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,

Routes

Current operations

Olympia Trails operates service under three different brands.

Olympia Trails brand

Under this brand, one route is 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.

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	Newark/Elizabeth boundary Grove Street
31	Newark Newark Penn Station	Newark South Orange Avenue and Dover Street 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 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 Port Authority Bus Terminal to:

• M21: Washington, D.C. via Baltimore (some service)
• M22: Boston (selected services)
• M23: Philadelphia (some weekday service)
• M26: Manhattan (New York City), Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo; and Niagara Falls and Toronto, ON, (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).

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 [1]	Journal Square Transportation Center	Jersey City Merritt Street and Ocean Avenue	Garfield Avenue, Baldwin Avenue	Formally Central Avenue IBOA. Discontinued August 2007[2]
4 [3]	Jersey City Merritt Street and Ocean Avenue	Jersey City Newport Centre Mall (some trips) or Grove Street (full-time)	Pacific Street, Ocean Avenue	Formerly operated by Lafayette & Greenville IBOA. Discontinued on November 6, 2011. Now operated by the Montgomery & West Side IBOA
5 6 [4]	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[5]
10 99S [6]	Journal Square Transportation Center	Bayonne 3 Street and JFK Boulevard	JFK Boulevard	Formally operated by South Hudson County Boulevard Bus Owners Association, and later by Drogin Bus. After threat of cancelation[7] service taken over by New Jersey Transit and Academy Bus (operator) on April 8, 2012.[8]
11 [9]	Journal Square Transportation Center	Liberty State Park Park and Ride	Montgomery Street	Discontinued 2004[10]
16 [11]	Journal Square Transportation Center	Jersey City Newport Centre Mall	Monticello Avenue, Communipaw Avenue, Pacific Avenue	Formerly operated by Lafayette & Greenville IBOA. Discontinued January 2008[12]
31	Exchange Place	Hoboken Hoboken Terminal	Grove Street/Erie Street	Formerly Public Service Coordinated Transport route. Discontinued 2002. Alternate service available by Hudson-Bergen Light Rail.
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	Formerly Lafayette & Greenville Bus' #3 Ocean Avenue line. Discontinued February 2008. Now New Jersey Transit's #6 line.
99S	Jersey City Merritt Street and Ocean Avenue Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York	Bayonne 9th Street-Congress Street	JFK Boulevard, Central Avenue	Formally 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 [13]	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 [14]	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 [15]	Port Liberté	Jersey City Heights	Garfield Avenue, Bergen Avenue, Baldwin Avenue and Central Avenue	Formally 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.[16][17]

References

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

External links

• Coach USA official website
• Megabus Northeast