Olympia Trails

Coach USA Olympia Trails
(ONE Bus/Independent Bus,
Red & Tan in Hudson County,
Megabus Northeast LLC)

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, Megabus Northeast (some service)
Routes	11 transit routes 3 Megabus routes
Operator	Coach USA: Olympia Trails (Newark Airport Express, Westfield Commuter) ONE/Independent Bus (24, 31 and 44) Red & Tan in Hudson County (4 and 10/99S, NJT 305, 978, 979, and 981, Newark Airport shuttles) Megabus Northeast: M21, M23, M24 (M23 weekdays only)
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.

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
24	Orange: Main Street & Erie Loop	Elizabeth: Jersey Gardens	Harrison Street, East Jersey Street (B trips only) Scotland Road, Elizabeth Avenue (A 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

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
10 99S	Bayonne	Journal Square Transportation Center 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 JSQ Trans Ctr	Peak trips to/from PABT operate as the 99S, all other trips are Route 10. Once operated by South Hudson County Boulevard Bus Owners Association, and later by Drogin Bus. 99S to be discontinued effective November 6, 2011

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

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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
3 [1]	Journal Square	Merritt Street	Garfield Avenue	discontinued August 2007[2]
4	Merritt Street	Newport Centre Mall (some trips) Grove Street (full-time)	None	Pacific Street Ocean Avenue	Discontinued effective November 6, 2011; route taken over by A&C Bus Corporation
5/6[3]	Journal Square	Lincoln Harbor (Weehawken)	Observer Highway, Washington Street	discontinued 2007[4]
11 [5]	Journal Square	Liberty State Park	Montgomery Street	discontinued 2004[6]
16 [7]	Journal Square	Newport Centre Mall	Monticello Avenue, Communipaw Avenue, Pacific Avenue	discontinued January 2008[8]
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 [9]	Hoboken	North Shore, Staten Island	Interstate 78, Route 440, Bayonne Bridge, Hylan Boulevard, Clove Road, and Forest Avenue	discontinued in mid-2005
144 [10]	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.[11][12]
231 [13]	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.[14][15]

Megabus Northeast LLC

See also: Megabus (North America)

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).

References

1. ^ Route 3 service information archive
2. ^ Information about the discontinued route 3
3. ^ Route 5 service information archive
4. ^ Information about the discontinued route 5
5. ^ Route 11 service information archive
6. ^ Information about the discontinued route 11
7. ^ Route 16 service information archive
8. ^ Information about the discontinued route 16
9. ^ Route 122 service information archive
10. ^ Route 144 service information archive
11. ^ Maura Yates, Staten Island Advance, N.J. bus route sold; new owner assumes service Monday, January 26, 2007
12. ^ TransportAzumah: TAZ3
13. ^ Route 231 service information archive
14. ^ 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
15. ^ New Jersey Transit, Service Adjustments, Attention Coach USA Bus Route No. 231 Customers, January 24, 2006

External links

• Coach USA official website
• Megabus Northeast