Anyone know which private buses go directly into midtown from Northern NJ? (NOT Port Auth)
I live in Nutley and find that my NJTransit bus commute is way too long esp with the tranfer to E train from Port Authority in order to get a little more east. There seem to be SEVERAL private bus lines that service midtown (like 42/48/52/Lex, anywhere but Port Authority) . These private lines seem to have awful maps and no information.
Does anyone know of a private bus line that goes directly into midtown that services northern NJ?
Posted Jul 23, 2018, 2:12 PM UTC
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www.decamp.com but it does use P.A.B.T.
edit: unless you would be happy standing on a NYC street corner in the rain or snow or heat in the middle of summer waiting for a bus, then having to fight its way through midtown traffic at rush-hour to get home, be thankful that a climate-controlled bus terminal with direct connection to the Lincoln Tunnel exists.
That edit is spot on. I don't want to think about how long it would take the bus to fight to go eastward from PABT during rush hour.
It’s indeed a hit or miss with other bus companies bypassing Port Authority Bus Terminal (even the GWB bud terminal in Washington Heights) and mandating their riders go elsewhere to access the bus, maybe due to issues with the building/bus companies.
From personal experience, Mega Bus and Bolt Bus, especially the Chinatown buses, do not have a reliable bus station/stop (Mega + Bolt Bus has their areas near the Javits Center, different Chinatown bus companies are either at/near their businesses), but mandates their riders to either wait outside and/or in a shanty little building. Sure, those routes aren’t Greyhound quality for long distance bus travel since tickets are sold at a few dollars-30 at most, but it would’ve helped for those companies to at least bunker down somewhere for their riders to relax at.