Atlantic Express (bus company)

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Atlantic Express

Atlantic Express #180 in contract service for the MTA in New York City, preparing to serve the MTA's X23/X24 line under contract.
Parent company	Atlantic Express Transportation Group
Founded	1964[1]
Headquarters	7 North Street Staten Island, NY 10302
Locale	United States
Service area	United States
Service type	Fixed route public transit (Greater New York) School bus service (Northeastern United States, Arizona, California, the Chicago area, Florida, Massachusetts, Missouri, South Carolina, and Vermont) ADA Paratransit (Arizona and New York City)[2]
Routes	10 under MTA contract Many school bus routes
Fleet	Commuter buses (Greater New York) School buses (all other markets including Greater New York)
Operator	Atlantic Express Transportation Group
Chief executive	Domenic Gatto[3]
Web site	Atlantic Express

Atlantic Express is a school bus operator in the northeastern United States, New England, the Chicago area, Arizona, California, Florida, Missouri, and South Carolina, and a commuter bus operator within New York City only.

[edit] Fixed route service

See also: List of local and express multi-borough bus routes in New York City

See also: List of bus routes in the Bronx

In New York City, Atlantic Express operates two express bus routes under contract to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the X23 and X24 from Staten Island to Manhattan, that is soon to be taken over by the MTA fall 2008, sharing the same fare structure as all express buses operated by the MTA and the Bee-Line System in Westchester County, New York. Fare details can be found here.

Atlantic Express also operates six bus-to-rail shuttle routes in The Bronx, under contract to Metro-North.

[edit] School bus service

In addition to fixed route service, Atlantic Express also serves approximately 115 school districts in 12 states with yellow school bus service.^[4]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Atlantic Express website
• Atlantic Express New York City commuter schedules
• Atlantic Express Sprint Nextel Discount Site Atlantic Express Sprint Nextel Discount Site

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