Van Galder Bus Company

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Headquarters 715 South Pearl Street Operator Sam Van Galder Inc. Website at Coach USA Founded 1947		Locale Janesville, Wisconsin Chief executive Stephen Van Galder Parent organization Coach USA Fleet 130

Destinations Madison and Janesville, Wisconsin, South Beloit and Rockford, Illinois to Chicago (O'Hare, Midway via Union Station) Profiles Facebook

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Van Galder Bus Company, legally Sam Van Galder, Inc. is a subsidiary of Coach USA, headquartered 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. 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 (U.S. Route 20 Business) (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.

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

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