A&C Bus Corporation

The A&C Bus Corporation, also known as the Montgomery & Westside Independent Bus Owners Association, is an independent bus company headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. It was established in 1927.

A&C Bus Corporation
(Montgomery & Westside IBOA)
ParentA&C Bus Corporation
Founded1927
Headquarters430 Danforth Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07305
LocaleJersey City, New Jersey
Service areaJersey City, New Jersey
Service typeLocal bus service
Routes4
Fleet29
OperatorA&C Bus Corporation
Websitehttps://acbuscorp.com/

In July 2023, A&C announced that it would discontinue operations October 31, 2023.[1][2] NJ Transit will take over these routes on October 28, 2023.[3][4][5]

Routes

The company has four routes which serve the West Side of the city.[6]

Route Terminals Operates via Notes
33 Bergen Avenue [7] Curries Woods Journal Square Transportation Center Bergen Square
McGinley Square
Old Bergen Road
  • Began service on March 16, 2011
  • NJT to replace and rename to 8 [3]
31 Montgomery
and West Side		 Newport Centre Mall West Side
Danforth Avenue		 Montgomery Street, West Side Avenue NJT to replace and rename to 9 [3]
30 Society Hill Droyer's Point Journal Square Transportation Center Sip Avenue, West Side Avenue NJT to replace route as 80S [3]
32 - 440 Shopper Hudson Mall Journal Square Transportation Center Sip Avenue, West Side Avenue NJT to replace and rename to 14 [3]

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
Route Terminals Operates via Notes
4
[9]		 Curries Woods Newport Centre Mall Ocean Avenue
Pacific Avenue
Communipaw Junction
Grove Street Station		 Discontinued 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.[10][11] New Jersey Transit route 86 was extended to replace part of the route.[12] New Jersey 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 is made up of buses leased from New Jersey Transit.

Year Make & Model Length Picture Powertrain
(Engine & Transmission)		 Numbers Notes
2011–2013 NABI
416.15 (transit)		 40 ft (12.19 m)
  • Cummins ISL9/
    ZF Ecolife 6AP1400B
 5757, 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.
  • 5759, 5760, 5923, 6474, & 6477 were returned to New Jersey Transit
  • 5921, 6464-6465, 6470-6473, 6476, 6479, 6482, & 6487 were returned to New Jersey Transit between September & October of 2023.
  • 6464-6465 assigned to Big Tree. Was on Route 99.
  • 6470-6472 & 6476 assigned to Meadowlands. 6470 was on Route 119. 6471 & 6476 were on Route 123. 6472 was on Route 83.
  • 6473 & 6482 assigned to Academy for the 24 service.
  • 6479 & 6487 are assigned to Ironbound. 6479 was on Route 62, 6487 was on Route 65.

See also

References
  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. 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. Transit, NJ (September 29, 2023). "NJ TRANSIT announces A&C transit + Coach USA One Bus takeover". NJ TRANSIT. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  4. Higgs, Larry (September 29, 2023). "NJ Transit to replace canceled bus routes in Hudson, Essex counties". NJ Advance Media for NJ.com.
  5. Wilson, Colleen (September 29, 2023). "NJ Transit announces new bus routes in Jersey City and Newark". NorthJersey.com. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
  6. Leir, Ron (August 14, 2023). "Officials Scramble to Address Shutdown of Vital Bus Company". Jersey City Times. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  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. 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. 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. Elamroussi, Aya (March 10, 2019). "No. 4 bus discontinued in Jersey City: 'We're just stuck'". nj.com. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  11. "#4". acbuscorp.com. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  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. Villanova, Patrick (June 12, 2019). "NJ Transit adding bus service from discontinued No. 4 line in Jersey City". Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  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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