SIGNIFICANT CHANGES in TEXAS Update: 11/6/2012
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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