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 Illini Shuttle, operated by Suburban Express, at Illinois Terminal in Champaign, Illinois. | |
| Founded | 1983 |
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| Headquarters | 714 S Sixth Street Champaign, Illinois 61820 |
| Service area | Illinois, Indiana, Iowa |
| Service type | Intercity coach service |
| Destinations | 5 Universities served and Chicago suburbs |
| Owner | Dennis Toeppen |
| Website | http://www.suburbanexpress.com |
Suburban Express is a bus company which serves five midwest universities; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois State University, Eastern Illinois University, Purdue, and the University of Iowa. Weekend services transport students from all five campuses directly to several suburban Chicago locations.. The Illini Shuttle runs every day from Champaign to the Chicago Airports of O'Hare and Midway and the suburbs.
Competition
Suburban Express currently provides an alternative to the following carriers:
- Champaign-Urbana: Greyhound, LEX, Megabus, Amtrak and various airlines operating out of University of Illinois Willard Airport
- Eastern Illinois University: EIU bus service, which runs sporadically.
- University of Iowa: Burlington Trailways, Greyhound.
This place suckkkkkkkkkkkkkks.. they use vans and they rent out their buses
References
- Champaign man takes one of the last Concorde trips; Lynda Zimmer. News-Gazette Staff Writer. News Gazette. Champaign, Ill. Oct 29, 2003. pg. B.5.
- Special Weekend Service Between U of I and Chicago Suburbs
- Illini Shuttle service between Champaign and Chicago Airports
- Daily Herald, August 25, 2005 - Section 1, Page 13
Further reading
- Fare wars - Bus service run by student butts heads with Greyhound. Dan Rozek. Daily Herald. Chicago, Illinois. Sunday, October 20, 1985. Page 20. (Large article about the company, covers 3/4 of the page. Discusses the creation of the company, two attempts by the Illinois Commerce Commission to shut it down and fare war with Greyhound.)