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Founded | 1952 |
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Headquarters | 425 E. Blackwell St Dover, NJ 07801 |
Locale | Northwestern New Jersey |
Service area | Morris, Sussex, Somerset, and Union Counties, NJ |
Service type | Line run and charter services |
Routes | 5 |
Fleet | 68 [1] |
Website | Lakeland Bus Lines |
Lakeland Bus Lines, Inc is a privately chartered and apportioned bus company headquartered in Dover, New Jersey. Lakeland operates commuter routes from Morris, Sussex, Somerset and Essex Counties, New Jersey to New York City.
Lakeland Bus Lines provides service along three routes, each named for the corridor on which it travels. [2]
Route | New York Terminal | Via | New Jersey Terminal |
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46 | Port Authority Bus Terminal Midtown Manhattan | US 46 CR 513 | Mount Arlington |
Dover | |||
80 (rush hours only, peak direction) | I-80 | Mount Arlington | |
I-80 NJ 183 | Stanhope | ||
I-80 NJ 15 | Sparta | ||
I-80 US 206 | Newton | ||
78 (rush hours only, peak direction) | I-78 CR 512 US 202 | Bernardsville | |
Downtown (rush hours only, peak direction) | Wall Street Lower Manhattan | I-80 US 46 | Mount Arlington |
Lakeland Bus Lines provides service along routes for day or overnight trips to Atlantic City Casinos, [3] Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, [4] and Wind Creek Bethlehem in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. [5]
Line | North Jersey Terminal | Via | Casino Terminal |
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Atlantic City (Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays Only) | Sparta | Jefferson, Rockaway Mall, Parsippany, Route 280, Garden State Parkway, Atlantic City Expressway | Bally's or Harrah's |
Mount Airy Casino Resort (Saturdays through Mondays only) | Parsippany | Dover, Rockaway Mall, Mount Arlington, Netcong, Hackettstown, Interstate 80 | Mount Airy Casino Resort |
Wind Creek Bethlehem (Wednesdays and Fridays only) | Parsippany | Dover, Rockaway Mall, Mount Arlington, Netcong, Hackettstown, Interstate 80 | Wind Creek Bethlehem |
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