Community Coach is a bus operator in northern
New Jersey
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owned by
Coach USA
Coach USA, LLC is a holding company for various American transportation service providers providing scheduled intercity bus service, local and commuter bus transit, city sightseeing, tour, yellow school bus, and charter bus service across the ...
, operating fixed route and charter service.
In June 2024, Coach USA filed for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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, 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.
Routes
Directly controlled
Community Coach, as Community Transit Lines, operates a single line run from the
Port Authority Bus Terminal
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(most trips) or the
United Nations
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(77XE) in
New York City
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to the
Livingston Mall in
Livingston, the #77 line, via Main Street in Orange,
Route 10, and Ridgedale Avenue, 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.
Passaic County local routes
References
External links
Community Coach
Surface transportation in Greater New York
Stagecoach Group bus operators in the United States and Canada
Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2024
Intercity bus companies of the United States
Bus transportation in New Jersey
Transportation in Bergen County, New Jersey
Transportation in Essex County, New Jersey
Transportation in Passaic County, New Jersey
Transportation companies based in New Jersey
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