Olympia Trails

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Olympia Trails
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Parent Coach USA
Headquarters349 1 Street
Elizabeth, NJ 07206
Locale Northeastern United States
Service area Central Jersey
(transit service)
Northeastern United States
(Megabus service)
Service typeCommuter bus service, contract service, intercity service
Routes1
OperatorCoach USA:
  • Olympia Trails (Newark Airport Express)
Chief executiveJames Rutherford (except Megabus)
Dale Moser (Megabus)
Website Olympia Trails
ONE/Independent Bus
Newark Airport Express

Olympia Trails, which used to also do business as Megabus Northeast, LLC, ONE/Independent Bus, and Red and Tan bus, is a bus operator serving northern New Jersey with local and commuter bus service. It has been owned by Coach USA since 1998. [1]

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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 has planning to sell its Megabus and Avalon Transportation subsidiaries to Bus Company Holdings, a unit of the Renco Group. [2]

Routes

Current operations

Olympia Trails operates only one service, listed below.

Olympia Trails brand

Under this brand, one route is operated:

Former operations

Red & Tan brand

Under the Red & Tan 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.

RouteTerminalsMajor streetsHistory
3
[3]
Journal Square
Transportation Center
Jersey City
Merritt Street and Ocean Avenue
Garfield Avenue, Baldwin Avenue
  • Formerly operated by Central Avenue IBOA.
  • Discontinued in August 2007. [4]
4
[5]
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.
  • Operated by the Montgomery & West Side IBOA until March 2, 2019, when it was discontinued. [6]
5
6
[7]
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. [8]
10
99S
[9]
10: Journal Square
Transportation Center
99S: Jersey City
Merritt Street and Ocean Avenue
Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York
10: Bayonne - 3 Street and JFK Boulevard
99S: Bayonne - 9th Street-Congress Street
JFK Boulevard (both), Central Avenue (99S only)
  • Formerly operated by South Hudson County Boulevard Bus Owners Association, and later by Drogin Bus.
  • Route 99S discontinued on November 6, 2011. Now New Jersey Transit bus route 119.
  • Route 10 taken over by New Jersey Transit & Academy Bus (operator) on April 8, 2012, [10] after threat of cancellation. [11]
11
[12]
Journal Square
Transportation Center
Liberty State Park
Park and Ride
Montgomery Street
  • Discontinued in 2004. [13]
16
[14]
Journal Square
Transportation Center
Jersey City
Newport Centre Mall
Monticello Avenue, Communipaw Avenue, Pacific Avenue
  • Formerly operated by Lafayette & Greenville IBOA.
  • Discontinued in January 2008. [15]
31 Exchange Place Hoboken
Hoboken Terminal
Grove Street/Erie Street
33 Lower Manhattan, New York
Wall Street
Bayonne
3 Street and JFK Boulevard
JFK Boulevard, New Jersey Turnpike Newark Bay Extension
  • Discontinued in the late 1990s.
    • Alternate service available on New Jersey Transit bus route 120.
99 Jersey City
Merritt Street and Ocean Avenue
Journal Square
Transportation Center
Ocean Avenue, Summit Avenue
122
[16]
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
[17]
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 in January 2007.
231
[18]
Port Liberté Jersey City Heights Garfield Avenue, Bergen Avenue, Baldwin Avenue and Central Avenue
  • Formerly operated by Central Avenue IBOA.
  • Discontinued in January 2006.
    • Section north of Journal Square now part of the #88 & #119 lines.
    • Alternate service south of Journal Square available on New Jersey Transit bus route 87. [19] [20]

ONE/Independent Bus

ONE/Independent Bus provided local service on routes centered in Essex County, New Jersey and Union County, New Jersey until October 2023, when it shut down. All routes under ONE bus were taken over by New Jersey Transit. All routes owned by New Jersey Transit were transferred to NJT on August 17, 2024.

RouteTerminalsMajor streetsZonesNotes
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
31 Newark
Newark Penn Station
  • Newark
    South Orange Avenue
    and Dover Street
  • Newark/South Orange boundary
  • Service to/from both Livingston and Maplewood eliminated January 2018
  • Some trips go as far as South Orange center
  • NJT took over on October 8, 2023 [21] [22]
44 Newark
Newark Penn Station
Orange
Orange rail station
Scotland Road, Tremont Avenue, Central Avenue
  • Grove Street
  • NJT took over on October 8, 2023 [21] [22]

ONE/Independent Bus, Routes owned by New Jersey Transit

RouteTerminalsMajor StreetsHistory
2 Journal Square Transportation Center Secaucus Junction Kennedy Blvd, County Avenue, Secaucus Road (2R variant only), Meadowlands Parkway, and Seaview Parkway
84 Journal Square Transportation Center North Bergen

Bergenline Avenue and JFK Blvd

Palisade Avenue, Bergenline Avenue (both directions between JFK and 48 Street, southbound only from 48 Street to 1 Street), New York Avenue (northbound only from 1 Street to 48 Street), Park Avenue (84P variant only; between 31 Street and 79 Street)
88 Journal Square Transportation Center North Bergen

Bergenline Avenue and JFK Blvd

Kennedy Blvd, Central Avenue (88C variant only; between Journal Square and 8 Street)

Former Megabus Northeast LLC routes

Under Megabus, Olympia Trails used to operate service from street stops near the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center to:

Megabus used to also operate to Boston, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Atlantic City. However, due to CoachUSA being bankrupt, some of the lines were taken over by PeterPan Bus and Fullington Bus, with the other lines being discontinued.

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References

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  13. Information about the discontinued route 11
  14. Route 16 service information archive
  15. Information about the discontinued route 16
  16. Route 122 service information archive
  17. Route 144 service information archive
  18. Route 231 service information archive
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