A&C Bus Corporation was an American bus company that operated in Jersey City, New Jersey. The company was established in 1927. In July 2023, A&C announced that it would discontinue operations. On October 28, 2023, the four routes then operated by A&C were taken over by NJ Transit Bus Operations.
Routes The company had four routes which served the West Side of the city. RouteTerminalsOperates viaNotes33 Bergen AvenueCurries WoodsJournal Square Transportation CenterBergen SquareMcGinley SquareOld Bergen Road Began service on March 16, 2011 NJT replaced and renamed to 8 31 Montgomeryand West SideNewport Centre MallWest SideDanforth AvenueMontgomery Street, West Side Avenue NJT replaced and renamed to 9 30 Society HillDroyer's PointJournal Square Transportation CenterSip Avenue, West Side Avenue NJT replaced route as 80S 32 - 440 ShopperHudson MallJournal Square Transportation CenterSip Avenue, West Side Avenue NJT replaced and renamed to 14
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.
Route 4 RouteTerminalsOperates viaNotes 4Curries WoodsNewport Centre MallOcean AvenuePacific AvenueCommunipaw JunctionGrove Street StationDiscontinued on March 2, 2019 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. New Jersey Transit route 86 was extended to replace part of the route. 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.
Fleet The fleet was made up of buses leased from New Jersey Transit. YearMake & ModelLengthPicturePowertrain(Engine & Transmission)NumbersNotes2011–2013NABI416.15 (transit)Cummins ISL9/ZF Ecolife 6AP1400B5757, 5759–5760, 5919–5923, 6463–6488(33 buses) Replaced older Nova Buses RTS RT80-2Ns between 2012 and 2014 5757 and 5919 were retired due to water damage from Hurricane Sandy. 5919 is used as a maintenance training bus at the Ferry Street shops by New Jersey Transit. New Jersey Transit took all buses back when the company became defunct.
See also List of NJ Transit bus routes (1–99)
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