22 Facts About Greyhound bus

Greyhound bus is owned by Flix North America, Inc, an affiliate of Flixbus, and is based in Downtown Dallas.

Between 1937 and 1945, Greyhound built many new stations and acquired new buses in the period in the late Art Deco style known as Streamline Moderne.

For terminals, Greyhound retained architects including William Strudwick Arrasmith and George D Brown.

In October 1953, Greyhound bus acquired the Tennessee Coach Company's entire operation, and the negotiations for the Blue Ridge Lines, and its affiliate White Star Lines, that operated between Cleveland and the Mid Atlantic Seaboard.

Civil Rights Act of 1964's Title II and Title III broadened protections beyond federally regulated carriers such as Greyhound bus, to include non-discrimination in hotels, restaurants, and other public accommodations, as well as state and local government buildings.

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Greyhound bus began to hire African American and female drivers in the late 1970s.

Over time, Greyhound bus raised the price of the pass, shortened its validity period and rebranded it as the Discovery Pass, before discontinuing it in 2012.

In June 1987, Greyhound Lines acquired Trailways, Inc, the largest member of the rival Trailways Transportation System, effectively consolidating into a national bus service.

The Greyhound Corporation retained Premier Cruise Lines and ten non-bus subsidiaries using the Greyhound name, such as Greyhound Leisure Services, Inc, and Greyhound Exhibits.

One striker in California was killed by a Greyhound bus driven by a strikebreaker, and a shot was fired at a Greyhound bus.

Greyhound bus agreed to pay $22 million in back wages to union drivers, recall 550 of the remaining strikers, reinstate most of the 200 strikers who were fired for alleged misconduct, and increase hourly pay for drivers to $16.

In February 1996, the DOJ won its case, and Greyhound bus agreed to permit its tenants to sell tickets nearby and permit its tenants to honor interline tickets with competitors.

In September 1998, Greyhound promised to make accommodations for disabled passengers, including equipping most buses with wheelchair lifts.

Greyhound bus purchased Carolina Trailways in 1997, followed by the intercity operations of Southeastern Trailways in 1998.

In 2003, Greyhound expanded its QuickLink service, Greyhound's brand of commuter bus service that runs frequently during the peak weekday commuting hours.

In 2004, Greyhound bus dropped low-demand rural stops and started concentrating on dense, inter-metropolitan routes.

In February 2013, in partnership with DriveCam, Greyhound bus deployed video cameras across its entire fleet to increase safety and driver compliance by combining data and video analytics with real-time driver feedback and coaching.

Shortly after the sale to FirstGroup closed, Greyhound bus began a program in select markets, where riders could reserve a seat for an additional $5.

In 2014, Greyhound bus rolled out a new yield management computer system, enabling the company to more closely manage the number of tickets sold for each departure and dynamically adjust pricing based on sales.

In 2014, Greyhound bus reported a profit of $73 million on revenues of $990.

In September 2015, Greyhound announced expanded service in Missouri and Kansas shortly after Megabus announced that it would be ending service to several cities and college campuses.

Greyhound bus had been criticized for allowing government officials to arrest its customers who were illegally in the country.