By: Richard L. Smith
NJ TRANSIT has announced an emergency stabilization bus service plan to address the impacts on customers of the seven discontinued A&C and O.N.E. routes.
The plan ensures these customers have uninterrupted access to the bus service they depend on daily.
The plan includes creating six new NJ TRANSIT bus routes and extending one existing NJ TRANSIT bus route, serving the same bus stops as the A&C and O.N.E. bus lines.
Once full schedule information is finalized, it will be available online at njtransit.com/a-cbus and njtransit.com/coachone.
“As New Jersey’s statewide public transportation provider, we recognize the critical importance of transportation to empower New Jerseyans to fulfill their professional, personal, and recreational needs via affordable, accessible, and reliable transportation,” said New Jersey Department of Transportation Commissioner and NJ TRANSIT Board Chair Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti.
“I am pleased that NJ TRANSIT was able to use its resources to continue these critical bus routes.”
“NJ TRANSIT understands how important this bus service is to all those who depend on it, particularly for those who rely on it as their sole source of mobility,” said NJ TRANSIT President & C.E.O. Kevin S. Corbett.
“We are extremely pleased to be able to deliver a plan that maintains service for all the customers impacted by the disappointing decision made by A&C and Coach U.S.A. to discontinue operating these seven bus routes.”
O.N.E. Bus Stabilization Plan – Effective October 9, 2023
Beginning Monday, October 9, NJ TRANSIT will provide emergency bus services to support customers impacted by the discontinuation of the O.N.E. #24, #31, and #44 routes.
NJ TRANSIT will maintain the same route patterns and spans. Once full schedule information is finalized, it will be available online at njtransit.com/coachone.
New NJ TRANSIT #24 Line
- Serves the Central Avenue Corridor in Orange, East Orange, and Newark, and the Frelinghuysen Avenue/Newark Avenue Corridor in Newark and Elizabeth. Also serves East Jersey Street and Elizabeth Avenue, Elizabeth, and Jersey Gardens. Provides service to Downtown Newark, Orange, and Elizabeth and connections to N.J.T. rail at Elizabeth, Orange, and Brick Church.
- Weekday 5:00 a.m. – 2:14 a.m. with service every 20 minutes, AM and PM peak, Mid-day, and every 30 minutes evenings and late night.
- Saturday 5:00 a.m. – 1:35 a.m. with service every 20 minutes mid-day, every 30 minutes early AM, evening and late night.
- Sunday 5:15 a.m. – 1:21 a.m. with service every 30 minutes, all day.
New NJ TRANSIT #31 Line
- Serves the South Orange Avenue Corridor from downtown South Orange, at the rail station, to Springfield Avenue in Newark and continues to Penn Station via Market Street, providing multi-modal connections.
- Weekday 5:00 a.m. – 1:53 a.m. with hourly service from South Orange, every 20 minutes AM and PM peak from South Orange Avenue/Dover Street Loop, and every 30 minutes off-peak, evenings and late night.
- Saturday 5:00 a.m. – 1:22 a.m. with hourly service from South Orange every 30 minutes from Dover Street Loop.
- Sunday: 5:00 a.m. – 1:31 a.m. with service every 45 minutes mid-day from South Orange and every 60 minutes early morning, evening, and late night. All service operates South Orange – Newark Penn on Sunday.
New NJ TRANSIT #44 Line
- Connects Newark Penn Station with downtown Orange at the Orange Rail Station for multi-modal connectivity. Provides service to the Veteran’s Hospital in East Orange. Serves Tremont Avenue, Rhode Island Avenue, Freeman Avenue, and Central Avenue in Orange, East Orange, and Newark.
- Weekday 5:00 a.m. – 12:28 a.m. with hourly service all day.
- Saturday 6:00 a.m. – 12:27 a.m. with hourly service all day.
- Sunday: 6:30 a.m.a.m. – 12:52 a.m. with service every 80 minutes all day.
