Trans-Bridge Lines
A Trans-Bridge Lines bus on 39th Street in New York City
ParentTrans-Bridge Lines
Founded1941
Headquarters2012 Industrial Drive
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.
LocaleLehigh Valley
Service areaLehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
Skylands Region, New Jersey, U.S.
Service typeLine-run, contract, charter
AllianceInternational Motor Coach Group
Routes3 directly controlled
2 under contract
Fleet58 (route service)[1]
72 (total)[2]
Daily ridership3,688[1] (weekday)
OperatorTrans-Bridge Lines
Chief executiveThomas JeBran[1]
Websitetransbridgelines.com

Trans-Bridge Lines is an interstate bus transportation company operating based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It operates in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania and offers daily service from the Lehigh Valley to both New York City and Philadelphia.

Services

Trans-Bridge Lines offers daily service to New York City, Newark and JFK airports from the Lehigh Valley area, Doylestown, New Hope, Pennsylvania and Clinton, Phillipsburg, Frenchtown, Lambertville, Flemington and Branchburg, New Jersey. Weekday service is available to Lower Manhattan, Wall Street, and Jersey City from the Lehigh Valley and Clinton.

Trans-Bridge Lines also offers daily service to Manhattan Cruise Terminal and Cape Liberty Pier in Bayonne. Charter service is available throughout the U.S. and Canada.

An affiliate company, Trans-Bridge Tours, Inc., conducts retail tours through the United States and Canada. The tours include One-Day motorcoach excursions to Atlantic City and Pennsylvania casinos, sporting events, Broadway shows, festivals and more as well as Multi-Day overnight trips to many destinations. Vacation airline and cruise packages are also offered. Trans-Bridge Tours operates branch offices in Allentown and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and is also an agent for Trans-Bridge Lines, selling tickets for the regular route service.

Routes

A Trans-Bridge Lines bus in October 2016
Route Terminal A Terminal B
Via I-78, US 22, PA 33, I-78, and PA 412 Port Authority Bus Terminal (full-time)
Lower Manhattan-Wall St. (rush hours only)
Jersey City-Newport Centre (rush hours only)
JFK Airport (2 runs per day) 		Allentown
(full route)
Via I-78, US 202, NJ 12, NJ 29, US 202, PA 313 Port Authority Bus Terminal Quakertown via
Doylestown train station
Via I-78 express Port Authority Bus Terminal Wind Creek Bethlehem
Via I-78 and US 222 Port Authority Bus Terminal Wescosville
Via I-476 and PA 309 16th and Filbert, Philadelphia Lehigh Valley International Airport

Connections are also available on certain Trans-Bridge schedules to Kennedy Airport, with service running to and from Terminal 5 twice daily as well as Newark Airport.

Under contract to NJ Transit, Trans-Bridge Lines operates the 890 and 891 lines running between Pohatcong and Easton, with connections available to LANta routes in Downtown Easton at Center Square, and Trans-Bridge's line run via Route 22.

References

  1. ^ a b c "NTD Program 2009 filing for Trans-Bridge Lines" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  2. ^ "Trans-Bridge Fleet". Retrieved 2010-01-18.

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