Rockland Coaches

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Coach USA Rockland Coaches
(The Red & Tan Lines)
Coach USA Rockland Coaches logo.png
Rockland MCI D4500.jpg
A Rockland Coaches bus at Nanuet Mall
Parent Coach USA
Founded1917
Headquarters160 NJ Route 17, Paramus, New Jersey, U.S.
Service area Bergen County, New Jersey and Rockland County, New York
Service typeCommuter bus service
Routes6
Hubs Nanuet Mall, Port Authority Bus Terminal
FleetSee "Fleet" section below.
All buses owned by New Jersey Transit
Fuel type Diesel-fueled motorcoaches
Operator Coach USA
Chief executiveGeorge Grieve
Website Official website

Rockland Coaches Inc., formerly known as The Red and Tan Lines, and locally shortened to Red and Tan, is a commuter coach company owned by Coach USA based in Westwood, New Jersey, that operates commuter bus service between New York City and points in Bergen County, New Jersey, and Rockland County, New York, and provides local bus service in both locales north of Route 46. Coach USA acquired the company in 1997. [1]

Contents

Routes

Between Bergen and Rockland Counties, and New York City, Rockland Coaches provides service along six routes.

Route ends are given for each route except for branching. Some trips may only serve a portion of the route.

In March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many routes were suspended or limited to peak-only service. Throughout 2020, 2021, and 2022, this limited-service schedule remained, however on April 1, 2023, limited Saturday service was restarted on the 11X and 45 routes. [2]

On October 23, 2023, weekend service was reinstated on the 9A and 9T routes. In addition, limited off-peak weekday service was added on the 9A, 9T, and 20 routes. In this service change, Saturday service on the 45 was also cut. [3] Despite these changes, most routes remain peak-only and commuter-oriented, and some routes remain suspended as of May 2023. [4] [5]

Route list

RouteTerminiNotes
9A [4] [lower-alpha 1] New York City
George Washington Bridge Bus Station
New City
Route 304 Park and Ride
  • Operates weekend service
  • Operates limited off-peak weekday service
  • Operates mainly along the route of the Hudson River
9T [4] [lower-alpha 1] New York City
Port Authority Bus Terminal
11A [4] Stony Point
Route 202 Park and Ride
11X [6] Spring Valley
Metro-North station
  • Saturday service only
  • Serves Middletown park and ride in Clarkstown only on northbound trips
  • Operates mainly along Middletown Rd
20 [5] Nanuet
Nanuet Mall
  • Weekday only
  • Limited weekday off-peak service, mostly in the southbound diretion
  • Operates mainly along the route of the Northern Branch
45 [6] Mount Ivy
Route 45 Park and Ride
  • Peak hour service only
  • Operates mainly along Route 45
47/49 Hybrid [4] New City
Route 304 Park and Ride
  • Weekday only
  • Limited southbound-only weekday off-peak service
  • Limited southbound-only peak-only service operates via the Palisades Center

Former routes

Fleet

Rockland Coaches' fleet consists of exclusively NJ Transit-owned MCI coach buses. The fleet consisted of older MC-series coaches, which were replaced with D4000 and D4500 coaches in the early 2000s. From 2019 to 2021, Rockland Coaches received brand-new D4500CT coaches to gradually replace the older D4000 and D4500 coaches. [8]

Current fleet

All buses owned by New Jersey Transit. Only units originally allocated to Rockland Coaches are shown.

Fleet NumbersPhotoYearMakeModel
19001-19030 19015 NJT CoachUSA.jpg 2019 MCI D4500CT
20149-20168 20157 Coach USA.jpg 2020

Retired fleet

Fleet NumbersPhotoYearMakeModelNotes
8454-8505
8512-8513
Coach USA MCI D-Series - Flickr - JLaw45 (1).jpg 2001 MCI D4000
  • 8504, 8505, 8512, & 8513 transferred to other operators.
  • Retired and replaced with newer D4500CT coaches
8554-8555
8836-8845
8877-8889
2003
21198-21241 21201 Coach USA Rockland Coaches.jpg 2021 D4500CT
  • Returned to New Jersey Transit in 2024.
  • Some units never operated before returning to NJT.

Notes

  1. 1 2 All Route 9 buses are listed online as "9/9A", however the actual buses going to each NYC terminal denote which bus is which. Buses signed as 9A go to GWB Terminal and ones signed as 9T go to PABT.

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References

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