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| Slogan | "Driven to Be the Best!" |
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| Parent company | Coach USA |
| 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, Megabus Northeast (some service) |
| Routes | 11 transit routes 3 Megabus routes |
| Operator | Coach USA:
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| Chief executive | James Rutherford (except Megabus) Dale Moser (Megabus) |
| Web site | Olympia 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.
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Routes
Olympia Trails operates service under four different brands.
Olympia Trails brand
Under this brand, two routes are 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 (NT) in 1997, previously numbered 300.
- The Westfield Commuter Service, a commuter service operating between eastern Plainfield and midtown Manhattan via Route 28 with two peak-direction trips.
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 | |
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| 24 [1] | Orange: Main Street & Erie Loop | Elizabeth: Jersey Gardens | Scotland Road, East Jersey Street (A trips only) Harrison Street, Elizabeth Avenue (B trips only) Central Avenue Frelinghuysen/Newark Avenue |
Newark/Elizabeth boundary, Grove Street |
| 31 [2] | Newark Penn | 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] | Newark Penn | Orange | 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 | |
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| 4 [4] | Merritt Street | Newport Centre Mall (some trips) Grove Street (full-time) |
None | Pacific Street Ocean Avenue |
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| 10 / 99S[5] |
Bayonne | Journal Square or New York, Port Authority Bus Terminal |
Interstate boundary at 9th Street-Congress Street, JFK Boulevard and W. 63 Street | JFK Boulevard Central Avenue (X99S trips remain on JFK Boulevard and do not enter Journal Square) |
Once operated by South Hudson County Boulevard Bus Owners Association, and later by Drogin Bus. Peak trips to/from PABT operate as the 99S, all other trips are Route 10. |
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 | |
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| 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 | Exchange Place | 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
Under Megabus, Olympia Trails operates service from street stops near New York Penn Station to:
- M21: Washington, D.C. via Baltimore (some service)
- M22: Boston (selected services)
- M23: Philadelphia (some weekday service)
- M26: New York, Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse, New York, and Niagara Falls and Toronto, Ontario, 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).
Contract services
Olympia Trails operates NJT bus lines #305, 978, 979, and 981 under contract to New Jersey Transit, and operates shuttle buses at Newark Airport to long-term parking lots under contract to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Olympia Trails also operates shuttle services at the Meadowlands Sports Complex between Giants Stadium and the parking garage near the Izod Center on game days.
References
- ^ Route 24 schedule
- ^ Route 31 schedule
- ^ Route 44 schedule
- ^ Route 4 schedule
- ^ Routes 10/99S schedule
- ^ Route 3 service information archive [1]
- ^ Information about the discontinued route 3 [2]
- ^ Route 5 service information archive [3]
- ^ Information about the discontinued route 5 [4]
- ^ Route 11 service information archive [5]
- ^ Information about the discontinued route 11 [6]
- ^ Route 16 service information archive [7]
- ^ Information about the discontinued route 16 [8]
- ^ Route 122 service information archive [9]
- ^ Route 144 service information archive [10]
- ^ Maura Yates, Staten Island Advance, N.J. bus route sold; new owner assumes service Monday, January 26, 2007
- ^ TransportAzumah: TAZ3
- ^ Route 231 service information archive [11]
- ^ 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
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