Rockland Coaches New Weekend Express Route From Rockland and Northern NJ -- Beginning December 2

Rockland Coaches has announced a new weekend express bus serving Spring Valley, NY, the Exit 14 Park and Ride and the Montvale NJ Park and Ride off the Garden State Parkway beginning December 2.  They are offering express bus service to the Port Authority every 90 minutes from these park and rides with the last trip leaving New York at 11:30PM.  Seems like a good idea considering the only other options from Rockland County and Northern Bergen County are either local buses that can take as much as 90 minutes to get into New York or the slow Pascack Valley line train, other than a couple of express runs to Pearl River on weekends.  We wish them luck and hope the service is successful.  More details are available on the Coach USA/Rockland website here and the schedule is available here.

NJT to take over Rockland Coaches 11C and 20/84 Routes?

There is a possibility that NJ Transit may be taking over Rockland Coaches 11C and 20/84 routes.  We previously reported that TransportAzumah announced that it will begin operating the route from the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal to Spring Valley, NY effective May 5, 2014 replacing the  discontinued Rockland Coaches 11C. 

Transport Azumah has also announced it will revive the Route 303 line from the GWB to Newark Airport starting May 5, 2014.  The express route will run daily between 5:15AM and 11PM.  NJT ran a similar route 303 in the 1980s.