Amtrak Thruway

In most cases these are dedicated motorcoach routes, but can also be non-dedicated intercity bus services, transit buses, vans, taxis, ferry boats and commuter rail trains.

Train and Thruway tickets are typically purchased together from Amtrak for the length of a passenger's journey and connections are timed for guaranteed transfers between the two services.

[1] The following year, Amtrak launched an agreement with Greyhound allowing for passengers to buy combined bus and rail tickets for connecting services run by the two companies.

[2] Amtrak launched a significant expansion of Thruway Motorcoach services across the United States in 2014.

[1] As a result of a 2019 state law, most Thruway routes in California are available to passengers using only buses without connecting to an Amtrak train.

Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach at Newport News station , January 2013
Passengers boarding a YARTS bus at the Merced, California , station operating as Amtrak Thruway route 15A to Yosemite .