virginia trailways, officially virginia stage lines, had lines west on state route 55 to front royal, west on u.s. route 211 to luray, southwest to charlottesville via u.s. route 29, and south to richmond via u.s. route 1 and state route 2. the first one of these operated by virginia stage was to charlottesville; by 1936, it was operating all four. the company joined trailways and changed its business name to virginia trailways in 1938.