthy as well:
RIVER CITY SHUTTLE (RRC) has changed their name to ALOHA AIRPORT EXPRESS while keeping the same stops, schedule, and contact number. Their new website is azaloha.com.
The AIBRA website has been updated to reflect the above changes. UPDATE IN MISSISSIPPI Update: 12/18/2013
MEGABUS (MB) has expanded into Mississippi with a Memphis – Oxford, MS – Jackson – New Orleans schedule.
As a consequence of this new service, the Mississippi communities of Oxford and Batesville have been removed from the AIBRA website unserved map and list.
The AIBRA website has been updated to reflect the above change. UPDATES IN THE SOUTH, ETC… Update: 12/19/2013
GREYHOUND (GLI) has added the following two routes to their system:
Chattanooga, TN – Trenton, GA – Fort Payne, AL – Gadsden, AL – Alexandria, AL – Oxford/Anniston, AL
The second route is entirely in Texas.
Big Spring – Sterling City – San Angelo – Eden – Brady – Mason – Fredericksburg – Kerrville – Center Point – Comfort – Boerne – San Antonio
They have also added stops to existing routes in Garberville, CA and Burlington, CO and discontinued their Shawnee, OK stop.
As a consequence of the above, the Alabama communities of Fort Payne and Scottsboro have been removed from the AIBRA website unserved map and list, and the Oklahoma community of Shawnee has been added to it.
The AIBRA website has been updated to reflect the above changes. ADDED SERVICE IN CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA Update: 11/30/2012
MEGABUS – has expanded their reach to include three new routes hubbing in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The three routes are as follows:
San Francisco-Sacramento-Sparks, NV
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose-Los Angeles
Los Angeles-Riverside-Las Vegas
Typical of Megabus, these three routes do not interline with other carriers or each other.
SERVICE REDUCTION IN MAINE
CYR BUS LINES – has cutback the northernmost reach of their single route out of Bangor to Caribou instead of Fort Kent eliminating the following stops:
Fort Kent, Madawaska, Van Buren, Loring Job Corps
These communities are no longer served by anyone. CHANGES IN ILLINOIS, INDIANA and MISSOURI Update: 12/17/2012
LINCOLNLAND EXPRESS (LEX) – has discontinued all scheduled service. Affected communities are as follows:
Bloomington/Normal – Still served by AMTRAK, GREYHOUND LINES, BURLINGTON TRAILWAYS and PEORIA CHARTER COACH Carbondale – Still served by AMTRAK, GREYHOUND LINES and RIDES MTD Champaign – Still served by AMTRAK, GREYHOUND LINES, BURLINGTON TRAILWAYS, ILLINI SHUTTLE, MEGABUS and TORNADO Charleston – No longer served by anyone. Chicago – Still served by numerous carriers. Chicago O Hare and Midway Airports – Still served by numerous carriers. Danville – Still served by AMTRAK Thruways and BURLINGTON TRAILWAYS Decatur – Still served by GREYHOUND LINES Kankakee – Still served by AMTRAK, GREYHOUND LINES and TORNADO Matteson – Still served by scheduled commuter service. Peoria – Still served by AMTRAK Thruways, BURLINGTON TRAILWAYS and PEORIA CHARTER COACH Springfield – Still served by AMTRAK and GREYHOUND LINES Tinley Park – Still served by scheduled commuter service. Woodridge – Still served by scheduled commuter service. Indianapolis Airport – Still served by MILLER TRANSPORTATION COMPANY. BLOOMINGTON SHUTTLE and local transit St Louis – Still served by AMTRAK, GREYHOUND LINES, BURLINGTON TRAILWAYS and MEGABUS St Louis Airport – Still served by GREYHOUND LINES, BURLINGTON TRAILWAYS and USA EXPRESS
ILLINI SHUTTLE (IS) – also known as SUBURBAN EXPRESS is an express carrier that is expanding to include service to Midway Airport and downtown Chicago from Champaign. This carrier does not interline with any other carrier. The communities they currently serve are as follows:
Champaign, Chicago, Chicago O Hare and Midway Airports, Chicago Ridge, Oak Brook, and Schaumburg ADDED SERVICE IN ILLINOIS, MAINE AND VIRGINIA Update: 12/24/2012
PEORIA CHARTER COACH – has recently expanded include direct service between Champaign, downtown Chicago and the Chicago Airports. They are now shown as an express carrier in the AIBRA website and they serve the following communities:
Chicago, Chicago Airports, Bloomington Normal, Champaign Urbana, Joliet, Pontiac, Peoria
This carrier does not currently interline with anyone.
AMTRAK – has extended the below passenger trains as follows:
“Northeast Regional” – has been extended from Richmond, through Petersburg to Norfolk all in Virginia. The abovementioned communities all already had frequent service. The biggest improvement is that Norfolk now has rail passenger service as well as bus service.
“Downeaster” – has been extended from Portland through Freeport to Brunswick all in Maine. Brunswick and Portland were both already frequently served. The biggest improvements are that Brunswick now has rail passenger service as well as bus service, and Freeport is newly served. ADDED SERVICES IN MONTANA Update: 12/26/2012
NORTHERN TRANSIT INTERLOCAL (NTIL) – is a transit provider for Toole County, Montana (Shelby is the county seat). They have two bi-weekly routes that were added to the AIBRA website because they meet the service frequency criteria and they go a significant distance providing previously unavailable access to more substantial communities to the south and east via connections with Rimrock Trailways at Great Falls and Kalispell. The two abovementioned routes are as follows:
Shelby-Cut Bank-Browning-Kalispell (The above are all served by Amtrak’s Empire Builder except Kalispell which is served by Rimrock Trailways).
Shelby-Conrad-Great Falls (Shelby is served by Amtrak’s Empire Builder. Great Falls is served by Rimrock Trailways. Conrad previously unserved).
NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA TRANSIT (NCMT) – is a transit provider for the Havre, Montana area. They have a bi-weekly route that was added to the AIBRA website because it meets the service frequency criteria and it goes a significant distance providing previously unavailable access to more substantial communities to the south and east via connections with Rimrock Trailways at Great Falls. The abovementioned route is as follows:
Fort Belknap-Harlem-Chinook-Havre-Laredo-Box Elder-Great Falls (Havre is served by Amtrak’s Empire Builder. Great Falls is served by Rimrock Trailways. All others previously unserved). CHANGES IN THE MIDWEST Update: 1/15/2013
INDIAN TRAILS has modified their St Ignace – Grand Rapids route to go through Charlevoix instead of Kalkaska. The following communities in Michigan have been affected:
Boyne Falls – still served by Indian Trails St Ignace – Lansing route, but no longer an Amtrak thruways stop. Charlevoix – new Indian Trails and Amtrak thruways stop. Kalkaska – no longer served by anyone, but in close proximity to other existing service. Mancelona – no longer served by anyone, but in close proximity to other existing service. Walloon Lake – still served by Indian Trails St Ignace – Lansing route, but no longer an Amtrak thruways stop.
They have also discontinued the following stops in Michigan:
Harrison – no longer served by anyone, but in close proximity to other existing service. Ionia – no longer served by anyone. This community has been added to the AIBRA unserved area list and map. Plainwell – no longer served by anyone, but in close proximity to other existing service.
AMTRAK – has extended thruways service north from Saginaw, MI to St Ignace using the existing Indian Trails service. As a consequence, the following communities in Michigan are now both Amtrak thruways and Indian Trails stops:
Alpena, Cheboygan, and Tawas City
BARON’S BUS LINES has discontinued their Columbus, OH – Chicago route. The same route is still served by Megabus and Miller Transportation Company. The following communities have been affected:
Chicago, IL – still served by numerous carriers.
Elkhart, IN – still served by Amtrak, Megabus and Miller Transportation Company. Fort Wayne, IN – still served by Greyhound, Megabus and Miller Transportation Company. Gary, IN – still served by Greyhound, Indian Trails, Megabus, Miller Transportation Company and commuter rail. South Bend, IN – still served by Amtrak, Greyhound, Megabus, Miller Transportation Company, Coach USA airport service and commuter rail.
Kenton, OH – still served by Megabus and Miller Transportation Company. Lima, OH – still served by Greyhound, Megabus and Miller Transportation Company.
GREYHOUND – now tickets the following carriers’ local service through their website (with a few minor exceptions):
Indian Trails – Routes mostly in Michigan and Wisconsin with route termini in Duluth, MN and Chicago, IL as well. Lamers Bus Lines – Routes mostly in Wisconsin with a route terminus in Dubuque, IA as well. Land to Air Express –Route in southern Minnesota Porter Stage Lines – Route in western Oregon. Eastern POINT – Route in eastern Oregon. Northwestern POINT – Route in northwestern Oregon.
In the AIBRA website, the above routes are now shown as green on the contiguous United States map and the “Additional Information” list has been updated as well.
The AIBRA website has been updated to reflect the above changes. CHANGES IN NORTH CAROLINA Update: 1/25/2013
HORIZON COACH LINES now operates the following former Coach America routes:
Boone-Lenoir-Hickory-Lincolnton-Gastonia-Charlotte Boone-North Wilksboro-Hamptonville-Winston Salem-Greensboro
GREYHOUND LINES – Now operates the following former Coach America route:
Charlotte-Monroe-Wadesboro-Rockingham-Laurinburg-Fayetteville
Troy, NC has been removed from the AIBRA website unserved map and list because of its proximity to Greensboro transit service.
The AIBRA website has been updated to reflect these changes.