INTERCITY BUS ROUTES - HISTORY

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Intercity Bus Map/1976

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.

Beginning in 1921, intrastate bus service was regulated by the Oregon Public Utility Commission.


GREYHOUND BUS COMPANIES

Overland Greyhound Lines
Pacific Greyhound Lines

TRAILWAYS BUS COMPANIES

Mount Hood Stages/Pacific Trailways

Additional Trailways Companies

INDEPENDENT BUS COMPANIES

Hamman Stage Lines

Additional Bus Companies

Early Intercity Bus Routes

Bus routes listed in early issues of the "Bus Transportation" publication.

Obscure Interurban/Intercity Bus Companies

Portland Area
Additional Areas

The most obscure bus companies, not listed in the Russell's Guide but mentioned in the 1952 Mass Transportation's Directory, or sometimes mentioned in the WPA Federal Writers Project/American Guide Series books.


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