, 1967 The company began in 1916, when Cyril Haworth started a
taxi service in
Kern County, California, serving oil field workers in
McKittrick,
Taft, and
Bakersfield.
Pickwick Stage Lines leased its Bakersfield–
Paso Robles route to Haworth in 1930, who was later granted the right to purchase the
Delano–
Exeter route (via
Ducor,
Porterville, and
Terra Bella) and to start an Exeter–
Hanford route (via Visalia) in 1933. The company was incorporated on November 30, 1935. By 1955, OBS was serving routes totaling . The company owned Orange Belt Adventures, a travel agency offering tours and charters. In 2016, they partnered with CSU Bakersfield Athletics to be the official charter company of the school's teams. Orange Belt Stages previously ran a route from Visalia to Las Vegas; the route was cancelled in 2017. Orange Belt Stages operated scheduled routes as part of both the
Trailways Transportation System and the
Amtrak Thruway system. The company ceased operations in 2020 as a result of the
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism. == References ==