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Coach USA Olympia Trails
(ONE Bus/Independent Bus,
Red & Tan in Hudson County,
Megabus Northeast LLC)
ParentCoach USA
Headquarters349 1 Street
Elizabeth, NJ 07206
LocaleNortheastern United States
Service areaCentral Jersey
(transit service)
Northeastern United States
(Megabus service)
Service typeLocal bus service, commuter bus service, contract service, Megabus Northeast (some service)
Routes11 transit routes
3 Megabus routes
OperatorCoach USA:
  • Olympia Trails (Newark Airport Express, Westfield Commuter)
  • ONE/Independent Bus (24, 31 and 44)
  • Red & Tan in Hudson County (4 and 10/99S, NJT 305, 978, 979, and 981, Newark Airport shuttles)
  • Megabus Northeast: M21, M23, M24
    (M23 weekdays only)
Chief executiveJames Rutherford (except Megabus)
Dale Moser (Megabus)
WebsiteOlympia Trails
ONE/Independent Bus
Red & Tan in Hudson County

Olympia Trails, also doing business under the brands Orange Newark Elizabeth Bus (shortened to ONE Bus) for local bus service in Essex and Union counties in New Jersey, Red & Tan in Hudson County for operations in Hudson County, New Jersey, and Megabus Northeast, LLC for the Megabus service that it directly operates, is a bus operator serving northern New Jersey with local and commuter bus service.

Routes

Olympia Trails operates service under four different brands.

Olympia Trails brand

Under this brand, two routes are operated:

Orange Newark Elizabeth Bus brand

Orange Newark Elizabeth Bus, shortened to ONE Bus, and also operating the #31 under Independent Bus, provides service on three routes centered around Essex County, New Jersey, providing local bus service.

ONE Bus lines

Route Terminals Major streets Fare zone boundaries
24 [1] Orange: Main Street & Erie Loop Elizabeth: Jersey Gardens Harrison Street, East Jersey Street
(B trips only)
Scotland Road, Elizabeth Avenue
(A trips only)
Central Avenue
Frelinghuysen/Newark Avenue 		Newark/Elizabeth boundary, Grove Street
31 [2] Template:Njt-sta Newark: S. Orange Avenue and Dover Street
(Newark City line; most trips)
Maplewood: Millburn Avenue Loop
(rush hours only)
Livingston Mall
(some trips) 		South Orange Avenue
(all trips)
Valley Street
(Maplewood trips only) 		Newark/South Orange boundary, Maplewood/Millburn boundary
44 [3] Template:Njt-sta Template:Njt-sta Scotland Road
Tremont Avenue
Central Avenue 		Grove Street

Fares for ONE Bus

  • 1 zone: $1.40
  • 2 zones: $2.20
  • 3 zones: $2.70
  • Transfers: $0.65

All NJT Bus media is accepted for fare payment on these lines for the proper amount of zones indicated. Transfers can be made to or from ONE Bus, Newark Light Rail, or NJT buses.

Red & Tan in Hudson County brand

Under the Red & Tan in Hudson County brand (primarily using the Stagecoach UK Bus corporate livery), Coach USA operates two bus routes full-time based around Jersey City, New Jersey, operating via the Ocean Avenue and JFK Boulevard corridors, with a third service operating during rush hours only.

Current routes

Route Terminals Fare zone boundaries Major streets History/notes
4 [4] Merritt Street Newport Centre Mall
(some trips)
Grove Street
(full-time) 		None Pacific Street
Ocean Avenue
10 /
99S[5] 		Bayonne Journal Square Transportation Center or
Port Authority Bus Terminal 		Interstate boundary at Template:Njt-sta, JFK Boulevard and W. 63 Street JFK Boulevard
Central Avenue
(X99S trips remain on JFK Boulevard and do not enter JSQ Trans Ctr 		Peak trips to/from PABT operate as the 99S, all other trips are Route 10.
Once operated by South Hudson County Boulevard Bus Owners Association, and later by Drogin Bus.

Fares for Red & Tan in Hudson County

  • 1 zone: $1.40
  • 2 zones: $2.10
  • To/from New York City:
    • 5:00 AM to 1:45 AM: $4.00
    • 1:45 AM to 5:00 AM: $5.00

NJT Bus passes are accepted for travel within New Jersey only.

Former Red & Tan in Hudson County lines

Prior to the opening of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, Red & Tan in Hudson County operated or inherited a number of routes from other operators in Jersey City that have since been discontinued, folded into other lines, or taken over by other operators.

Route Terminals Major streets History
3 [6] Journal Square Merritt Street Garfield Avenue discontinued August 2007[7]
5/6[8] Journal Square Lincoln Harbor (Weehawken) Observer Highway, Washington Street discontinued 2007[9]
11 [10] Journal Square Liberty State Park Montgomery Street discontinued 2004[11]
16 [12] Journal Square Newport Centre Mall Monticello Avenue, Communipaw Avenue, Pacific Avenue discontinued January 2008[13]
31 Template:Njt-sta Hoboken Terminal Grove Street/Erie Street discontinued 2002. Alternate service available by Hudson-Bergen Light Rail.
33 Wall Street (Manhattan) Bayonne JFK Boulevard, New Jersey Turnpike Newark Bay extension discontinued late 1990s. Alternate service available on New Jersey Transit's #120 line.
99 Merritt Street Journal Square Ocean Avenue
Summit Avenue 		discontinued February 2008. Now New Jersey Transit's #6 line.
122 [14] Hoboken North Shore, Staten Island Interstate 78, Route 440, Bayonne Bridge, Hylan Boulevard, Clove Road, and Forest Avenue discontinued in mid-2005
144 [15] Hoboken Greenridge, Staten Island Interstate 78, Route 440, Bayonne Bridge, Richmond Avenue, Hylan Boulevard, and Arden Avenue discontinued January 2007. Now operated by TransportAzumah as the TAZ3.[16][17]
231 [18] Port Liberté Jersey City Heights Garfield Avenue, Bergen Avenue, Baldwin Avenue and Central Avenue discontinued January 2006. Section north of Journal Square now part of the #10 line. Alternate service available on the 87 and 981 lines south of Journal Square.[19][20]

Megabus Northeast LLC

See also: Megabus (North America)

Under Megabus, Olympia Trails operates service from street stops near New York Penn Station to:

Megabus also operates to Boston, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Atlantic City. Most schedules and runs on the M22 Boston service are operated by Dattco from their facility in Metropolitan Boston. The Philadelphia line is under a split-operation with its sister-company Eastern Travel, with most runs operating out of Coach USA's Philadelphia facility, and Megabus acts solely as a ticket agent for Academy Bus Lines (utilizing its own fleet).

References

  1. ^ Route 24 schedule
  2. ^ Route 31 schedule
  3. ^ Route 44 schedule
  4. ^ Route 4 schedule
  5. ^ Routes 10/99S schedule
  6. ^ Route 3 service information archive [1]
  7. ^ Information about the discontinued route 3 [2]
  8. ^ Route 5 service information archive [3]
  9. ^ Information about the discontinued route 5 [4]
  10. ^ Route 11 service information archive [5]
  11. ^ Information about the discontinued route 11 [6]
  12. ^ Route 16 service information archive [7]
  13. ^ Information about the discontinued route 16 [8]
  14. ^ Route 122 service information archive [9]
  15. ^ Route 144 service information archive [10]
  16. ^ Maura Yates, Staten Island Advance, N.J. bus route sold; new owner assumes service Monday, January 26, 2007
  17. ^ TransportAzumah: TAZ3
  18. ^ Route 231 service information archive [11]
  19. ^ New Jersey Transit, Press Releases, NJ Transit Adds Bus Route in Jersey City: Service begins January 30 between Grove St. PATH and Port Liberte to provide replacement for Coach USA #231, January 24, 2006
  20. ^ New Jersey Transit, Service Adjustments, Attention Coach USA Bus Route No. 231 Customers, January 24, 2006
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