THRUWAY MOTORCOACH

'Thruway Motorcoach' is Amtrak's system of Amtrak-owned intercity coaches, locally contracted transit buses, through ticketed local bus routes and taxi services to connect Amtrak train stations to areas not served by its railroads. Train and Thruway Motorcoach tickets are purchased together from Amtrak for the length of a passenger's journey, and the connections are timed for convenient transfers between the two services. In addition to providing connecting service to unserved areas, some Thruway Motorcoaches operate as redundant service along well-established passenger rail corridors to add extra capacity.
By law, passengers may only travel on Amtrak's network of Thruway Motorcoaches when connecting to or from an Amtrak train, a restriction intended to prevent government-subsidized competition with Greyhound Bus Lines and other private bus companies.
California has the most extensive network of Thruway Motorcoaches in the nation.

Contents

Thruway Motorcoach routes

Northeast

East

Midwest

West

Pacific Northwest

California

Subsitiution for Amtrak trains

Replaced Thruway Motorcoach service

Thruway Motorcoach routes

Northeast

★ Newport News to Virginia Beach


★ New York to LaGuardia Airport/JFK Airport (through-ticketed New York Airport Service route)


★ Portland, ME to Bangor (through-ticketed Concord Trailways route)


★ Boston to Newburyport/Portsmouth (through-ticketed C&J Trailways route)


★ New London to Foxwoods Casino (through-ticketed SEAT route]


★ Boston to Manchester/Concord/Berlin (through-ticketed Concord Trailways route)


★ Wilmington to Dover/Salisbury (through-ticketed Carolina Trailways route)


★ Washington to Charlottesville (through-ticketed Greyhound route)


★ Buffalo to Jamestown (through-ticketed Concord Trailways route)


★ Westport to Lake Placid

East

★ Lakeland to Waldo


★ DeLand to Daytona Beach


★ Orlando/Tampa to St. Petersburg/Fort Meyers


★ High Point to Winston-Salem (through-ticketed Winston-Salem Connector route)


★ Charlottesville to Richmond


★ Chicago/Indianapolis to Louisville (through-ticketed Greyhound route)


★ Toledo to Detroit/East Lansing

Midwest

★ Jackson to Mobile (through-ticketed Greyhound route)


★ Carbondale to St. Louis


★ New Orleans to Baton Rouge


★ Battle Creek to Flint (through-ticketed Indian Trails route)


★ Kalamazoo to St. Ignace (through-ticketed Indian Trails route)


★ Indianapolis to Galesburg/Davenport (through-ticketed Burlington Trailways Route route)


★ Kansas City to Tulsa/Oklahoma City (through-ticketed Jefferson Lines route)


★ Milwaukee to Oshkosh/Wausau (through-ticketed Lamers Bus Lines route)


★ Chicago to Rockford/Madison (through-ticketed Coach USA route)

West

★ St.Paul-Minneapolis to Duluth (through-ticketed Jefferson Lines route)


★ Seattle to Vancouver, BC (through-ticketed Western Trailways Route route)


★ Denver to Fort Collins/Cheyenne/Casper (through-ticketed Powder River Transportation route


★ Salt Lake City to Boise (through-ticketed Greyhound route)


★ Salt Lake City to Las Vegas (through-ticketed Greyhound route)


★ Emeryville to San Francisco/Oakland

★ Galesburg to Springfield

★ Denver to Colorado Springs/Pueblo (through-ticketed Greyhound route)


★ Denver to Glenwood Springs (through-ticketed Greyhound route)


★ Williams Junction to Williams (Grand Canyon Railroad connection)


★ Flagstaff to Grand Canyon (through-ticketed Open Road Tours route)


★ Flagstaff to Phoenix (through-ticketed Open Road Tours or Greyhound route)


★ Flagstaff to Sedona (through-ticketed Open Road Tours or Greyhound route)


★ Raton to Denver (through-ticketed Greyhound route)


★ Kingman to Las Vegas

★ Albuquerque to El Paso (through-ticketed Greyhound route)


★ Lamy to Santa Fe

★ Los Angeles to Las Vegas (through-ticketed Greyhound route)


★ Longview to Shreveport

★ Longview to Houston/Galveston

★ San Antonio to Laredo (through-ticketed Greyhound route)


★ San Antonio to Harlington/Brownsville (through-ticketed Greyhound route)


★ Temple to Kileen/Fort Hood

★ Oklahoma City to Tulsa (through-ticketed Jefferson Lines route)


★ Houston to Galveston (through-ticketed Kerrville Bus route)


★ Emeryville/Oakland to San Francisco

★ Salinas to Monterey/Carmel

Pacific Northwest

★ Seattle to Vancouver, BC

★ Seattle to Vancouver Island/Victoria, BC (through-ticketed Victoria Clipper ferry route)


★ Portland to Eugene-Springfield

★ Spokane to Boise (through-ticketed Northwestern Trailways route)


★ Seattle to Wenatchee/Spokane (through-ticketed Northwestern Trailways route)


★ Portland to Pendleton/Boise (through-ticketed Greyhound route)


★ Portland to Astoria


★ Seattle to Port Angeles (through-ticketed Olympic Bus Lines route)


★ Portland/Albany to Corvallis/Newport

★ Chemult to Bend/Redomd

★ Ontario to Eugene/Coors Bay (through-ticketed Porter Stage route)

★ Klamath Falls to Ashland

California

★ 1A: Bakersfield to Los Angeles/Santa Ana/San Diego


★ 1B: Bakersfield to Long Beach/San Pedro


★ 1C: Bakersfield to Simi Valley


★ 3: Sacramento/Stockton to Marrysville/Chico/Redding/Medford


★ 6: Stockton to Dublin/San Jose/Palo Alto


★ 7: Martinez to Vallejo/Napa/Santa Rosa/Eureka/McKinleyville


★ 9: Bakersfield to Las Vegas


★ 10: Bakersfield to Santa Barbara


★ 12: Bakersfield to Victorville


★ 15: Merced to Yosemite


★ 18A: Handford to Santa Maria


★ 18B: Handford to Visalia


★ 19: Bakersfield/San Bernardino to Hemet/Indio


★ 20: Sacramento to Roseville/Reno/Sparks


★ 20c: Sacramento to South Lake Tahoe


★ 21: San Jose to San Louis Obispo/Santa Barbara (Also known as the Coast Daylight or Night Coast)


★ 23: Sacramento to South Lake Tahoe (Carson City service stopped 2006-11-30)


★ 34: San Francisco to Stockton


★ 35: Santa Cruz to San Jose (connects with 6)


★ 37: Merced to Monterey


★ 99: Emeryville to San Francisco

Subsitiution for Amtrak trains

Thruway Motorcoaches are also substitued in place of an Amtrak California train on the following unnumbered segments:


★ Oakland - San Jose


★ Van Nuys to Los Angeles (one southbound trip)


★ Los Angeles to Santa Barbara

Replaced Thruway Motorcoach service

Thruway Motorcoach service has been replaced by through ticketed local transit on the following segments:


★ San Jose - Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz Metro Line 17


★ San Jose - Monterey: Monterey-Salinas Transit Line 55


★ Auburn - Grass Valley: Gold County Stage Line 5X