Community Coach

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Coach USA Community Coach
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Community Coach #7046 in charter service.
Parent Coach USA
Founded1958
Headquarters160 Route 17, Paramus, New Jersey
LocaleGreater New York
Service area Passaic, Essex, and Morris counties (transit service)
Greater New York (charter service)
I-95 corridor to Washington (intercity)
Service typeLine run
Intercity service
Contract operations
Charter bus service
Routes1 controlled
University shuttles for various colleges in Greater New York
Operator Coach USA
Chief executiveNewel Scoon [1]
Website Community Coach

Community Coach is a bus operator in northern New Jersey owned by Coach USA, operating fixed route and charter service.

Contents

In June 2024, Coach USA filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, blaming corporate impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The company has plans to sell its assets, and plans to sell its Megabus subsidiaries (including Community Coach) to Bus Company Holdings, a unit of the Renco Group. [2]

Routes

Directly controlled

Community Coach, as Community Transit Lines, operates a single line run from the Port Authority Bus Terminal (most trips) or the United Nations (77XE) in New York City to the Livingston Mall in Livingston, the #77 line, via Main Street in Orange, Route 10, and Ridgedale Avenue, [3] 77X via Northfield, 77L via GS Pkwy, 77XP via Prospect Av, and 77XC express seven days a week. This line was previously operated by DeCamp.

Formerly contracted under NJT

Under contract to New Jersey Transit, Community Coach, operating as Community Transportation, operated the following routes under, which run Monday through Saturday only unless otherwise indicated. The contract for these routes were transferred to Academy Bus on August 17, 2024. [4]

Passaic County local routes

RouteTerminal AMain streets of travelTerminal B
NJT bus 702 schedule Paterson
St. Joseph's Hospital
(Main St/Mary St.)
Van Houten Avenue
Palisade Avenue or Dayton Avenue
Boulevard
Elmwood Park
Boulevard/Broadway
NJT bus 705 schedule Passaic
Main Avenue Terminal
Clifton Avenue
Main Street
Willowbrook Mall
NJT bus 707 schedule Paterson
City Hall
Marshall Street/Hazel Street/Paulson Avenue
Harrison and MacArthur Avenues
Saddle Brook
Market St/Caldwell Ave.
NJT bus 709 schedule Bloomfield
Glenwood Ave/Conger St., OR
Passaic
Main Ave/Passaic Ave.
Passaic Avenue
Broadway
Rochelle Avenue
Garden State Plaza
NJT bus 722 schedule Archived 5 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Paterson
Main St/Crooks Ave.
Memorial Drive
Lafayette Avenue
East Ridgewood Avenue
Paramus Park
NJT bus 744 schedule Passaic
Main Avenue Terminal
Lakeview Avenue
Presidential Boulevard
Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike
Wayne
Preakness Shopping Center, OR
Paterson
City Hall
NJT bus 746 schedule Archived 16 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine Broadway Bus Terminal (Paterson) Madison Avenue
Maple Avenue
Ridgewood
Van Neste Square
NJT bus 748 schedule Archived 16 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine Paterson
Madison Ave/3 St.
Broadway
Ratzer Road (Willowbrook Mall trips only)
Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike (Pompton Lakes trips only)
Willowbrook Mall, OR
Pompton Lakes
Wanaque Ave/Ringwood Ave. (rush hours only)
NJT bus 758 schedule Passaic
Main Avenue Terminal
Midland Avenue
Fairview Avenue
Paramus Park

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References

  1. NTD Stats
  2. "Coach USA files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware". Bloomberg Law. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  3. Coach USA #77 schedule
  4. NJ.com, Larry Higgs | NJ Advance Media for (11 July 2024). "Coach USA to stop running these NJ Transit bus routes". nj. Retrieved 12 July 2024.