Van Galder Bus Company
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 Van Galder motorcoach in downtown Chicago | |
| Parent | Coach USA |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1947 [1] |
| Headquarters | 715 South Pearl Street |
| Locale | Janesville, Wisconsin |
| Destinations | Madison and Janesville, Wisconsin, South Beloit and Rockford, Illinois to Chicago (O'Hare, Midway via Union Station) |
| Fleet | 150[2] |
| Operator | Sam Van Galder Inc. |
| Chief executive | Allen Fugate |
| Website | at Coach USA |
Van Galder Bus Company, legally Sam Van Galder, Inc. is a regional bus service headquartered in Janesville, Wisconsin. A subsidiary of Coach USA, the company had been a family-owned business for over 50 years until it was sold in 1999 to the Stagecoach Group, who retained Stephen Van Galder as president under the Coach USA banner. In 2004, Van Galder acquired Rockford Coach Lines, which provided airport service from Rockford to O'Hare, from Greyhound Lines.[3]
The company operates school buses for the Janesville School district, coach and school bus charters, tour and travel excursions, daily airport shuttles, Amtrak Thruway service to downtown Chicago, and the only intercity service on the I-39/90 corridor.[1] The company has bus terminals in Janesville and Rockford. It picks up curbside in Madison on Langdon Street and at the Dutch Mill Park and Ride and has two pick-ups in Rockford, one on Walton Street for O'Hare customers and one on N. Lyford Street for downtown Chicago and Midway customers.
The corridor served by Van Galder's regularly scheduled service is from:
- Madison
- University of Wisconsin Memorial Union
- Dutch Mill Park & Ride off the West Beltline Highway and Stoughton Road (Highway 51)
- Janesville (Terminal off I-39/90 and Highway 14)
- South Beloit (Fas Mart/McDonald's on southeast corner of I-39/90 and Highway 75)
- Rockford Terminal off State Street (U.S. Route 20 Business)
to
- Chicago
- O'Hare International Airport
- Chicago Midway International Airport[4]
- Chicago Union Station
In September, 2009, the company started double-decker bus service on the route between Madison and downtown Chicago.[5][6]
References[]
- ^ a b Coach USA, Van Galder - about us
- ^ The Business Journal: Rising diesel costs force industry changes
- ^ "Stagecoach Group PLC and Coach USA, Inc., et al.-Acquisition and Consolidation of Assets-Rockford Coach Lines, L.L.C." Federal Register. 2004-05-14. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
- ^ "Coach USA" (PDF). www.coachusa.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
- ^ Karen Rivedal (September 9, 2009). "Van Galder to start double-decker bus service in Madison". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- ^ "Chicago Airport Shuttle Bus Schedules". www.govangalder.com. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
External links[]
- Bus transportation in Wisconsin
- Stagecoach Group bus operators in the United States and Canada
- Bus companies of the United States
- Janesville, Wisconsin
- 1947 establishments in Wisconsin
- Transportation companies based in Wisconsin