Greyhound Lines was formed in 1930 when several intercity bus companies were consolidated into one corporation. It moved a regional office from
Chicago to Cleveland the same year. The site of the original depot was to be leased to Greyhound for a period of 15 years. The Greyhound Bus Station opened on April 1, 1948 with the first buses departing for
Painesville,
Youngstown and
Miami,
Florida at just after midnight. As part of the inauguration, an experimental bus designed by
Raymond Loewy, the
GX-1, was exhibited to the public by Greyhound. The Cleveland station was the first in a series of new bus terminals built by Greyhound as part of a $20 million building campaign. The objection was rescinded by Greyhound in 1999. In early 2023, the building was sold by the former-Greyhound parent company
FirstGroup, along with 32 Greyhound bus terminals, to a real estate investment firm for $1.72 million. The organization managing
Playhouse Square, the theater district in downtown Cleveland located across the street from the station, purchased the station building on April 4, 2024 for $3.35 million. It is anticipated that the building would be redeveloped into a
mixed-use venue. Greyhound and other intercity bus services were moved to the
Brookpark RTA station on February 4, 2026 where a new bus station was constructed by
Barons Bus Lines. == See also ==