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Olympia Trails

Parent	Coach USA
Headquarters	349 1 Street Elizabeth, NJ 07206
Locale	Northeastern United States
Service area	Central Jersey (transit service)
Service type	Commuter bus service, contract service, intercity service
Routes	1
Operator	Coach USA: Olympia Trails (Newark Airport Express)
Chief executive	James 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.

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 plans to sell its Megabus subsidiaries (including Olympia) to Bus Company Holdings, a unit of the Renco Group.

Routes

Current operations

Olympia Trails operates only one service, listed below.

Olympia Trails brand

Under this brand, one route is operated:

• The Newark Airport Express, operated between Midtown Manhattan and Newark Liberty International Airport at 15-minute intervals throughout the day. This old route was acquired from New Jersey Transit (NJT) in 1997, previously numbered 300.

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.

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.

ONE/Independent Bus, Routes owned by New Jersey Transit

Former Megabus Northeast LLC routes

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

• M21: Washington, D.C., via Baltimore (some service)
• M22: Boston (selected services)
• M23: Philadelphia (some weekday service)
• M26: Manhattan (New York City), Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo; and Niagara Falls and Toronto, ON, (Canada).
• M27: Albany, New York, via Ridgewood, New Jersey

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.

References

1. Bodipo-Memba, Alejandro (June 22, 1998). "Coach USA to Buy 10 Motorcoach Firms, Giving It Largest Fleet in the Industry". Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition. New York, N.Y., United States. pp. –7A. ISSN 0099-9660. ProQuest 398652644.
2. "Coach USA files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware". Bloomberg Law. June 11, 2024. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
3. Route 3 service information archive
4. Information about the discontinued route 3
5. "Route 4" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2008.
6. "A&C Bus Corp » #4". Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
7. Route 5 service information archive
8. Information about the discontinued route 5
9. "Former routes 10 / 99S schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on September 16, 2008. Retrieved April 17, 2008.
10. "Academy Bus Co. To take over Bayonne, Jersey City No. 10 busline; will keep it operating past present owner's April 8 termination date". March 22, 2012. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
11. "Mayor Smith aims to prevent bus company from ceasing service to JFK BLVD". March 8, 2012. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
12. Route 11 service information archive
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
19. New Jersey Transit, Press Releases, NJ Transit Adds Bus Route in Jersey City: Service begins January 30 between Grove St. PATH and Port Liberte to provide replacement for Coach USA #231 Archived October 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, January 24, 2006
20. New Jersey Transit, Service Adjustments, Attention Coach USA Bus Route No. 231 Customers Archived December 10, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, January 24, 2006
21. ^ "Bus Schedules – Charters – Sightseeing – Tours | Coach USA". www.coachusa.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
22. ^ "NJ TRANSIT TO IMPLEMENT EMERGENCY STABILIZATION BUS SERVICE FOR A&C AND O.N.E CUSTOMERS". NJ Transit. September 29, 2023. Retrieved September 29, 2023.

External links

• Coach USA official website
• Megabus Northeast

• 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
• Bus transportation in New Jersey
• Intercity bus companies of the United States
• Transportation companies based in New Jersey