Gary Railways Bus Schedule, 1952

From deep in the files of the Hobart Historical Society Museum comes this bus schedule showing how insignificant Ainsworth was in 1952.


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Images courtesy of the Hobart Historical Society.




This is the same company whose 1940 schedule I already posted.

Ainsworth's First Bus Line

… not counting school buses, of course. From the Hobart Gazette of May 12, 1916:



As early as 1916! We'll see how long this lasts.

1940 Bus Schedule

The Hobart Gazette of January 11, 1940, carried this advertisement of the bus service between Ainsworth and Gary or Merrillville:


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I wonder why there was such great demand for transportation between Ainsworth and Merrillville at 1:25 a.m.?

I have no more information at the moment. I don't know if this schedule represents just a revision to an existing service, or an entirely new service. I don't know when the buses stopped running forever.