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Indian Trails, Inc. is an inter-city bus company based in
Intercity Bus System
recognized by the Michigan Department of Transportation.
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Bus transportation in Michigan Bus transportation in Wisconsin Companies based in Michigan Transportation in Lansing, Michigan Transport companies established in 1910 Intercity bus companies of the United States 1910 establishments in Michigan Transportation companies based in Michigan
Indian Trails, Inc. is an inter-city bus company based in Owosso, Michigan
Owosso is the largest city in Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 15,194 at the 2010 census. The city is mostly surrounded by Owosso Township on its west, but the two are administered autonomously. The city was ...
, with offices in Romulus
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(in Metro Detroit
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) and Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo ( ) is a city in the southwest region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Kalamazoo County. At the 2010 census, Kalamazoo had a population of 74,262. Kalamazoo is the major city of the Kalamazoo-Portage Metropoli ...
.
History
Indian Trails was founded in 1910 in Owosso as the Phillips-Taylor Livery Service, whose main business was transporting cargo to and fromDurand Union Station
Durand Union Station is a historic train station in Durand, Michigan. The station, which now serves Amtrak ''Blue Water'' trains, was originally a busy Grand Trunk Western Railroad and Ann Arbor Railroad station, as well as a local office for Gr ...
and the surrounding Shiawassee County. Beginning in the 1910s, the company expanded to include intercity offerings, becoming known as the Owosso-Flint Bus Line. and by the 1930s served much of southern Michigan. Many of its buses ran along US 12, known as "the Old Indian Trail." Reflecting this, in 1935, the company took its current name, Indian Trails.
Indian Trails offers charters, casino trips and regular fixed-route daily service. In 2006 Indian Trails assumed responsibility for a number of routes in Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula which Greyhound Lines
Greyhound Lines, Inc. (commonly known as simply Greyhound) operates the largest intercity bus service in North America, including Greyhound Mexico. It also operates charter bus services, Amtrak Thruway services, commuter bus services, and pa ...
had discontinued.
Indian Trails' daily scheduled bus service is part of Michigan'Intercity Bus System
recognized by the Michigan Department of Transportation.
Routes
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service 8 to 12 times daily between East Lansing
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, Ann Arbor
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and Detroit Metro Airport
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.
See also
* * * *List of intercity bus stops in Wisconsin The following is a list of presently operating intercity bus stops in Wisconsin with regular service. The list excludes charter buses, local transit buses, paratransit systems, and trolleybus systems. The following companies provide intercity bus se ...
References
External links
{{Commons category-inline, Indian TrailsIndian Trails official site
Bus transportation in Michigan Bus transportation in Wisconsin Companies based in Michigan Transportation in Lansing, Michigan Transport companies established in 1910 Intercity bus companies of the United States 1910 establishments in Michigan Transportation companies based in Michigan