Van Galder Bus Company

Van Galder Bus Company
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Van Galder motorcoach in downtown Chicago
Parent	Coach USA
Founded	1947 ^[1]
Headquarters	715 South Pearl Street
Locale	Janesville, Wisconsin
Destinations	Madison and Janesville, Wisconsin, South Beloit and Rockford, Illinois to Chicago (O'Hare, Midway via Union Station)
Fleet	130 ^[2]
Operator	Sam Van Galder Inc.
Chief executive	Stephen Van Galder ^[2]
Website	at Coach USA

Van Galder Bus Company, legally Sam Van Galder, Inc. is a subsidiary of Coach USA, headquarterd 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, coach charters, excursions, daily airport shuttles, Amtrak Thruway service to downtown Chicago, and the only intercity service on the I-39/90 corridor. ^[1] The company also operates two bus terminals at Janesville and Rockford.

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 (Road Ranger/McDonald's on southeast corner of I-39/90 and Highway 75)
Rockford
- Terminal off State Street (Business Highway 20) (only Rockford stop for intercity service, except the last southbound bus.)
- Best Western Clock Tower Resort (only Rockford stop for last southbound intercity bus)

Chicago
- O'Hare International Airport and
- Chicago Midway International Airport via Union Station.^[3] ^[4]

In September, 2009, the company started double-decker bus service on the route between Madison and downtown Chicago.^[5]

References

External links

Van Galder Bus Company at Coach USA website
Janesville Transit System (JTS) at City of Janesville website

v t e Stagecoach Group

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Van Galder Bus Company