Greyhound Lines
| Greyhound Lines, Inc.
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1914 |
| Seat | Dallas TX, United States |
| Number of employees | 8400 |
| Branch | transport |
| Website | www.greyhound.com |
The Greyhound Lines , headquartered in Dallas are the largest company in the long-distance bus traffic in North America . They are owned by the British transport company FirstGroup . The company was founded in 1914 by Carl Wickman. He used his bus to transport miners from Hibbing to Alice, Minnesota . The name of the company goes back to the dog breed Greyhound , which is considered to be the typical greyhound breed. The logo of a jumping greyhound used by Greyhound is one of the most famous logos in the United States , according to the company .
Greyhound Lines is an interline carrier on most of the Peter Pan routes.
According to its own information, the company serves 3800 destinations in North America. It employs 8,400 people in the United States, carries 22 million passengers a year, and has approximately 1,250 buses that are an average of seven years old. In addition to passenger transport, the company also offers parcel delivery and a courier service .
Bus models
Greyhound MCI 102DL3
Greyhound Prevost X3-45
Greyhound MCI MC-12
Older model in front of a bus station in 1965
Greyhound GMC PD4151 Silverside (1948)
Greyhound Supercoach (1930s)
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Web links
- (en) (es) Greyhound USA
- (fr) (en) Greyhound Canada
- (es) Greyhound Mexico
- (en) Greyhound South Africa
Individual evidence
- ↑ This and the following information from http://www.greyhound.com/home/en/About/About.aspx or archive link ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 30, 2008
