Main routes generally still existed in 1976.
Conner Bus Lines - operated until 1991
Original route: Poplar Bluff-Kennett
Prior to 1955 was Scofield Bus Lines
1955-1956 was Baxter Bus Line
(original route sold 1958 to Bootheel Stages/discontinued 1962)
Added route: Poplar Bluff-Cairo IL
(acquired 1957 from Missouri Pacific Bus Lines)
Added route: Poplar Bluff-Willow Springs
(acquired 1967 from Poplar Bluff-Willow Springs Bus Line)
(above company acquired route 1951 from Frisco Transportation Co./Frisco Trailways)
1974-1980 was Tri-State Bus Lines
1980-1988 was Marianna Trailways
1988-1989 was Reta's Trailways
1989-1990 was Reta's Charters
1990-1991 was Kentucky Transit
Northeastern Missouri Greyhound Lines - operated 1946-1977
Original route: Jefferson City-Mexico
1956-1972 was Northeastern Missouri Lines
1972-1977 was C&H Transit
St. Louis-Cape Bus Line - operated until 1979
Original route: St. Louis-Cape Girardeau
Prior to 1943 was Prost Motor Coaches
1943-1944 service suspended
1977-1979 by Central Ozark Bus Lines
South Central Stages - operated until 1957
Original route: Springfield-Fort Scott KS
Springfield-Mountain Home Bus Line - operated 1956-1987
Original route: Springfield-Mountain Home
(acquired from Des Moines Springfield & Southern)
(above company acquired route 1951 from Ozark Trails)
1956-1957 was South Central Stages
1957-1959 was Smitty's Bus Line
Trenton St. Joseph Coaches - operated 1954-1985
Original route: Trenton-St. Joseph
(acquired from Trailways)
Troy H. Stair Bus Line - operated 1947-1979
Original route: Rolla-West Plains
1964-1965 was Allison Bus Line
1965-1968 was Nickels Bus Line
1968-1976 was Williams Bus Line
1976-1979 by Central Ozark Bus Lines
Bus companies generally listed in the July 1942 Russell's Guide or the 1952 Mass Transportation's Directory, and their predecessor and successor companies. This list is somewhat arbitrary and provides a general overview.
Finley Bus Line - operated until 1953 (to Northeastern Missouri Greyhound Lines)
Original route: Shelbyville-Paris-Mexico
Finley-Shotwell Bus Lines - operated until 1968
Original route: Holden-Kansas City
Kirksville Bus Co. - operated until 1969
Original route: Kirksville-Quincy IL
Kirksville-Trenton Stages - operated until 1966
Original route: Kirksville-Trenton-Maryville
Prior to 1942 was Kirksville-Maryville Bus Line
1942-1943 was Trenton-Kirksville Bus Line
1943-1947 was was Northeast Missouri Stage Lines
1947-1963 was Kirksville-Trenton Stage Lines
1959-1960 service suspended
1963-1966 was Green Hills Stage Lines
Miller Bus Line - operated until 1973
Original route: Doniphan-Poplar Bluff
Prior to 1953 was Burford Bus Line
Mo-Ark Trails - operated 1950-1967
Original route: Springfield MO-Berryville AR
(acquired 1950 from Ozark Trails)
Sunnyland Stages - operated until 1985
Original route: Springfield-Harrison-Mountain Home
Wallen Bus Line - operated 1928-1954
Operated various directions around Bismarck, Ironton and De Soto