Olympia Trails
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Parent | Coach USA |
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Headquarters | 349 1 Street Elizabeth, NJ 07206 |
Locale | Northeastern United States |
Service area | Central Jersey (transit service) Northeastern United States (Megabus service) |
Service type | Local bus service, commuter bus service, contract service, intercity service |
Routes | 4 transit routes 5 Megabus routes |
Operator | Coach USA:
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Chief executive | James Rutherford (except Megabus) Dale Moser (Megabus) |
Website | Olympia Trails ONE/Independent Bus Newark Airport Express |
Olympia Trails, also doing business under the brands ONE/Independent Bus for local bus service in Essex and Union counties in 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. It also formerly operated as Red & Tan in Hudson County for operations in Hudson County, New Jersey. It has been owned by Coach USA since 1998.[1]
Routes
Current operations
Olympia Trails operates service under three different brands.
Olympia Trails brand
Under this brand, one route is operated:
- The Newark Airport Express, operated between Midtown Manhattan and Newark Liberty International Airport at 15-minute intervals throughout the day. This old route was acquired from New Jersey Transit (NJT) in 1997, previously numbered 300.
ONE/Independent Bus brand
ONE/Independent Bus provides local service on three routes centered in Essex County, New Jersey.
Route | Terminals | Major streets | Fare zone boundaries | |
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24 | Orange Main Street and Erie Loop |
Elizabeth Jersey Gardens mall |
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31 | Newark Newark Penn Station |
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44 | Newark Newark Penn Station |
Orange Orange rail station |
Scotland Road, Tremont Avenue, Central Avenue | Grove Street |
Megabus Northeast LLC
Under Megabus, Olympia Trails operates service from street stops near the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center to:
- M21: Washington, D.C. via Baltimore (some service)
- M22: Boston (selected services)
- M23: Philadelphia (some weekday service)
- M26: Manhattan (New York City), Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo; and Niagara Falls and Toronto, ON, (Canada).
- M27: Albany, New York via Ridgewood, New Jersey
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).
Former operations
Red & Tan in Hudson County brand
Under the Red & Tan in Hudson County brand, Coach USA operated bus routes in Jersey City, Bayonne, Staten Island and to the PABT that have since been discontinued, folded into other lines, or taken over by other operators.
Route | Terminals | Major streets | History | |
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3 [2] |
Journal Square Transportation Center |
Jersey City Merritt Street and Ocean Avenue |
Garfield Avenue, Baldwin Avenue |
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4 [4] |
Jersey City Merritt Street and Ocean Avenue |
Jersey City Newport Centre Mall (some trips) or Grove Street (full-time) |
Pacific Street, Ocean Avenue |
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5 6 [6] |
Journal Square Transportation Center |
Hoboken / Weehawken 19th Street |
Observer Highway, Washington Street |
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10 99S [8] |
10: Journal Square Transportation Center 99S: Jersey City Merritt Street and Ocean Avenue Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York |
10: Bayonne - 3 Street and JFK Boulevard 99S: Bayonne - 9th Street-Congress Street |
JFK Boulevard (both), Central Avenue (99S only) |
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11 [11] |
Journal Square Transportation Center |
Liberty State Park Park and Ride |
Montgomery Street |
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16 [13] |
Journal Square Transportation Center |
Jersey City Newport Centre Mall |
Monticello Avenue, Communipaw Avenue, Pacific Avenue |
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31 | Exchange Place | Hoboken Hoboken Terminal |
Grove Street/Erie Street |
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33 | Lower Manhattan, New York Wall Street |
Bayonne 3 Street and JFK Boulevard |
JFK Boulevard, New Jersey Turnpike Newark Bay Extension |
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99 | Jersey City Merritt Street and Ocean Avenue |
Journal Square Transportation Center |
Ocean Avenue, Summit Avenue |
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122 [15] |
Hoboken Hoboken Terminal |
Eltingville, Staten Island (New York) Hylan Boulevard and Richmond Avenue |
Interstate 78, Route 440, Bayonne Bridge, Hylan Boulevard, Clove Road, and Forest Avenue |
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144 [16] |
Hoboken Hoboken Terminal |
Arden Heights, Staten Island (New York) Arthur Kill Road and West Shore Expressway |
Interstate 78, Route 440, Bayonne Bridge, Richmond Avenue, Hylan Boulevard, and Arden Avenue |
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231 [17] |
Port Liberté | Jersey City Heights | Garfield Avenue, Bergen Avenue, Baldwin Avenue and Central Avenue |
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References
- ^ Bodipo-Memba, Alejandro (1998-06-22). "Coach USA to Buy 10 Motorcoach Firms, Giving It Largest Fleet in the Industry". Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition. New York, N.Y., United States. pp. –7A. ISSN 0099-9660. ProQuest 398652644.
- ^ Route 3 service information archive
- ^ Information about the discontinued route 3
- ^ Route 4
- ^ https://acbuscorp.com/4-2/
- ^ Route 5 service information archive
- ^ Information about the discontinued route 5
- ^ Former routes 10 / 99S schedule
- ^ http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2012/03/academy_bus_co_to_take_over_ba.html
- ^ http://www.nj.com/bayonne/index.ssf/2012/03/mayor_smith_aims_to_prevent_bu.html
- ^ Route 11 service information archive
- ^ Information about the discontinued route 11
- ^ Route 16 service information archive
- ^ Information about the discontinued route 16
- ^ Route 122 service information archive
- ^ Route 144 service information archive
- ^ Route 231 service information archive
- ^ 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
- ^ New Jersey Transit, Service Adjustments, Attention Coach USA Bus Route No. 231 Customers, January 24, 2006