Flashback: Inter-modal Hub
Greyhound May Move to Union Station
By Ellie Sutter
Saturday, April 28, 1990
Edition: CITY, Section: NEWS, Page 09
Negotiations are under way between Oklahoma City and Greyhound Bus Lines to move the bus company from the corner of Sheridan and Walker to the historic Union Train Station.
Steve Klika, administrator of the Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority, a city trust, has been trying to interest officials of the Southern Greyhound Lines Co. in Dallas in moving their operation to the train station, 300 SW 7.
Klika wants to develop the train station as an intermodal terminal, where city buses, private bus lines and future rail transportation could converge.
Paul Tennant, Greyhound’s real estate director, said, “Where it is possible, Greyhound favors going into an intermodal center.”
To help Greyhound in the move, the city would have to agree to lease the current bus station property at 427 W Sheridan for five years at the current market value rental rate.
Greyhound would move to the east wing of the warehouse at the Union Train Station, Klika said. It would begin operations there March 31, 1991.
Greyhound would lease the property for 20 years with two successive five-year options. The trust would pay for about $735,000 in improvements.
Tennant said nothing is definite yet but that Greyhound is interested in looking at the Union Train Station.
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Try going to amtrak.com and make a reservation to a city in the northern midwest. Amtrak will suggest Greyhound to Kansas City, and Amtrak from there.
We are clearly missing out on potential Greyhound passengers feeding the Heartland Flyer, and vice versa, with the current setup.