Van Galder Bus Company

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Van Galder Bus Company, legally Sam Van Galder, Inc. is a subsidiary of Coach USA, headquartered in Janesville, Wisconsin. It 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. The company operates school buses for 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. The company also operates two bus terminals at Janesville and Rockford. They pick up curbside in Madison at two places 801 Langdon St (which is across from the Memorial Union and at the Dutch Mill Park and Ride the google address is 4545 East Broadway, Madison, WI, South Beloit and have two pick-ups in Rockford. One at 7759 Walton St for O hare customers and 725 N Lyford St, (for Downtown Chicago and Midway customers. Also serving South Beloit, Janesville, and Madison)which has been changed, since the Clock tower in Rockford was demolished in April 2018.

The corridor served by Van Galder's regularly scheduled service is from:

Madison
- University of Wisconsin Memorial Union
- Dutch Mill Park-n-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)

Chicago
- O'Hare International Airport http://www.flychicago.com/ohare
- Chicago Midway International Airport www.flychicago.com/midway
- http://www.chicagounionstation.com/ OR the
- Amtrak Station

In September, 2009, the company started double-decker bus service on the route between Madison and downtown Chicago.

Van Galder Bus Company

Rabu, 01 Agustus 2018