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The Burlington station was replaced in 1956 with a location on Locust Street. [3] In 1972, a Greyhound Lines bus terminal opened on Keosauqua Way, which would be replaced by the current bus station on Second Avenue, which opened December 30, 2013.
Burlington Trailways was founded in 1929 as the Burlington Transportation Company, a subsidiary of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. It started as a bus line that ran through Highway 34 . In 1934, the service expanded to Denver and Omaha and in 1935 from Chicago to California.
Burlington is a city in, and the county seat of, Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. [2] The population was 23,982 in the 2020 census, a decline from the 26,839 population in 2000. [3] Burlington is the center of a micropolitan area, which includes West Burlington and Middletown, Iowa, and Gulfport, Illinois.
Greyhound Lines had grown so quickly in the 1920s and 1930s that the Interstate Commerce Commission encouraged smaller independent operators to form the NTBS to provide competition. Unlike Greyhound, which centralized ownership, Trailways member companies became a formidable competitor while staying an association of almost 100 separate companies.
Q Casino (formerly Mystique and Dubuque Greyhound Park & Casino) is a casino located in Dubuque, Iowa. It also was a greyhound race track until racing ceased there on May 15, 2022. The facility is operated by the non-profit Dubuque Racing Association, its license holder.
The Snake Alley Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Burlington, Iowa, United States.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, and it was included in the Heritage Hill Historic District that surrounds it, in 1982.
Buildings and structures in Burlington, Iowa (2 C, 17 P) P. People from Burlington, Iowa (1 C, 73 P) Pages in category "Burlington, Iowa"
The Heritage Hill Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located north of downtown Burlington, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The area is primarily a residential neighborhood on the hill north of the central business district. Several churches act as a buffer and ...