Peter Pan Bus Lines

Peter Pan Bus Lines

Peter Pan #32032 proceeds to the bus terminal in New York City, arriving from Providence.
Slogan	"Connecting People & Places...for over 75 years"
Founded	1933
Headquarters	1776 Main Street Springfield, MA 01103
Locale	Northeastern United States
Service area	Southern New England
Service type	Intercity coach service Bus charter Airport shuttle Motorcoach tours Contract operations
Alliance	Greyhound Lines (intercity route service only)
Hubs	Springfield, MA; Boston, MA; Providence, RI; Hartford, CT; New York, NY
Operator	Peter Pan Bus Lines Bonanza Bus Lines Arrow Line
Chief executive	Peter A. Picknelly
Web site	www.peterpanbus.com

Peter Pan Bus Lines is a long-distance bus carrier that operates in the northeastern states of the United States. Over four million passengers travel on Peter Pan's bus routes every year.

The company was founded as Yellow Cab Air Line in Springfield, Massachusetts, where the company remains based, and was purchased by Peter Carmen Picknelly in 1933.

Peter Pan was affiliated with Trailways beginning in the 1990s, but ended that affiliation in 2005.

Routes

Peter Pan's major service areas include: Boston, Massachusetts; Providence, Rhode Island; Springfield, Massachusetts; Hartford, Connecticut; New York, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; Washington, D.C.; and points in between. The operation south of New York City (other than Atlantic City casino service) began with an expansion in the early 1990s (after which the company joined the Trailways network). Schedules for 1994 showed an additional expansion to Norfolk, Virginia and Ocean City, Maryland via the Delmarva Peninsula, paralleling services operated by Carolina Trailways (which was owned by competitor Greyhound Lines), but this was very brief.

In 1999, an alliance was formed with Greyhound, coordinating schedules, marketing, and ticket sales.

Peter Pan's Coaches consist mainly of vehicles manufactured by Motor Coach Industries. The fleet also consists of Van Hool coaches and some RTS buses which came along with their takeover of Coach USA's Northeastern division companies, namely Arrow Line, Mini Coach of Boston, Maine Line, Pawtuxet Valley, and the Providence-based Bonanza in 2003. Maine Line was then sold to Cyr Bus, Pawtuxet Valley was closed and folded into Bonanza, and Mini Coach of Boston was renamed Peter Pan-Boston, and primarily serves the charter coach market in the Boston hub area.

See also

• Greyhound Lines - interline carrier on most Peter Pan routes
• Coach USA - former owner of most of the Peter Pan companies
• BusJunction - a bus ticket search engine that includes Peter Pan tickets

External links

• Peter Pan Bus Lines company homepage