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Find a Location

Jefferson Lines has 4 locations, listed below.

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    • Jefferson Lines

      2100 E 26th St Minneapolis, MN 55404-4101

    • Jefferson Bus Line

      501 Nebraska St Sioux City, IA 51101-1346

    • Jefferson Lines

      120 Wyoming Ave SW Huron, SD 57350-1845

    • Jefferson Lines

      1101 Troost Ave Kansas City, MO 64106-3006

    Business ProfileforJefferson Lines

    Charter Bus
    HeadquartersMulti Location Business
    The Complaints and Reviews shown on this HQ profile may have been submitted against either the HQ itself or one of the corporate-owned locations found under "Find Locations".

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1.2/5stars

    Average of 15 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    39 complaints closed in last 3 years

    15 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Reasons for BBB Rating

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    Overview

    Jefferson Lines provides daily bus service to 14 states across America’s Heartland. Through partnerships with other bus companies, we connect you to thousands of destinations across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. We also provide charter services for a variety of group travel in the Minneapolis, MN and Billings, MT areas. 

    Products & Services

    Scheduled Service

    Group Charters

    College Connection

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    Jefferson Lines has 4 locations, listed below.

    *This company may be headquartered in or have additional locations in another country. Please click on the country abbreviation in the search box below to change to a different country location.

      Country
      Please enter a valid location.
      • Jefferson Lines

        2100 E 26th St Minneapolis, MN 55404-4101

      • Jefferson Bus Line

        501 Nebraska St Sioux City, IA 51101-1346

      • Jefferson Lines

        120 Wyoming Ave SW Huron, SD 57350-1845

      • Jefferson Lines

        1101 Troost Ave Kansas City, MO 64106-3006

      Headquarters
      2100 E 26th St, Minneapolis, MN 55404-4101
      BBB File Opened:
      7/28/1986
      Years in Business:
      105
      Business Started:
      1/1/1919
      Business Started Locally:
      1/1/1919
      Type of Entity:
      Partnership
      Alternate Business Name
      • Jefferson Bus Company
      • Jefferson Partners L P
      • Jefferson Transporation Group Inc., The
      Business Management
      • Steve Woelfel, CEO
      • Susan Woelfel
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Susan Woelfel

      Customer Contact

      • Susan Woelfel
      Additional Contact Information

      Fax Numbers

      • (612) 359-3437
        Primary Fax

      Phone Numbers

      Email Addresses

      Customer Complaints

      39 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      01/18/2024

      Complaint Type:
      Product Issues
      Status:
      Unanswered
      I bought a bus ticket from Jefferson Lines from ****** ** to ******** **, round trip. On the return trip, the bus left an hour late and I missed my connecting bus in ******** and they told me there were no alternatives except to go to ****, spend the night, and take a bus to ****** the next day. When I demanded a refund, they refused.

      Customer Reviews

      15 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Steve K

      1 star

      04/16/2024

      What a worthless bus company. Today my wife was traveling from ********* to ***********. They made a stop in ****** **, for bathrooms and lunch or whatever, and the driver said he'd leave in 20 minutes. My wife went to a bathroom, and is hyper cautious about time. She came out about 4-5 minutes before the 20 minute time had elapsed, and saw the bus pulling away.There were not that many people on the bus, and driver apparently made no effort to count heads or check for stuff on seats to make sure he wasn't leaving anyone. Dumb and lazy.All her stuff except purse is on this bus. Daughter in MPLS had to rush down to ****** (2 hrs each way) in pouring rain to pick up my wife. Daughter's boyfriend has all my wife's booking and confirmation info and is going to try to get her stuff when the bus arrives in MPLS. But he's been told the driver may not release my wife's luggage to him, since he is not her. This is ridiculous.I had a call in to their ************************ could not get a live person, and had to leave a voice mail which they said they'd return. Still waiting. Our first time using Jefferson instead of actual Greyhound, and will never do it again.Company owes my wife a refund on her ticket, as well as reimbursing my daughter mileage for the 4 hour round trip to get my wife after Jefferson left her stranded in ******.

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