Yelloway-Pioneer System
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The Yelloway-Pioneer System (sometimes styled YellowaY-Pioneer) was a group of independently-owned intercity bus companies that operated the first transcontinental bus route in the United States.[3][4]
Founded | 1927 (1927) by Oliver William Townsend,[1] Wesley E. Travis[2] |
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Service area | United States |
Service type | Intercity coach service |
Routes | Los Angeles - Philadelphia - New York |
Proposed in early 1927,[3] the first transcontinental bus trip took place in 1928.[4] The initial route ran from Los Angeles, California to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In September 1928, the route was extended from Philadelphia to New York City.[3] The first Los Angeles to New York City trip was completed on 11 September 1928, covered 3,433 highway miles, and took 5 days and 14 hours to travel.[3]
Also in 1928, the American Motor Transportation Company purchased most of the YellowaY member firms.[5]
In February 1929, the Motor Transit Corporation (which became Greyhound Corporation later that year) bought the Yelloway-Pioneer System for $6.4 m million.[6]