Olympia Trails

Olympia Trails
(ONE/Independent Bus)
Slogan "Driven to Be the Best!"
Parent 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, intercity service
Routes 4 transit routes
5 Megabus routes
Operator

Coach USA:

  • Olympia Trails (Newark Airport Express)
  • ONE/Independent Bus (24, 31 and 44)
  • Megabus Northeast: M21, M22, M23 (weekdays only), M26, M27
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:

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
24 Orange
Main Street and Erie Loop		 Elizabeth
Jersey Gardens mall
  • Harrison Street, East Jersey Street
    (B trips only)
  • Scotland Road, Elizabeth Avenue
    (A trips only)
  • Central Avenue, Frelinghuysen/Newark Avenue
31 Newark
Newark Penn Station
  • Newark/South Orange boundary
  • Maplewood/Millburn boundary
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:

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
3
[2]		 Journal Square
Transportation Center		 Jersey City
Merritt Street and Ocean Avenue		 Garfield Avenue, Baldwin Avenue
  • Formerly Central Avenue IBOA.
  • Discontinued August 2007[3]
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
5
6
[5]		 Journal Square
Transportation Center		 Hoboken / Weehawken
19th Street		 Observer Highway, Washington Street
  • Formerly operated by Downtown Bus Co. and later by Lafayette & Greenville.
  • Discontinued 2007[6]
10
99S
[7]		 Journal Square
Transportation Center		 Bayonne
3 Street and JFK Boulevard		 JFK Boulevard
  • Formerly operated by South Hudson County Boulevard Bus Owners Association, and later by Drogin Bus.
  • After threat of cancelation[8] service taken over by New Jersey Transit and Academy Bus (operator) on April 8, 2012.[9]
11
[10]		 Journal Square
Transportation Center		 Liberty State Park
Park and Ride		 Montgomery Street
  • Discontinued 2004[11]
16
[12]		 Journal Square
Transportation Center		 Jersey City
Newport Centre Mall		 Monticello Avenue, Communipaw Avenue, Pacific Avenue
  • Formerly operated by Lafayette & Greenville IBOA.
  • Discontinued January 2008[13]
31 Exchange Place Hoboken
Hoboken Terminal		 Grove Street/Erie Street
33 Lower Manhattan, New York
Wall Street		 Bayonne
3 Street and JFK Boulevard		 JFK Boulevard, New Jersey Turnpike Newark Bay Extension
  • Discontinued late 1990s. Alternate service available on New Jersey Transit's #120 line.
99 Jersey City
Merritt Street and Ocean Avenue		 Journal Square
Transportation Center		 Ocean Avenue, Summit Avenue
99S Jersey City
Merritt Street and Ocean Avenue
Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York		 Bayonne
9th Street-Congress Street		 JFK Boulevard, Central Avenue
  • Formerly operated by South Hudson County Boulevard Bus Owners Association, and later by Drogin Bus.
  • Discontinued on November 6, 2011. Now New Jersey Transit's #119 line.
122
[14]		 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
  • Discontinued in mid-2005.
144
[15]		 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
  • Discontinued January 2007.
231
[16]		 Port Liberté Jersey City Heights Garfield Avenue, Bergen Avenue, Baldwin Avenue and Central Avenue
  • Formerly Central Avenue IBOA.
  • Discontinued January 2006.
  • Section north of Journal Square now part of the #88 & #119 lines.
  • Alternate service available on the 87 line south of Journal Square.[17][18]

References

  1. ↑ 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. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  2. ↑ Route 3 service information archive
  3. ↑ Information about the discontinued route 3
  4. ↑ Route 4
  5. ↑ Route 5 service information archive
  6. ↑ Information about the discontinued route 5
  7. ↑ Former routes 10 / 99S schedule
  8. ↑ http://www.nj.com/bayonne/index.ssf/2012/03/mayor_smith_aims_to_prevent_bu.html
  9. ↑ http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2012/03/academy_bus_co_to_take_over_ba.html
  10. ↑ Route 11 service information archive
  11. ↑ Information about the discontinued route 11
  12. ↑ Route 16 service information archive
  13. ↑ Information about the discontinued route 16
  14. ↑ Route 122 service information archive
  15. ↑ Route 144 service information archive
  16. ↑ Route 231 service information archive
  17. ↑ 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
  18. ↑ New Jersey Transit, Service Adjustments, Attention Coach USA Bus Route No. 231 Customers, January 24, 2006
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