Main routes generally still existed in 1976.
Arrow Stage Lines - operated 1928-present
Operated various directions from Norfolk
Affiliated with Black Hills Stage Lines (below)
Absorbed by Black Hills Stage Lines in 1991 (below)
Black Hills Stage Lines - operated 1962-present
Original route: O'Neill-Rapid City
Affiliated with Arrow Stage Lines (above)
Trailways member (Black Hills Trailways) 1994-1998
Black Hills Stage Lines remains in existence
Bickel Bus Lines - operated until 1952 (to Hi-Line Bus Line/below)
Original route: North Platte-McCook-Norton-Kearney
1944-1955 was Midwest Stages (Norton-Kearney)
Capitol Stage Lines - operated until 1976
Original route: Lincoln-Columbus
Merged with Center Service Bus Lines (below) in 1967, forming Capital Service Lines
Center Service Bus Lines - operated until 1976
Original route: Columbus-Norfolk
Merged with Capitol Stage Lines (above) in 1967, forming Capital Service Lines
Hi-Line Bus Line - operated 1952-1957 (to Yellow Diamond Lines/below)
Original route: North Platte-McCook-Oberlin
(acquired from Bickel Bus Lines)
Republican Valley Bus Lines - operated 1964-1992
Operated various directions from Hastings
Star Bus Line - operated 1944-1991
Original route: Scottsbluff-Kimball
United Motor Ways - operated until 1977 (to Arrow Stage Lines/above)
Operated various directions from Grand Island
Yellow Diamond Lines - operated until 1969 (United Motor Ways/above)
Original route: Grand Island-Hastings-Superior
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.
Ainsworth-Gordon Bus Line - operated until 1952
Original route: Ainsworth-Gordon
Beaver Bus Line - operated until 1948 (to Meridian Transit Lines/below)
Original route: Neligh-Albion-Columbus
Blue Pole Lines - operated until 1945
Original route: Fremont-Humphrey
Crawford-Chadron-Gordon Bus Line - operated until 1959
Original route: Crawford-Chadron-Gordon
Fairbury-Lincoln Stage Line - operated until 1961 (to Yellow Diamond Lines/above)
Original route: Deshler-Fairbury-Lincoln
1956-1961 was Superior Lincoln Stages
Meridian Transit Lines - operated until 1956
Original route: Columbus-York-Fairmont
Norfolk-Yankton Bus Line - operated until 1947 (to Arrow Stage Lines/above)
Original route: Norfolk-Yankton
Overland Stages - operated until 1952
Original route: Bloomfield-Sioux City
P.C.T. Stages - operated until 1957
Original route: Grand Island-Burwell
Rapid Transit Lines - operated until 1956 (to Winner Bus Line/below)
Original route: Norfolk-O'Neill
1956-1957 service suspended
Superior-Beatrice-Peru Bus Line - operated until 1946
Original route: Superior-Beatrice-Peru
1942-1946 was Superior-Beatrice Bus Line
Velder Bus Line - operated until 1951 (to Winner Bus Line/below)
Original route: O'Neill-Bonesteel SD
1951-1953 service suspended
Wade Bus Line - operated until 1985
Original route: Scottsbluff-Ogallala
Prior to 1945 was Scottsbluff-Ogallala Bus Line
1945-1949 was Bickel Bus Lines (previous page)
Winner Bus Line - operated 1945-1965 (to Black Hills Stage Lines/above)
Original route: Bonesteel-Winner SD
1945-1949 was Paulson Bus Line