No Amtrak or Greyhound in Hawaii, for obvious reasons. The larger islands have some sort of local bus service (Honolulu now has a rapid transit train), but for interisland travel, people just fly. (Some years ago, there was the start of a ferry system between the islands, but for various reasons it didn’t last long)
No Amtrak or Greyhound in Alaska. There is the Alaska Railroad, the state ferry system connecting the coastal cities of Alaska (also to Washington State and British Columbia) and some limited intercity bus services between the towns. Much of Alaska is roadless, due to the permafrost; travel in those regions is mostly by air, or perhaps a dogsled (Mush you huskies! Mush! Mush!)
Amtrak doesn’t currently have train routes in South Dakota or Wyoming. In fact there used to be much more service west of Chicago, such as lines serving Las Vegas NV, and Boise, ID, but those had been cut back due to budget cuts. There is talk about restoring some of those routes, though.
Here is the Greyhound route map. Similarly, service in some of the northwestern states is particularly sparse:
but a lot of that area is covered by other bus companies, such as Jefferson Lines:
A few states run their own intercity bus service. For example, here is Colorado’s Bustang:
Saguache Chamber – Business and Community Development – Saguache Colorado Transit
Oregon POINT bus service:
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Washington Statewide Intercity Bus Network:
And then there are more localized services. Some of these are for the general public, others are designated exclusively for special populations, such as senior citizens or people with disabilities.
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