Van Galder Bus Company, legally Sam Van Galder, Inc. is a regional bus service headquartered in Janesville,

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. A subsidiary of

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, the company had been a family-owned business for over 50 years until it was sold in 1999 to the

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, who retained Stephen Van Galder as president under the Coach USA banner. In 2004, Van Galder acquired Rockford Coach Lines, which provided airport service from Rockford to O'Hare, from

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. The company operates school buses for the Janesville School district, coach and school bus charters, tour and travel excursions, daily airport shuttles,

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service to downtown

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, and the only intercity service on the

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/ 90 corridor. The company has bus terminals in Janesville and Rockford. It picks up curbside in Madison on North Lake Street and at the Dutch Mill Park and Ride and has two pick-ups in Rockford, one on Walton Street for O'Hare customers and one on N. Lyford Street for downtown Chicago customers. However, all buses currently only stop at the Rockford terminal on Walton Street. Service to Chicago Midway Airport was suspended March 17, 2020, and there are no plans to reinstate it. The corridor served by Van Galder's regularly scheduled service is from: *

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200 block of North Lake Street (between Dayton and Johnson Streets), adjacent to the Gordon Commons terrace. (For GPS, use "250 N. Lake St".) ** Dutch Mill Park & Ride off the West Beltline Highway and Stoughton Road ( Highway 51) * Janesville (Terminal off I-39/90 and Highway 14) * South Beloit (Fas Mart/

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on southeast corner of I-39/90 and Highway 75) * Rockford Terminal off State Street ( U.S. Route 20 Business) to *

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** Chicago Union Station In September, 2009, the company started

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service on the route between Madison and downtown Chicago.

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External links

Van Galder Bus Company at Coach USA website
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