The Yelloway-Pioneer System (sometimes styled YellowaY-Pioneer) was a group of independently-owned

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companies that operated the first transcontinental bus route in the

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. Proposed in early 1927, the first transcontinental bus trip took place in 1928. The initial route ran from

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. In September 1928, the route was extended from Philadelphia to

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. 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. Also in 1928, the ''American Motor Transportation Company'' purchased most of the YellowaY member firms. In February 1929, the Motor Transit Corporation (which became

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later that year) bought the Yelloway-Pioneer System for $6.4 m million.

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