A&C Bus Corporation

A&C Bus Corporation

Formerly	Montgomery & Westside IBOA
Parent	A&C Bus Corporation
Founded	1927 (1927)
Ceased operation	2023
Headquarters	430 Danforth Avenue Jersey City, NJ 07305
Service area	Jersey City, New Jersey
Service type	Local bus service
Routes	4
Fleet	29 (all returned back to New Jersey Transit)
Operator	A&C Bus Corporation

A&C Bus Corporation was an American bus company.

The company was established in 1927. In July 2023, A&C announced that it would discontinue operations. ^{[1] [2]} On October 28, 2023, the four routes then operated by A&C were taken over by NJ Transit Bus Operations. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Routes

The company had four routes which served the West Side of the city. ^[6]

Route	Terminals		Operates via	Notes
33 Bergen Avenue [7]	Curries Woods	Journal Square Transportation Center	Bergen Square McGinley Square Old Bergen Road	Began service on March 16, 2011 NJT replaced and renamed to 8 [3]
31 Montgomery and West Side	Newport Centre Mall	West Side Danforth Avenue	Montgomery Street, West Side Avenue	NJT replaced and renamed to 9 [3]
30 Society Hill	Droyer's Point	Journal Square Transportation Center	Sip Avenue, West Side Avenue	NJT replaced route as 80S [3]
32 - 440 Shopper	Hudson Mall	Journal Square Transportation Center	Sip Avenue, West Side Avenue	NJT replaced and renamed to 14 [3]

Former Routes

Bergen Avenue Route

Prior to A&C Bus Corporation's operation of the Bergen Avenue route, the route was operated by Bergen Avenue IBOA. When Bergen Avenue IBOA was unable to make an insurance payment, it abruptly stopped running its only route on March 12, 2011, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) granted emergency operating authority to A&C Bus Corporation. A&C Bus Corporation began operating the route on March 16, 2011, with no changes in bus fares, however it reduced operating hours to 6:30AM–10:00PM (running every half-hour). Since that time, the owners of Bergen Avenue IBOA stated that it intended on selling the rights to operate the route, however the NJDOT stated the company's rights ceased when it abruptly stopped operating with no warning to passengers. ^[8]

Route 4

Route	Terminals		Operates via	Notes
4 [9]	Curries Woods	Newport Centre Mall	Ocean Avenue Pacific Avenue Communipaw Junction Grove Street Station	Discontinued on March 2, 2019

Prior to A&C Bus Corporation's assuming operations Route 4 was run by Red & Tan in Hudson County, which discontinued service on November 6, 2011. A&C Bus began operating the route between Greenville and Newport Centre Mall shortly after. It discontinued service on March 2, 2019, citing low ridership. ^{[10] [11]} New Jersey Transit route 86 was extended to replace part of the route. ^[12] NJ Transit Route 1 was also rerouted to replace some of the former Route 4 service along Communipaw and Pacific Avenues beginning on June 22, 2019. ^{[13] [14]}

Fleet

The fleet was made up of buses leased from New Jersey Transit.

Year	Make & Model	Length	Picture	Powertrain (Engine & Transmission)	Numbers	Notes
2011–2013	NABI 416.15 (transit)	40 ft (12.19 m)		Cummins ISL9/ ZF Ecolife 6AP1400B	5757, 5759-5760, 5919-5923, 6463-6488 (33 buses)	Replaced older Nova Buses RTS RT80-2Ns between 2012 and 2014 5757 and 5919 were retired due to water damage from Hurricane Sandy. 5919 is used as a maintenance training bus at the Ferry Street shops by New Jersey Transit. New Jersey Transit took all buses back when the company became defunct.

See also

• List of NJ Transit bus routes (1–99)

References

1. Sussman, Spencer (July 25, 2023). "End of the line: Nearly century-old Jersey City bus company shutting down". nj. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
2. Sussman, Spencer (July 27, 2023). "Jersey City bus company to close on Halloween, giving officials 3 months to find new option for riders". The Jersey Journal.
3. "NJ TRANSIT announces A&C transit + Coach USA One Bus takeover" (Press release). NJ TRANSIT. September 29, 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
4. Higgs, Larry (September 29, 2023). "NJ Transit to replace canceled bus routes in Hudson, Essex counties". NJ Advance Media for NJ.com.
5. Wilson, Colleen (September 29, 2023). "NJ Transit announces new bus routes in Jersey City and Newark". NorthJersey.com. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
6. Leir, Ron (August 14, 2023). "Officials Scramble to Address Shutdown of Vital Bus Company". Jersey City Times. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
7. Thorbourne, Ken (March 16, 2011), "Buses back on the road as A & C Bus Company takes over Bergen Avenue Bus route", The Jersey Journal, retrieved August 1, 2011
8. Thorbourne, Ken (March 17, 2011). "Jersey City bus company takes over Bergen Ave. route; service running every half-hour from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m." The Jersey Journal. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
9. MacDonald, Terrence (October 14, 2011), "Portions of discontinued 4 and 99S bus lines will resume under different operators: officials", The Jersey Journal, retrieved November 23, 2011
10. Elamroussi, Aya (March 10, 2019). "No. 4 bus discontinued in Jersey City: 'We're just stuck'". nj.com. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
11. "#4". acbuscorp.com. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
12. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 2, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
13. Villanova, Patrick (June 12, 2019). "NJ Transit adding bus service from discontinued No. 4 line in Jersey City" . Retrieved 24 June 2019.
14. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019.

External links

• Media related to A&C Bus Corporation at Wikimedia Commons