Rockland Coaches will reduce bus service, raise fares on June 1

May

Rockland Coaches plans to scale back service to and from Rockland, as well as raise fares, starting June 1.

Five lines — 9, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 — will see some service reductions during the morning or evening rush hour, or both.

But bus officials said riders will be able to catch buses that operate 10 to 15 minutes within the times being eliminated.

The company says there are two primary reasons for the change: Rockland Coaches ridership has been dropping for years and it provides some service too close together.

Company and county officials said this is the first service reduction in at least a decade.

Regarding the fare hike, riders will pay 3 percent more to travel between Rockland and New York City on Rockland Coaches. It will cost 10 cents more to travel between Rockland and Bergen County, N.J.

Read more about this story tomorrow in The Journal News and LoHud.com.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 at 11:19 am by Khurram Saeed.
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