As Greyhound Bus Stations Across the Country Close, Passengers Have to Wait on the Street

Eight major American cities have lost their Greyhound bus terminals, or seen them moved to locations deemed unsafe

Bus riders in major cities like Chicago, Houston and Philadelphia now have to make do without Greyhound bus stations.

So do bus passengers in other American cities where Greyhound stations have shut down in recent years — forcing them to wait on street corners in hard-to-reach areas and raising safety concerns, according to researchers and city officials.

There are a variety of reasons behind for the closures. The real estate company that owns the Chicago station is selling the property, according to The Wall Street Journal. Philadelphia’s bus station shut down in June to ease congestion on the bustling Market Street thoroughfare and the downtown location in Columbus, Ohio, was declared a public nuisance.

Greyhound did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The future of Greyhound locations in smaller cities remains uncertain. The company has proposed moving its Cleveland station 11 miles away from that city’s downtown, according to Axios. Across the state, the Cincinnati bus station shut down after a developer bought the site, which was near the city’s center.

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