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| Trip
to World's Fair |
Young
Transportation transported its first passengers
in 1933. T. Ralph Young, Sr. was in the trucking
business located in a Mill village on the outskirts
of Asheville. The people in their crew wanted to
go to the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago. T. Ralph
Young, Sr. put seats in the back of the truck and
made three trips to the Fair and one to Niagara
Falls. After their experience, the people asked
Mr. Young to start a bus service to Asheville on
a regular schedule for them to go to work and to
shop. In 1939, their service was started and then
the beginning of Asheville-Elk Mountain Bus Line
-- later to become Young Transportation.
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| Asheville-Elk
Mountain Bus Line |
Their
scheduled bus service continued and T. Ralph Young
bought the business upon the death of his father
in 1960. After the scheduled bus service declined,
the company diversified into Charter, School Transportation
for the City of Asheville and Tours. In 1975,
Young incorporated and changed the name from Asheville-Elk
Mountain Bus Line to T.R.Y., Inc., dba Young Transportation.
In 1982, Young purchased 40 new buses to provide
shuttle and charter services to the Knoxville,
Tennessee World's Fair. After the World's Fair,
two additional buses were acquired. In the mid
80's, the scheduled runs were dropped and Young
became a Tour, Charter and Contract Company.
 Today,
Young Transportation operates 49 vehicles through
the United States and Canada. Young employs over
100 people that serve in many capacities supporting
the Charter, Tour, Receptive and Destination Management
Divisions. A new 21,000-square-foot facility was
built in 1995 to allow for continued growth in
the travel industry. Need a map
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