Color coded map shows intercity bus routes in existence in 1976.
Blue indicates Greyhound, red indicates Trailways. Additional colors indicate significant independent bus companies, and are identified with labels. Black indicates smaller independent companies.
Thin blue or red lines indicate routes which were once part of Greyhound or Trailways, but later transferred to independent bus companies.
Arizona
New Mexico
US Curr./1976 Cities Greyhound or Year Original Year Consol-
Hwy. Russell's Served Trailways Intro- Company Consol- idated
No. Guide Company or duced idated Company
Table Division
54 832 830 Corona-El Paso-TX New Mexico Transportation Co.
60 821 834 Clovis-Willard New Mexico Transportation Co.
60 Socorro-Springerville SFT(T)
60 4039A Springerville-Globe White Mountain Lines
60 580 Globe-Phoenix PACGL 1925 --------------- 1925 YEL
60 580 580 Phoenix-Blythe CA PACGL 1925 --------------- 1925 YEL
60 8215 Phoenix-Blythe CA ABI(T) 1935 --------------- 1935 ABI
64 Raton-Taos SFT(T)
66 470 577 Tucumcari-Albuquerque SWGL 1927 North Plains 1939 SWGL
66 470 577 Albuquerque-Flagstaff PACGL 1925 --------------- 1925 YEL
66 577 Flagstaff-Needles CA PACGL 1925 --------------- 1925 YEL
66 8550 Tucumcari-Albuquerque SFT(T)
66 8550 Albuquerque-Needles CA SFT(T)
70 815 833 Clovis-Las Cruces New Mexico Transportation Co.
70 580 Lordsburg-Globe PACGL Borderland 1925 PIS
80 580 580 El Paso-Lordsburg PACGL Borderland 1925 PIS
80 8215 El Paso-Lordsburg ABI(T) 1935 --------------- 1935 ABI
80 Lordsburg-Douglas PACGL
80 582 Douglas-Benson PACGL
80 580 580 Benson-Yuma PACGL Borderland 1925 PIS
80 8215 Benson-Yuma ABI(T)
84 Clovis-Las Vegas New Mexico Transportation Co.
84 Cebolla-Chama CB(T)
85 832 571 Trinidad CO-Albuquerque SWGL 1925 --------------- 1925 YEL
85 832 8558 Santa Fe-Albuquerque SFT(T)
85 832 8558 Albuquerque-El Paso SFT(T) Rio Grande St. 1937 SFT
87 820 571 Trinidad CO-Texline SWGL 1926 Paradox Land 1940 SWGL
89 8560 Kanab-Phoenix SFT(T) Cent. Ariz. Tr. 1936 SFT
89 470 577 Flagstaff-Phoenix PACGL 1925 --------------- 1925 YEL
89 8215 Phoenix-Tucson ABI(T) 1935 --------------- 1935 ABI
89 580 580 Phoenix-Tucson PACGL 1925 --------------- 1925 YEL
89 4071 Tucson-Nogales Citizen Auto Stage
93 4128 Las Vegas-Wickenburg Las Vegas Tonopah Reno Stage Line
180 4034 El Paso TX-Silver City Parrish Stage Lines/Whitfield Bus
180 Springerville-Concho White Mountain Lines
180 Flagstaff-Grand Canyon Grand Canyon Line
285 Alamosa CO-Espanola Abiquiu Antonito Bus Lines
285 832 8558 Espanola-Santa Fe SFT(T)
285 832A Santa Fe-Vaughn New Mexico Transportation Co.
285 822 832 Vaughn-Carlsbad New Mexico Transportation Co.
285 832 Carlsbad-Pecos TX New Mexico Transportation Co.
550 8523 Farmington-Shiprock CB(T) 1932 --------------- 1932 RGN
666 8523 Shiprock-Gallup CB(T)
666 St. Johns-Eager White Mountain Lines
666 Clifton-Safford Spoon Bros. Stage Line
S 580 580 Lordsburg-Benson PACGL Borderland 1925 PIS
S 8215 Lordsburg-Benson ABI(T) 1935 --------------- 1935 ABI
S 832 8500 Fort Garland-Taos VTL(T)
S 822 8510 Farmington-Albuquerque CB(T)
S Cuba-Cebolla CB(T)
S 832 8558 Taos-Espanola SFT(T)
Russell's Guide Table NumbersGreyhound tables had numbers below 700, while Trailways tables had numbers above 7000. Table numbers in between were independent bus companies. Although Greyhound Lines of Canada, not covered here, had tables numbered in the low 700's.
Where no table number is indicated, service had been discontinued by then.
Further clues on Greyhound or Trailways affiliations are the presence of a "G" or a "T" in a company abbreviation. Trailways company abbreviations are followed by a "(T)". While abbreviations of certain Greyhound companies not obviously "Greyhound" in name are followed by a "(G)".
Over the years, certain Greyhound or Trailways or other routes were sold to TNM&O Coaches, currently identified by Russell's Guide table numbers 810-835.
Southwestern Greyhound Lines (SWGL) - incorporated 1933 as merger of Western Greyhound Lines and two other companies, consolidated 1960 into Central Division of Greyhound. Western Greyhound Lines had been renamed in 1932 from Pickwick-Greyhound Lines, which had been formed in 1928 as a company jointly owned by Pickwick Stages and Greyhound, and fully owned by Greyhound in 1932. In 1929, Pickwick-Greyhound Lines had acquired Yelloway (YEL) system, which had been formed in 1925 as a group of independent operators to operate a transcontinental bus system. With formation of Southwestern Greyhound Lines, routes between Albuquerque and Los Angeles transferred to Pacific Greyhound Lines.
Cannon Ball Stage Lines/Cannon Ball Trailways (CB) - in 1940's joined Trailways, sold 1953 to Transcontinental Bus System/Continental Trailways.
Rio Grande Motor Way/Rio Grande Trailways (RGN) - formed 1927 as bus subsidiary of Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, in 1936 joined Trailways, sold 1948 to Transcontinental Bus System/Continental Trailways.
Santa Fe Trail Transportation/Santa Fe Trailways (SFT) - formed 1928 as bus subsidiary of Santa Fe Railway, in 1936 joined Trailways, sold 1948 to Transcontinental Bus System/Continental Trailways.
Valley Transit Lines/Valley Transit Trailways (VTL) - in 1940's joined Trailways.