Klein Transportation is a

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provider based in

Douglassville, Pennsylvania Douglassville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Amity Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. Douglassville is situated along U.S. Route 422 and Pennsylvania Route 724. Developments include the Amity Gardens subdivision, the W ...

. Founded in 1957 initially as a school bus service provider, the company started offering

charter bus A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for ...

es and

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in 1979 and intercity commuter routes in February 2019.

Service

Klein operates an intercity commuter bus route from Douglassville to

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. Intermediate stops are located in

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(downtown Reading and at the

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at the former

Fairgrounds Square Mall Fairgrounds Square Mall was an enclosed shopping mall located just north of Reading, Pennsylvania in Muhlenberg Township. It was anchored by Boscov's, Burlington Coat Factory, and Limerick Furniture. Smaller stores included Super Shoes, Planet Fit ...

Kutztown Kutztown (Pennsylvania German: ''Kutzeschteddel'') is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located southwest of Allentown and northeast of Reading. As of the 2010 census, the borough had a population of 5,012. Kutztown ...

, Wescosville, and Hellertown. The company provides

and school bus service in the Reading, Pottstown,

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, and

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areas. Klein offers motorcoach tours to various locations in the Mid-Atlantic states including cities such as New York City, Philadelphia,

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, and

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; the

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; and beaches at the

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and

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. Klein also operates casino bus service to Atlantic City,

Wind Creek Bethlehem The Wind Creek Bethlehem (formerly Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem) is a casino hotel located in the Bethlehem Works development site in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It is owned and operated by Wind ...

, and

Mohegan Sun Pocono Mohegan Pennsylvania (formerly Mohegan Sun Pocono, Pocono Downs and Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs) is a racino located in Plains Township on the outskirts of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The casino features over 2,300 slots, live tables for black ...

; with some casino packages offering free slot play. The buses to Atlantic City offer departures from Shillington, Douglassville,

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, and

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. The buses to Wind Creek Bethlehem offer departures from Douglassville, Shillington, Laureldale, and Kutztown. The buses to Mohegan Sun Pocono offer departures from Douglassville, Shillington, Laureldale, and Kutztown. Klein also offers planning for school trips, which includes school bus and motorcoach rental.

History

The company began in 1957, when John Klein started a school bus contracting service in the

Pottstown, Pennsylvania Pottstown is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Pottstown was laid out in 1752–53 and named Pottsgrove in honor of its founder, John Potts. The old name was abandoned at the time of the incorporation as a borough in 1815. In 1888, ...

area, serving the Daniel Boone Area School District. They were extremely successful in the early years, and continue to operate that first contract with Daniel Boone Area School District in addition to several other school transport contracts. John Klein's son William took over the company in the early 1960s and ran it until his death in 2000. In 1979, the company became a Public Carrier; the same year, William Klein's wife Mary started Klein Tours. Mary Klein retired from daily responsibilities in the business in 1999. Wayne Klein became president of the company in 1999 after William and Mary Klein retired and took over ownership in November 2008 upon the death of Mary Klein. In addition to their robust half century of solid Berks County business, Klein started to develop a reputation in the

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Valley with many services running to the

areas in the 90s and 2000s. On February 8, 2019, the company announced that it was joining the commuter bus business, with a route from Douglassville to

that would replace a route formerly operated by

Bieber Transportation Group Bieber Transportation Group was an American bus company based in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, operating intercity commuter buses, charter buses, and tours. The company provided bus service from the Reading and Lehigh Valley regions of eastern Pennsylv ...

, which went out of business the same day. Service began on the following Monday, February 11, in partnership with OurBus.

References

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