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1940s-era postcard depicting the TRAILWAYS depot at Norfolk, Virginia......

https://www.cardvow.com/161988/norfolk-virginia-ytailways-bus-terminal/

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Here's a beautiful 1950s view of the CONTINENTAL TRAILWAYS station at Colorado Springs; the word word "BUS" was indeed QUITE prominently displayed, as was commonplace with depots of that era!

Note also the particularly handsome ACF-BRILL "IC-41"........

https://www.cardcow.com/380169/colorado-springs-continental-trailways-bus-depot/

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In this long-ago 1930s photo, we see "SUPER COACHES" dominating the loading area at New York (formidable, handsome buses, indeed!)

https://pixelsmerch.com/featured/nyc-greyhound-bus-terminal-underwood-archives.html

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1960s view of the new GREYHOUND terminal at Milwaukee.......

https://www.cardcow.com/851732/milwaukee-wisconsin-new-greyhound-bus-station/

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"Buffalo Hounds", down Florida way, back in the day...............

https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/9356

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Here's an excellent page on the former GREYHOUND station in Washington, DC; there are several vintage photos here as well. showing the buses.

This is also a quite interesting article............

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www.streetsofwashington.com/2010/07/washington-deco-old-greyhound-terminal.html

Also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Union_Station (scroll down to "INTERCITY BUSES" heading)

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traildriver:

As always, greatly appreciate your comments and always-informative input!

When you think of how the original "Port-of-Authority"was designed, it was clear that a "loop" facility would have to be built, to enable the steady flow of commuter buses from New Jersey to make quick turnarounds, after discharging their passengers, thus allowing them to easily pull into their respective platforms.

Then,of course, you had the unique Hotel Dixie underground, terminal, with its also-unique turntable...........

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Here is an interesting, in-depth article on the "Port-of-Authority"; note 1930s photo of the Art Deco GREYHOUND terminal across from the old Pennsylvania Station........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Authority_Bus_Terminal

As the photo caption notes, GREYHOUND had the distinction of being the last company to move into the PABT.

I ofte like to imagine GREYHOUND using the old station into the 1970s, and perhaps, into the 1980s.

I would also imagine that "The Hound" eventually turned a nice little profit, after selling the property where the old station was situated.

I do recall this once-busy facility laying dormant for some time before finally being demolished; the area where the old GREYHOUND terminal once stood, like the site of the old (foolishly destroyed) Penn Station, is totally unrecognizable today...........

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Mention should also be made here of the old Dixie Terminal in Cincinnati, which is no longer in transit use.

Like the PABT (and, also, the long-ago demolished Public Service Terminal in Newark) the Dixie Terminal was also a "loop" facility with elevated approaches; recall, also, that the PS Terminal also utilized elevated roadways/approach ramps.

Also, like the PS Terminal, Dixie also, at one time, served streetcars and trolleybuses..........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Terminal

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Though the buses and streetcars that served this historic and totally majestic building are now long, long gone, the Dixie Terminal still stands proudly, a stunning tribute to the highly-skilled and gifted craftsmen over a century ago............

https://ancestralfindings.com/the-history-behind-the-dixie-terminal/