1940 Peerless Stages Incorporated

Mondy Lariz August 4, 2012 at 01:08 pm

When did it end? In the 60's I used Greyhound and in the 80's many businesses' used them to deliver packages.

Jeanne Rajabzadeh August 4, 2012 at 01:23 pm

Love the oid pictures of the town, keep them coming!

Larry Arzie August 4, 2012 at 03:43 pm

The drive through passage way that the buses used to load passagers was closed
in the mid 60s, by the mid 1970's I think the waiting room adjacent to it closed along with the coffee shop that made the worst burgers in town. The best bergers were from the 2 drug stores, one on main and the other at main and Santa Cruz. Most everyone went to Mels, and A&W. Thats what happens in the name of progress. My grandparents owned a Spanish speaking movie house in the 50s in Decoto and we stopped in Los Gatos. We would flag the bus down on the old Oakland highway on the way to Santa Cruz.

Collette Lynner August 4, 2012 at 09:00 pm

The building in the photograph is now the Bella Rosa Boutique and the Black Watch. There was a Greyhound flag stop in Los Gatos, right at the park on Main St., until 2005 or 2006 (?? my memory is faulty).
Today, it makes no sense for someone in Los Gatos to catch a bus to Santa Cruz. We'd have to go all the way to Diridon Station in San Jose, which is either an hour out of the way by public transit (shuttle to town limits, which only runs 1x/hour on weekends by the way, then light rail to San Jose) or equally absurdly out of the way by car...in which case, after dropping you off at the station, both you and your ride have to sit in Southbound traffic to get back to your starting point in Los Gatos.

Larry Arzie August 4, 2012 at 10:37 pm

I am not sure Peerless makes long haul runs anymore. I think they are just east bay now. Greyhound used this station as well. But your right I think they just bypass us now. Too bad because it is part of coming of age, traveling on your own and learning to be self sufficent. I seldom even see a hitch hicker any more. We tend to bring up the youth of America under the umbrella of lots of protection.

Ed Dee August 5, 2012 at 10:32 am

I rode a Greyhound from the station in the picture to Sacramento in the mid 70s, so I know the 'drive through' was still operating until that time. Also, Peerless used to operate route 76 to Summit Rd which was the only way mountain kids could get to LGHS without driving. This started ~1982/3, and came to an end last year or the year before.

Irene Aida Garza-Ortiz August 5, 2012 at 08:37 pm

I remember that Greyhound station in Los Gatos. My friends & I would cut school & take the bus to Santa Cruz! LOL!