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A&C Bus Corporation

A&C Bus Corporation

Bus company in New Jersey

The A&C Bus Corporation, also known as the Montgomery & Westside Independent Bus Owners Association, was an independent bus company headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.

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The company was established in 1927. In July 2023, A&C announced that it would discontinue operations.[1][2] On October 28, 2023, the four routes then operated by A&C were taken over by NJ Transit Bus Operations.[3][4][5]

Routes

The company had four routes which served the West Side of the city.[6]

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Former Routes


Bergen Avenue Route

Prior to A&C Bus Corporation's operation of the Bergen Avenue route, the route was operated by Bergen Avenue IBOA. When Bergen Avenue IBOA was unable to make an insurance payment, it abruptly stopped running its only route on March 12, 2011, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) granted emergency operating authority to A&C Bus Corporation. A&C Bus Corporation began operating the route on March 16, 2011, with no changes in bus fares, however it reduced operating hours to 6:30AM–10:00PM (running every half-hour). Since that time, the owners of Bergen Avenue IBOA stated that it intended on selling the rights to operate the route, however the NJDOT stated the company's rights ceased when it abruptly stopped operating with no warning to passengers.[8]

Route 4

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Prior to A&C Bus Corporation's assuming operations Route 4 was run by Red & Tan in Hudson County, which discontinued service on November 6, 2011. A&C Bus began operating the route between Greenville and Newport Centre Mall shortly after. It discontinued service on March 2, 2019, citing low ridership.[10][11] New Jersey Transit route 86 was extended to replace part of the route.[12] NJ Transit Route 1 was also rerouted to replace some of the former Route 4 service along Communipaw and Pacific Avenues beginning on June 22, 2019.[13][14]

Fleet

The fleet was made up of buses leased from New Jersey Transit.

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    Sussman, Spencer (July 25, 2023). "End of the line: Nearly century-old Jersey City bus company shutting down". nj. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  2. [2]
    Sussman, Spencer (July 27, 2023). "Jersey City bus company to close on Halloween, giving officials 3 months to find new option for riders". The Jersey Journal.
  3. [3]
    "NJ TRANSIT announces A&C transit + Coach USA One Bus takeover" (Press release). NJ TRANSIT. September 29, 2023. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  4. [4]
    Higgs, Larry (September 29, 2023). "NJ Transit to replace canceled bus routes in Hudson, Essex counties". NJ Advance Media for NJ.com.
  5. [5]
    Wilson, Colleen (September 29, 2023). "NJ Transit announces new bus routes in Jersey City and Newark". NorthJersey.com. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
  6. [6]
    Leir, Ron (August 14, 2023). "Officials Scramble to Address Shutdown of Vital Bus Company". Jersey City Times. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  7. [7]
    Thorbourne, Ken (March 16, 2011), "Buses back on the road as A & C Bus Company takes over Bergen Avenue Bus route", The Jersey Journal, retrieved August 1, 2011
  8. [8]
    Thorbourne, Ken (March 17, 2011). "Jersey City bus company takes over Bergen Ave. route; service running every half-hour from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m." The Jersey Journal. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  9. [9]
    MacDonald, Terrence (October 14, 2011), "Portions of discontinued 4 and 99S bus lines will resume under different operators: officials", The Jersey Journal, retrieved November 23, 2011
  10. [10]
    Elamroussi, Aya (March 10, 2019). "No. 4 bus discontinued in Jersey City: 'We're just stuck'". nj.com. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  11. [11]
    "#4". acbuscorp.com. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  12. [12]
    "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 2, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. [13]
    Villanova, Patrick (June 12, 2019). "NJ Transit adding bus service from discontinued No. 4 line in Jersey City". Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  14. [14]
    "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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