Community Coach is a bus operator in northern New Jersey owned by Coach USA, operating fixed route and charter service.
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 Community Coach) to Bus Company Holdings, a unit of the Renco Group.
In November 2024, it was announced that the Renco Group had completed the purchase of the company. On December 31, 2024, Coach USA and all subsidiaries converted their Chapter 11 cases to a Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation.
Routes
Directly controlled Community Coach, as Community Transit Lines, operates a single line run from the Port Authority Bus Terminal (most trips) or the United Nations (77XE) in New York City to the Livingston Mall in Livingston, the #77 line, via Main Street in Orange, Route 10, and Ridgedale Avenue,Coach USA #77 schedule 77X via Northfield, 77L via GS Pkwy, 77XP via Prospect Av, and 77XC express seven days a week. This line was previously operated by DeCamp.
Formerly contracted under NJT
Under contract to New Jersey Transit, Community Coach, operating as Community Transportation, operated the following routes under, which run Monday through Saturday only unless otherwise indicated. The contract for these routes were transferred to Academy Bus on August 17, 2024.
Passaic County local routes
RouteTerminal AMain streets of travelTerminal BNJT bus 702 schedulePatersonSt. Joseph's Hospital(Main St/Mary St.)Van Houten AvenuePalisade Avenue or Dayton AvenueBoulevardElmwood ParkBoulevard/BroadwayNJT bus 705 schedulePassaicMain Avenue TerminalClifton AvenueMain StreetWillowbrook MallNJT bus 707 schedulePatersonCity HallMarshall Street/Hazel Street/Paulson AvenueHarrison and MacArthur AvenuesSaddle BrookMarket St/Caldwell Ave.NJT bus 709 scheduleBloomfieldGlenwood Ave/Conger St., ORPassaicMain Ave/Passaic Ave.Passaic AvenueBroadwayRochelle AvenueGarden State PlazaNJT bus 722 schedule PatersonMain St/Crooks Ave.Memorial DriveLafayette AvenueEast Ridgewood AvenueParamus ParkNJT bus 744 schedulePassaicMain Avenue TerminalLakeview AvenuePresidential BoulevardPaterson-Hamburg TurnpikeWaynePreakness Shopping Center, ORPatersonCity HallNJT bus 746 schedule Broadway Bus Terminal (Paterson)Madison AvenueMaple AvenueRidgewoodVan Neste SquareNJT bus 748 schedule PatersonMadison Ave/3 St.BroadwayRatzer Road (Willowbrook Mall trips only)Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike (Pompton Lakes trips only)Willowbrook Mall, ORPompton LakesWanaque Ave/Ringwood Ave. (rush hours only)NJT bus 758 schedulePassaicMain Avenue TerminalMidland AvenueFairview AvenueParamus Park
References
External links Community Coach