As Greyhound Stations Go Extinct, Low-Income Thanksgiving Travelers are Left Out in the Cold
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Following a 2021 sale to German bus operator Flixbus and the 2022 sale of its stations to real estate company Twenty Lake, America’s largest intracity bus carrier, Greyhound, has shuttered its indoor waiting areas in a growing number of American cities, including Houston, Richmond, and Charlottesville. In the process, throngs of riders have often been shunted to outdoor stops in parking lots or on curbs, sometimes with no access to shelter, seating, restrooms, or basic customer services like route information — a situation the Philadelphia Inquirer called “a humanitarian disaster and a municipal disgrace.” Some of those stops are located in suburbs miles from the core downtowns where terminals used to be located, with few transit connections for passengers who can’t afford a ride to their ride.
This Evansville, Ind. Greyhound station was converted into a burger restaurant in 2016. Photo: Griffin Taylor
