Van Galder Bus Company, legally Sam Van Galder, Inc. is a subsidiary of Coach USA, headquarterd 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 (Business Highway 20) (only Rockford stop for intercity service, except the last southbound bus.)
- Holiday Inn (service to/from O'Hare only)
- Best Western Clock Tower Resort (only Rockford stop for last southbound intercity bus)
to
- 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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