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Academy Bus

#8871 stops in Asbury Park on the Shore Points line, en route to New York City.
Slogan	We Know the Way
Founded	1968
Headquarters	Hoboken, New Jersey
Locale	New Jersey
Service area	Statewide New Jersey
Service type	Local and commuter bus service, contract service,
Routes	7 directly controlled 1 in association with Suburban Trails 1 Megabus.com route 25 under New Jersey Transit contract
Operator	Academy Bus Lines #22 Hillside LLC Academy Express LLC
Chief executive	Francis Tedesco
Web site	www.academybus.com

Academy Bus Lines is a bus company in New Jersey providing local bus service in northern New Jersey, line run service to/from New York City from points in central New Jersey, and charter service.

Routes

Under contract to NJ Transit

Under contract to New Jersey Transit, Academy Bus operates the following routes. Routes are listed by county.^[1][2]

• Hudson County: 2, 22, 22X, 23, and 88
• Bergen County: 751, 752, 753, 755, 756, 762, 772, 780
• Middlesex County: 801-805, 810, 811, 813, 814, 815, 817, 818, 819, 822
• Monmouth, Ocean, and Burlington counties: See below.

Other contract operations

Rutgers-New Brunswick campus shuttle bus #2014 on the EE line

Under contract to Rutgers University, Academy Bus operates the campus shuttles for the New Brunswick and Piscataway campuses.^[3] Also, Academy Bus operates airport employee shuttles around Newark Liberty Airport.

Directly controlled commuter routes

Academy Bus provides commuter line run service along several routes from Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean counties in New Jersey.^[4]

The full route is shown for each except for branching. Unless otherwise noted, passengers are carried to and from New York only.

NOTES:

1. Route 9 service via Academy is provided to lower Manhattan only (except for service via Jackson, which is available to midtown Manhattan). Route 9 service to midtown (except Jackson service) is provided on the 139 full-time.
2. Toms River and Route 549 service via Academy is only provided to lower Manhattan. Toms River service to midtown Manhattan is provided on the 137 line full-time.
3. All service via the Garden State Parkway (except for Route 9) operates via the Cheesequake park and ride. Shore Points and Parkway Express services also stop at the PNC Bank Arts Center.

Casino line runs

Academy Bus operates several regularly scheduled line services from points in in the New York metropolitan area to and from casinos in Atlantic City, Yonkers, and Connecticut, with service to the Port Authority Bus Terminal operated together with Coach USA as a Megabus service under a cross-platform selling agreement, the M25 (buses carry Academy markings).

Corporate structure

Academy Bus, LLC is a limited liability corporation and holding company that owns three operating companies: Academy Lines, LLC, Academy Express, LLC, and No. 22 Hillside Corporation.^[5]

References

1. ^ Academy Bus, Important Passenger Notice, Hudson and Bergen Driver Strike, Thursday, August 31st, MidnightPDF (42.8 KiB)
2. ^ New Jersey Transit - Bus
3. ^ Middlesex County Comprehensive Transportation Study Final Report AppendixPDF (224 KiB)
4. ^ Academy Bus commuter schedules
5. ^ National Labor Relations Board, CASE 22-RC-12287PDF, December 18, 2002

External links

• Academy Bus website

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