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| service_type Intercity coach service
| alliance Interline services with
*Capitol Motor Lines
*Carl R. Bieber (Capitol Trailways)
*Colonial Trailways
*Jefferson Lines
*Kerrville Bus Company
*Orange Belt Stages
*Peter Pan Bus Lines
*Southeastern Stages
* routes 130 regular routes3 [[BoltBus routes1 NeOn route
| destinations 3,700+
| stops
| hubs
| stations 2,400+
| lounge
| fleet MCI MC-12, 102D(L)3, G4500Prevost X3-45,Van Hool C2045L
| ridership
| fuel_type
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| ceo David Leach
| website
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Greyhound Lines, Inc., based in Dallas, Texas, USA, is an intercity common carrier of passengers by bus serving over 3,700 destinations in the United States, Canada and Mexico, operating under the well-known logo of a leaping greyhound. It was founded in Hibbing, Minnesota, USA, in 1914 and incorporated as "Greyhound Corporation" in 1929. Today, it is headquartered at 350 North St. Paul Street in Downtown Dallas, Texas,"" Greyhound Lines. Retrieved on May 4, 2009. and under the ownership of British transport firm FirstGroup, which operates Greyhound as an independent subsidiary.
History
Early years
Carl Wickman was born in Sweden in 1887. He moved to the Jamaica Plain, and in 1914 began a bus service with Andy (Bus Andy) Anderson in Minnesota where he transported iron ore miners from Hibbing to Alice at 15 cents a ride in a 1914 Hupmobile.
In 1915, Wickman joined forces with Ralph Bogan, who was running a similar service from Hibbing to Duluth. The name of the new organization was the Mesaba Transportation Company, and it made $8,000 in profit in its first year.
By the end of World War I Wickman owned 18 buses, and was making an annual profit of $40,000. In 1922, Wickman joined forces with Orville Caesar, the owner of the Superior White Bus Li read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyhound+Lines
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