Olympia Trails
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 Olympia Trails #4574 in New York City. |
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| Parent company | Coach USA |
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| Headquarters | 349 1 Street Elizabeth, NJ 07206 |
| Locale | New Jersey |
| Service area | Hudson, Essex, and Union counties, New Jersey, and Manhattan |
| Service type | Local bus service, commuter bus service, contract service, Megabus Northeast (some service) |
| Routes | 11 transit routes 4 Megabus routes |
| Operator | Coach USA:
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| Chief executive | James Rutherford |
| 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. Starting May 30, 2008, Olympia Trails will also handle the Megabus network that radiates from New York City to other points in the northeastern United States and to Toronto.[1]
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[edit] Routes
Olympia Trails operates service under four different brands.
[edit] Under Olympia Trails
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 route was acquired from New Jersey Transit 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.
[edit] Under Orange Newark Elizabeth Bus
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.
[edit] ONE Bus lines
| Route | Terminals | Major streets | Fare zone boundaries | |
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| 24 | 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 | 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 | Newark Penn | Orange | Scotland Road Tremont Avenue Central Avenue |
Grove Street |
[edit] Fares for ONE Bus
Fares for ONE Bus are the same as for New Jersey Transit buses. Standard one-way fares are given below.
- 1 zone: $1.35
- 2 zones: $2.15
- 3 zones: $2.65
- 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 or NJT buses.
[edit] Under Red & Tan in Hudson County
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.
[edit] Current Red & Tan in Hudson County lines
| Route | Terminals | Fare zone boundaries | Major streets | History/notes | |
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| 4 | Merritt Street | Newport Centre Mall (some trips) Grove Street (full-time) |
None | Pacific Street Ocean Avenue |
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| 10/99S | Bayonne | Journal Square or 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. |
[edit] Fares for Red & Tan in Hudson County
- 1 zone: $1.40
- 2 zones: $2.10
- To/from New York City
- 5 AM to 1:45 AM: $4.00
- 1:45 AM to 5 AM: $5.00
NJT Bus passes are accepted for travel within New Jersey only.
[edit] 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 [2] | Journal Square | Merritt Street | Garfield Avenue | discontinued August 2007[3] |
| 5/6[4] | Journal Square | Lincoln Harbor (Weehawken) | Observer Highway, Washington Street | discontinued 2007[5] |
| 11 [6] | Journal Square | Liberty State Park | Montgomery Street | discontinued 2004[7] |
| 16 [8] | Journal Square | Newport Centre Mall | Monticello Avenue, Communipaw Avenue, Pacific Avenue | discontinued January 2008[9] |
| 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 [10] | Hoboken | North Shore, Staten Island | Interstate 78, Route 440, Bayonne Bridge, Hylan Boulevard, Clove Road, and Forest Avenue | discontinued in mid-2005 |
| 144 [11] | 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.[12][13] |
| 231 [14] | 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.[15][16] |
[edit] Under Megabus Northeast LLC
- See also: Megabus
Under Megabus, Olympia Trails operates service from street stops near New York Penn Station to:
- M21: Washington, D.C. via Baltimore (some service)
- M24: Buffalo, New York, Toronto, Ontario
- Buffalo and Toronto via Binghamton (uses Trentway-Wagar equipment)
Megabus also operates to Boston, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Atlantic City, but the Philadelphia line is operated by independently-owned Philadelphia Trolley Works (with buses supplied to it by Coach USA), and Megabus acts solely as a ticket agent for Academy Bus Lines (utilizing its own fleet).
[edit] 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.
[edit] References
- ^ MegaBus operations to be based out of Olympia Trails
- ^ 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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