INTERCITY BUS COMPANIES

OHIO

Additional Bus Companies

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. Some available beginning dates are from early reports of the Ohio Public Utilities Commission, indicating a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity.

A&M Transit Lines - operated until 1959
Original route: Alliance-Akron
Prior to 1944 was Alliance-Akron Transit Co.

Buckeye Stages - operated 1926-1969
Original route: Findlay-Fostoria-Fremont
Prior to 1948 was Findlay-Fremont Bus Line

Chillicothe-Jackson Coach Co. - operated 1929-1944 (to Atlantic Greyhound Lines)
Original route: Chillicothe to Gallipolis and London

Cleveland-Lorain Highway Coach - operated 1924-1987
Original route: Cleveland-Lorain
1984-1987 was SBS Transit

Croswell Transportation Co. - operated 1929-1960
Original route: Cincinnati-Williamsburg-Portsmouth

Dayton & Southeastern Lines - operated until 1972
Original route: Dayton-Springfield-Chillicothe

Galion-Mansfield Transit Co. - operated 1927-1954
Original route: Mansfield-Galion-Marion

Glouster-Athens Auto Bus Co. - operated 1923-1954 (to Zane Transit Lines/Ohio Trailways)
Original route: Corning-Glouster-Athens

Greenfield-Cincinnati Bus Line - operated until 1945
Original route: Greenfield-Cincinnati

Hamilton-Oxford Bus Line - operated 1924-1948 (to Ohio Bus Line/previous page)
Original route: Hamilton-Oxford

King Brothers Lines - operated 1922-1948
Operated various directions from Cincinnati

Lima-Ada Bus Line - operated 1927-1944
Original route: Lima-Ada

Loudonville-Oberlin Coach Line - operated 1947-1952
Original route: Loudonville-Oberlin

McDonald Bus Lines - operated 1947-1948
Original route: Youngstown-Conneaut

Newark-Lancaster Coach Line - operated until 1948 (to Lake Shore System/previous page)
Original route: Newark-Lancaster

Oxford Coach Lines - operated 1947-1956
Original route: Oxford-Middletown

Paulding-Fort Wayne Bus Line - operated 1927-1953
Original route: Paulding-Fort Wayne

Red Eagle Bus Co. - operated until 1923-1945 (to Ohio Greyhound Lines)
Original route: Canton-Millersburg-Columbus

Shelby Transit Co. - operated until 1945
Original route: Marion-Bellefontaine-Greenville

Smithfield-Adena Bus Co. - operated until 1950
Operated various directions from Smithfield

Sterling Stages - operated until 1984
Original route: Warren to Ashtabula and Sharon PA

Warren-Newton Falls Transportation Co. - operated until 1962
Original route: Warren-Newton Falls-Leavittsburg
Prior to 1947 was Newton Falls-Warren Bus Line
1960-1962 was Warren Suburban

Warren-Salem Transit Line - operated until 1950
Original route: Warren-Salem

William Penn Short Lines - operated until 1948
Original route: Steubenville-Cambridge

Xenia-Hillsboro Bus Co. - operated 1931-1952 (to Dayton Southeastern/above)
Original route: Hillsboro to Xenia and Washington Court House


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