UNION BUS STATION

UNION BUS DEPOT. The Union Bus Depot operated by the DUBUQUE AUTOMOBILE CLUB was located at 301 Main between 1940 and 1970. When it opened on June 29, 1940, WKBB made a broadcast from the station with interviews of the club's officers. (1)

Home to several transportation companies including Greyhound, Jefferson, Waterloo, Hiawatha, Cardinal, and River Trails, it relocated between 1971 and 1985 to 485 Central. The old depot building became the home of the GREAT TRI-STATE SURPLUS STORE. The building was demolished in the early 1990s, and the site became a municipal parking lot.

In the late 1980s, the bus depot moved to Kerper Blvd. In 2015 the Trailways bus depot was located at FIVE POINTS on Rhomberg. (2)

In 1985 Greyhound Lines announced that it was planning to close thirty-five terminals across the United States. It did not own the Union Bus Station in Dubuque which was a locally-owned commission agency serving several bus lines. (3)

The 1942 Dubuque Classified Business Directory through 1968 Dubuque City Directory listed 301 Main.

The 1972 through 1983 Dubuque City Directory listed 485 Central.

The 1989 Dubuque City Directory listed 2255 Kerper.

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Source:

1. Kruse, Len. Unforgettable Radio, Dubuque: Union-Hoermann Press, 1993, p. 171

2. Gibson, Michael. "Yesterday and Today," The Golden View, May 2p15, p. 16

3. "Greyhound Closes 35 Terminals," Telegraph Herald, February 20, 1986, p. 10

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