Certificates granted by the Illinois Commerce Commission.
Case No. Date Certificate Granted Applicant Route
20023 Jun. 26, 1930 Chicago & West Towns Railway Co.
Purchased Speedway Auto Bus Co.
20040 Jun. 26, 1930 Metropolitan Motor Coach Co.
Discontinuance granted several routes
20042 Jul. 9, 1930 Aurora Elgin & Fox River Electric Co. Aurora
20043 Apr. 29, 1931 St. Louis Red Bud & Chester Motor Bus St. Louis-Ft. Chartres park
20050 Mar. 17, 1931 Blue Motor Coach Lines Morris-Princeton
20082 Jul. 9, 1930 Metropolitan Motor Coach Co.
Purchased Western Motor Coach Co./Northwestern Transit Co.
20173 Dec. 9, 1930 Metropolitan Motor Coach Co. Elmhurst/2 routes
Discontinuance granted Jun. 11, 1931
20221 Dec. 9, 1930 Adams Coach Line Freeport-Savanna
Discontinued
20266 Jul. 29, 1930 Collinsville-Edwardsville Bus Co. Collinsville-Edwardsville
Purchased Blue Goose Motor Coach Co. line
Revoked Feb. 4, 1931
20380 Jul. 21, 1931 Western Illinois Bus Lines Jacksonville-Meredosia
20383 Jul. 14, 1931 Scenic Stage Line Hanover-Savanna-Fulton
20427 Sep. 8, 1931 Wabash Valley Transit Co. Casey-Charleston
Discontinuance granted May 3, 1932
20483 May 12, 1931 Adams Coach Line Freeport-South Beloit
Revoked Mar. 14, 1933
20504 Jan. 6, 1931 Kankakee Electric Railway Co. Kankakee
Revoked Jun. 22, 1932
20527 Dec. 22, 1930 Aurora Elgin & Fox River Electric Co. Elgin
20539 Dec. 18, 1930 Blue Motor Coach Lines
Purchased Peoria Bus Transportation Co.
20547 Apr. 8, 1931 Springfield-Taylorville Bus Line Springfield-Taylorville
20561 Dec. 15, 1931 Blue Motor Coach Lines Wenona-Kankakee
20576 Dec. 22, 1930 Illinois Terminal Transportation Co.
Purchased several bus lines formerly electric railways
20579 Dec. 11, 1930 Black Hawk Motor Transit Co.
Purchased Brimfield Transfer Co.
20637 Mar. 4, 1931 Shore Line Motor Coach
Acquire Farina's Bus Line/Midwest Motor Coach routes
Sale to Chicago & Calumet District granted Jul. 8, 1941
20665 Apr. 8, 1931 Metropolitan Motor Coach Co. Chicago-Milwaukee
Purchased from Chicago-Milwaukee Coach Lines
20672 Apr. 29, 1931 Chicago Hts. & Joliet Transp. Co. Chicago Hts.-Olympia Fields
20690 Jul. 30, 1931 Leyden Motor Coach Co.
Restrictions lifted on local travel via Grand Ave.
(Wilcox Transp. Co. with local rights ceased Aug. 10, 1931)
20731 Jul. 14, 1931 Central Transportation Co. of Ill. 211th Street-Kankakee
20823 Jun. 2, 1931 Evanston & Niles Center Bus Co. Skokie-Morton Grove
Discontinuance granted Jan. 20, 1932
20846 May 11, 1932 Burlington Transportation Co. Peoria-Galesburg
20856 May 12, 1931 Baltz Motor Bus Co. Belleville-Mascoutah
Purchased from Superior Motor Bus Co.
20867 Apr. 23, 1931 Cannon Ball Coach Line Aurora-Chicago
Leased from Western Motor Coach Co./Metropolitan Motor Coach
20884 Apr. 29, 1931 Adams Coach Line Freeport-Dixon
Purchased from Blue Motor Coach Lines
20884 Apr. 29, 1931 Blue Motor Coach Lines
Discontinuance granted Mendota-Dixon
20952 May 27, 1931 Northland Greyhound Lines Elgin-Chicago
Leased from Western Motor Coach Co./Metropolitan Motor Coach
20952 Jun. 9, 1937 Northland Greyhound Lines Elgin-Chicago
Purchased from Metropolitan Motor Coach Co.
20964 Jun. 3, 1931 Egyptian Motor Lines
Purchased Egyptian Transportation System
20975 Mar. 9, 1932 Jacksonville Bus Line Jacksonville-Peoria
21140 Sep. 23, 1931 Metropolitan Motor Coach Co. Chicago-Antioch (summers)
21171 Oct. 13, 1931 Tri-City Transportation Co. Cairo-Mound City-Mounds
21195 Nov. 25, 1931 Southern Illinois Railway & Power Co. Carrier Mills-Eldorado
Sale to Saline Bus Line granted Jul. 20, 1932
21240 Sep. 24, 1931 Terre Haute & Western Bus Line Mattoon-Paris
Purchased from Central Illinois Traction Co.
21241 Dec. 8, 1931 Mattoon City Bus Line Mattoon
Purchased from Central Illinois Public Service Co.
21287 Nov. 9, 1932 Dundee Coach Lines Elgin/Dundee-Barrington
21293 Oct. 7, 1931 Illinois Greyhound Lines
Purchased Tri-State Bus Co.
21368 Mar. 30, 1932 Terre Haute & Western Bus Line Mattoon-Decatur
21505 Jan. 21, 1932 Metropolis & Northern Motor Lines
Purchased Betourne Bus Line
21555 Feb. 3, 1932 Interstate Transit Lines
Purchased Pickwick-Greyhound Lines of Illinois
21555 Nov. 23, 1932 Interstate Transit Lines Geneva-Chicago
Leased from Western Motor Coach Co./Metropolitan Motor Coach
21577 Feb. 17, 1932 Midland Trail Bus Line St. Louis-Lebanon
Purchased Blue Goose Motor Coach Co. line
Sale to Capitol Greyhound Lines granted Dec. 5, 1934
21582 Feb. 24, 1932 Illinois Terminal Transportation Co. Alton
Purchased Alton Railway Co. line
Sale to Citizens Coach Co. granted Jul. 30, 1936
21583 Mar. 21, 1932 Southern Limited
Purchased Metropolis & Northern Motor Lines
21589 Apr. 6, 1932 Illinois Power & Light Corp.
Discontinuance granted Ottawa bus routes
21602 Feb. 24, 1932 Vandalia Bus Lines East St. Louis-Vandalia
Purchased Blue Goose Motor Coach Co. line
21618 Apr. 13, 1932 Illinois Power & Light Corp.
Discontinuance granted Galesburg-Abington
21649 Apr. 6, 1932 Valley Motor Bus Ottawa
Sale to Ottawa Safety Lines granted Feb. 14, 1945
21670 Jun. 20, 1934 South Suburban Safeway Lines
Reorganized from South Suburban Motor Coach Co.
21686 Mar. 30, 1932 Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines of Ill. Effingham-IN State Line
Purchased from Wabash Valley Transit Co.
21690 May 12, 1932 East St. Louis Columbia & Waterloo Ry
Discontinuance granted St. Louis-Waterloo interurban
21690 May 12, 1932 St. Louis Red Bud & Chester Motor Bus St. Louis-Waterloo
21702 May 11, 1932 Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines of Ill. Effingham-St. Louis
21739 Jun. 23, 1932 Vandalia Bus Lines East St. Louis-Collinsville
Purchased Blue Goose Motor Coach Co. line
21753 Jul. 2, 1936 South West Towns Bus Line Morton Grove-Lincoln Square
21799 Jun. 22, 1932 Kankakee Motor Coach Co. Kankakee/3 routes
21891 Jul. 20, 1932 Saline Bus Line Carrier Mills-Eldorado
Purchased from Southern Illinois Railway & Power Co.
21896 Scenic Stage Line Fulton-Rock Island
21981 Sep. 8, 1932 Central Illinois Bus Co. Springfield-Petersburg
Purchased Illinois Greyhound Lines line
Sale to Santa Fe Trails of Illinois granted
22046 Oct. 13, 1932 Chicago Motor Coach Co.
Purchased Depot Motor Bus Co.
22062 Nov. 9, 1932 Blue Goose Motor Coach Co. Belleville
Purchased East St. Louis & Suburban Railway Co. lines
22109 Jan. 5, 1933 Decatur Bus Lines Decatur-Gibson City
Sale to Blue Motor Coach Lines granted Jul. 2, 1935
22200 May 2, 1933 Decatur Bus Lines Raymond-Greenville
Sale to Blue Motor Coach Lines granted Jul. 2, 1935
22206 Jan. 24, 1933 Swallow Coach Co.
Purchased Reo Motor/Hoopeston-Danville/Danville-Terre Haute
22274 Jun. 6, 1933 Decatur Bus Lines Gibson City-Kankakee
Sale to Blue Motor Coach Lines granted Jul. 2, 1935
22368 Santa Fe Trails of Illinois
22374 Jun. 29, 1933 Chicago & Joliet Transportation Co. Joliet-Chicago
Sale to Bluebird Coach Lines granted Mar. 24, 1936
22427 Santa Fe Trails of Illinois
22458 Jul. 13, 1933 Illinois Transit Lines Springfield-Rushville
22719 Santa Fe Trails of Illinois
22829 Feb. 15, 1934 Galesburg City Lines
Purchased Illinois Power & Light Corp. lines
22949 Feb. 20, 1935 Illini Coach Co. Bloomington-Pekin
23028 Mar. 12, 1940 Burlington Transportation Co. Aurora-Chicago
Purchased from Metropolitan Motor Coach Co.
23155 Jul. 27, 1934 Joliet City Lines
Purchased Chicago & Joliet Transportation Co. routes
Aug. 20, 1934 Fox Valley Bus Lines
Formed as subsidiary of Aurora Elgin & Fox River Electric Co.
23155 Mar. 24, 1936 Bluebird Coach Lines
Purchased Chicago & Joliet Transportation Co. routes
23236 Apr. 11, 1935 Bellwood Transit Lines Bellwood-Westchester
Sale to Chicago & West Towns Railway granted Apr. 13, 1944
23352 Santa Fe Trails of Illinois
23359 Dec. 5, 1934 Capitol Greyhound Lines
Purchased Midland Trail Bus Line
Apr. 13, 1935 Dixie Greyhound Lines of Illinois
Renamed from Egyptian Transportation System
23536 Jul. 2, 1935 Blue Motor Coach Lines
Purchased National Coach Lines
(formerly Decatur Bus Lines)
23606 Aug. 22, 1935 Peoria-Rockford Bus Co. Wenona-Bloomington
23607 Lakeview Bus Co. Springfield-Lake Spr.
23612 May 22, 1935 Illinois Transit Lines Rushville-Monmouth
23694 Jul. 2, 1935 Illinois Transit Lines Springfield-Taylorville
23735 Nov. 16, 1935 Peoria-Rockford Bus Co. Peoria-Fort Madison IA
Revoked Dec. 9, 1941
23744 Bluebird Coach Lines Joliet-Chicago
23798 Oct. 22, 1935 Peoria-Rockford Bus Co. Rockford-WI State Line
23811 East St. Louis City Lines East St. Louis
Purchased East St. Louis Railway Co.
23818 Aug. 22, 1935 Illinois Transit Lines Rock Island-Monmouth
23833 Oct. 24, 1935 Illinois Transit Lines Springfield-Danville
Feb. 14, 1936 Santa Fe Trails of Illinois
Renamed from Blue Motor Coach Lines
23877 Santa Fe Trails of Illinois
23920 Jun. 11, 1936 White Star Motor Coach Lines Ottawa-Chicago
Sale to Illinois Greyhound Lines granted Dec. 16, 1936
24009 Jan. 15, 1936 Blue Motor Coach Lines Springfield-Athens
24034 Jul. 28, 1936 Illinois Transit Lines
Purchased Vermilion County Motor Bus/Cross Country Coach line
24036 Jul. 7, 1936 Santa Fe Trails of Illinois Keokuk IA-Quincy-Hannibal
24246 Jul. 1, 1936 Wendt Motor Coach Line Keokuk IA-Hamilton-Warsaw
Sale to Jackson Bus Line granted Oct. 14, 1936
24433 Nov. 6, 1941 De Luxe Motor Stages of Illinois Decatur-Litchfield
24445 Feb. 25, 1937 Wendt Motor Coach Line Keokuk IA-Quincy-Bluffs
24543 Jul. 30, 1936 Citizens Coach Co. Alton
Purchased Illinois Terminal Transportation Co. Alton lines
24548 Jul. 1, 1936 Peoria-Rockford Bus Co. Minonk-Peoria
24689 Jun. 24, 1937 Illini Coach Co. Bloomington-Peoria
24764 Jan. 14, 1937 Black Hawk Motor Transit Co. Sheffield-Dixon
24765 Nov. 6, 1941 Santa Fe Trails of Illinois Decatur-Hillsboro
24782 Jul. 9, 1936 South Suburban Safeway Lines
Leased Gold Star Line
24888 Oct. 1, 1936 Quincy City Lines Quincy
Purchased Illinois Power & Light Corp. lines
24889 Dec. 2, 1936 Bloomington-Normal City Lines Bloomington/Normal
Purchased Illinois Power & Light Corp. lines
24890 Oct. 1, 1936 Champaign-Urbana City Lines Champaign/Urbana
Purchased Illinois Power & Light Corp. lines
24891 Nov. 25. 1936 Danville City Lines Danville
Purchased Illinois Power & Light Corp. lines
24893 Oct. 1, 1936 LaSalle-Peru City Lines LaSalle/Peru
Purchased Illinois Power & Light Corp. lines
24894 Oct. 15, 1936 Kewanee City Lines Kewanee
Purchased Kewanee Public Service lines
25044 Feb. 9, 1937 Dixie Greyhound Lines of Illinois Mount Vernon-Effingham
25060 Oct. 14, 1936 Jackson Bus Line
Purchased Wendt Motor Coach Line
25076 Oct. 6, 1936 Illini Coach Co.
Purchased Illinois Transit Lines lines
25147 Nov. 25. 1936 Decatur City Lines Decatur
Purchased Illinois Power & Light Corp. lines
25151 Dec. 16, 1936 Illinois Greyhound Lines
Purchased White Star Motor Coach Lines
25157 Jan. 15, 1937 Aurora-Elgin City Lines Aurora/Elgin
Purchased Fox Valley Bus Lines
25307 May 26, 1937 Jacksonville Bus Line Jacksonville-Waverly-Alton
25343 Jul. 1, 1937 Jacksonville Bus Line Peoria-Jerseyville
25443 May 13, 1937 Mississippi Valley Lines Savanna-Freeport
Sale to Scenic Stage Line granted Oct. 15, 1946
25469 Apr. 27, 1937 Reddy Cab Co. Jacksonville
25735 Jul. 14, 1937 Twin City Motor Coach Sterling-Rock Falls
Sale to Columbia Coach Lines Jan. 11, 1946
Revoked Sep. 26, 1946
25547 Jul. 1, 1937 Centralia-Belleville-St. Louis Coach Belleville-Centralia
Sale to Belleville-St. Louis Coach Line granted Feb. 8, 1938
Sale to O'Fallon-Belleville Coach Co. granted May 22, 1940
25778 Jul. 1, 1937 American Coach Co. Waukegan-Antioch (summers)
Sale to Cardinal Lines granted Feb. 7, 1948
25778 Jul. 1, 1937 American Coach Co. Waukegan-Fox Lake (summers)
Sale to Cardinal Lines granted Feb. 7, 1948
25799 Jul. 1, 1937 Evanston Bus Co.
Merge Evanston & Niles Center Bus Co./Evanston Railway Co.
25874 Mar. 17, 1939 South Suburban Safeway Lines Oak Forest-Tinley Park
Revoked Jun. 12, 1940
25887 Aug. 18, 1937 Willey Coach Lines West Chicago-Wheaton
Discontinuance granted Oct. 14, 1938
25949 Jul. 28, 1937 St. Clair Bus Line
Purchased Tri-City Bus Line
26044 Apr. 26, 1939 White Star Motor Coach Lines Peoria-Farmington-Canton
26147 Nov. 2, 1937 Carbondale-Harrisburg Coach Line
Purchased Dixie Greyhound Lines lines
26263 Sep. 15, 1938 Schappi Bus Line Harvey-Calumet City via US6
26263 Sep. 15, 1938 Schappi Bus Line Dolton
26328 Sep. 15, 1938 South Suburban Safeway Lines Dolton-Lansing
26488 Feb. 8, 1938 Belleville-St. Louis Coach Co. Belleville-Centralia
Purchased Centralia-Belleville-St. Louis Coach Co.
Discontinuance granted Dec. 15, 1938 Carlyle-Centralia
26517 Dec. 20, 1938 St. Clair Bus Line East St. Louis-Du Quoin
26548 May 4, 1938 Travelstead Transportation Co. Harrisburg-Wasson Mine
Sale to Harrisburg & Dorrisville Bus granted Jul. 9, 1941
26548 May 4, 1938 Travelstead Transportation Co. Harrisburg-Bankston Mine
Sale to Harrisburg & Dorrisville Bus granted Jul. 9, 1941
26560 Apr. 27, 1938 Aurora City Lines
Renamed from Aurora-Elgin City Lines
26560 Apr. 27, 1938 Aurora-Elgin Bus Line
Purchased from Aurora City Lines
26561 Apr. 27, 1938 Elgin City Lines
Purchased from Aurora City Lines
26623 Jul. 12, 1938 Northland Greyhound Lines Melrose Park-Des Plaines
26660 May 18, 1938 Belleville-St. Louis Coach Co. Belleville-Swansea
Sale to O'Fallon-Belleville Coach Co. granted May 22, 1940
26754 Jul. 27, 1938 Cairo Motor Transit Corp. Cairo
26781 Jun. 23, 1942 Bluebird Coach Lines Chicago-Maywood
26813 May 26, 1938 American Coach Co. Morton Grove-Lincoln Square
Purchased from Suburban Transit System
(formerly South West Towns Bus Line)
26850 Jul. 27, 1938 Suburban Transit System Orland Park-Blue Island
Discontinuance granted Jan. 26, 1939
26863 Feb. 7, 1939 Dixie Greyhound Lines of Illinois Carbondale-Cairo
26883 Jul. 12, 1938 Tri-City Transporation Co.
Discontinuance granted Cairo-Marion
27128 Oct. 11, 1939 Leyden Motor Coach Co. Elmhurst
27210 Sep. 16, 1938 Willett Co. Waukegan-North Chicago
27414 Feb. 7, 1939 Hall's City Lines Centralia
27470 Dec. 20, 1938 Jacksonville Bus Line
Purchased Pittsfield-Barry-Quincy Busway
27730 Jul. 26, 1939 St. Louis Red Bud & Chester Motor Bus East St. Louis-Chester
Consolidation of earlier certificates
27732 May 10, 1939 Joliet Manhattan & Kankakee Transp. Joliet-Aurora
Purchased from Joliet Plainfield & Aurora Trans. Co.
27793 Jun. 20, 1939 Santa Fe Trails of Illinois Litchfield-Staunton
27813 Feb. 15, 1940 Leyden Motor Coach Co. Mannheim Road
27839 Feb. 15, 1940 Glenview Bus Co. Glenview-Wilmette
27938 Jun. 28, 1939 Cumberland Coaches Mattoon-Olney
27977 Jun. 18, 1941 Mobile & Ohio Transportation Co. Cairo-East St. Louis
28007 Oct. 10, 1939 Carbondale-Harrisburg Coach Line Cape Girardeau-Shawneetown
28104 Dec. 19, 1939 Tri-State Transit Co. of Louisiana East St. Louis-Cairo
28331 Dec. 13, 1939 Bee-Line Transit Corp. Danville-Tilton
28331 Apr. 29, 1942 Bee-Line Transit Corp. Danville-Catlin
28389 Jan. 23, 1940 O'Fallon-Belleville Coach Co. O'Fallon-Belleville
28696 Oct. 7, 1941 Burlington Transportation Co. Chicago-La Grange
28722 May 22, 1940 O'Fallon-Belleville Coach Co. Belleville-Carlyle
Purchased from Belleville-St. Louis Coach Co.
Discontinuance granted Mar. 24, 1942 Bartelso-Carlyle
28752 Apr. 24, 1940 South Suburban Safeway Lines
Purchased Chicago Heights Transportation Co.
28775 Feb. 13, 1941 Highway Bus Lines Irving Park-Schiller Park
28815 Mar. 18, 1941 Rock Island Motor Transit Co. Peoria-Bureau
28879 Jul. 30, 1940 Burlington Transportation Co. La Moille-Silvis
28969 Jul. 23, 1940 Interstate Transit Lines Geneva-Chicago
Purchased from Metropolitan Motor Coach Co.
28997 Feb. 13, 1941 Leyden Motor Coach Co. Bensenville-Chicago
29203 Dec. 12, 1940 South Suburban Safeway Lines Roseland-Blue Island
29258 Jan. 14, 1941 Mattoon Bus Line Mattoon
29271 Jan. 8, 1941 Illinois Highway Transportation Co. Peoria-Decatur
29274 Dec. 20, 1940 Joliet City Lines Joliet-Elwood Ordnance
Sale to Ordnance Plant Bus Service granted Jan. 21, 1942
29420 Mar. 13, 1941 Bellwood Transit Lines Streator
29453 Jan. 16, 1941 Burlington Transportation Co. Rockford-Camp Grant
29501 Dec. 11, 1941 Leyden Motor Coach Co. Elmhurst-Villa Park
29504 Mar. 18, 1941 Marion City Bus Co. Marion
29520 May 13, 1941 United Motor Coach Co. Elgin-Evanston
29520 Oct. 11, 1945 United Motor Coach Co. Big Foot-Harvard-Chicago
29548 May 13, 1941 Estates Bus Service Wauconda-Barrington
29555 Jun. 3, 1941 O'Fallon-Belleville Coach Co. O'Fallon-Mascoutah
29684 Jun. 3, 1941 Belleville-St. Louis Coach Co. Scott Field-St. Louis
29715 Oct. 17, 1946 Bluebird Coach Lines Chicago-Broadview
29815 Oct. 22, 1941 Jacksonville Bus Line Springfield-Quincy
29816 Jul. 8, 1941 Chicago & Calumet District Transit
Purchased Shore Line Motor Coach
29849 Nov. 6, 1941 Swallow Coach Lines Danville-Champaign
29876 Jul. 9, 1941 Harrisburg & Dorrisville Bus Line
Purchased Travelstead Transportation Co.
29894 Oct. 22, 1941 Black Hawk Motor Transit Co. Rock Island-Champaign
29964 Oct. 29, 1941 American Coach Co. Skokie-Irving Park
29964 Oct. 29, 1941 American Coach Co. Lincolnwood-Edgebrook
Case No. Date Certificate Granted Applicant Route