Wisconsin farmers Lyle and Ellen Lamers founded Lamers Bus Lines 80 years ago. They started with a single school bus and served the Grant School District and Nicolet High School (which later became the West De Pere School District). For the next six years they took care of the farm and the Grant School District. In 1950, the company continued to grow when Lamers began providing transportation for the Ashwaubenon School District. By 1960, Lamers became the transportation provider for the Green Bay Area School District. In the years that followed, Lamers continued to grow and now provides school bus transportation for more than 50 school districts.
In 1966, the company opened their corporate headquarters in Ashwaubenon by the Austin Straubel International Airport. In 2010, Lamers built a new office across the street, which houses the motorcoach and accounting departments.
The first motorcoach the family bought was a used Greyhound PD 3751 in the 1960s and started quickly growing the charter side of the business. Lamers now offers more than 100 motorcoaches, plus a variety of specialty vehicles, in addition to the large fleet of school buses.
Now, 80 years after it started, Lamers Bus Lines is Wisconsin’s largest family-owned bus company, still operating with the same community-mindedness as at the beginning. Lamers has 40 locations in Wisconsin, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and Central Florida. Lamers Bus Lines has expanded its services over the years and now includes: school district bus contracts, motorcoach bus charters, one-day and multi-day tour vacations through Lamers Tour & Travel, daily intercity bus routes through Lamers Connect, specialized medical transportation, Lamers Limousine Service, game day shuttle routes and more.
2407 South Point Rd. •  Green Bay, WI 54313 •  800-236-1240 • golamers.com
