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{{Short description|Bus company in New Jersey}}
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|former_name=Montgomery & Westside IBOA| parent           = A&C Bus Corporation
| founded          = {{Start date|1927}}
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| ceased           = 2023
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| headquarters     = 430 Danforth Avenue<br />[[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City, NJ]] 07305
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'''A&C Bus Corporation''' was an American [[Bus|bus company]].

The company was established in 1927. In July 2023, A&C announced that it would discontinue operations.<ref name="Sussman 2023 c100">{{cite web | last=Sussman | first=Spencer | title=End of the line: Nearly century-old Jersey City bus company shutting down | website=nj | date=July 25, 2023 | url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2023/07/end-of-the-line-nearly-century-old-jersey-city-bus-company-shutting-down.html | access-date=July 26, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2023/07/jersey-city-bus-company-to-close-on-halloween-giving-officials-3-months-to-find-new-option-for-riders.html|title=Jersey City bus company to close on Halloween, giving officials 3 months to find new option for riders|first=Spencer |last=Sussman |newspaper= The Jersey Journal|date=July 27, 2023}}</ref> On October 28, 2023, the four routes then operated by A&C were taken over by [[NJ Transit Bus Operations]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/news/2023/09/nj-transit-to-replace-canceled-bus-routes-in-hudson-essex-counties.html|title=NJ Transit to replace canceled bus routes in Hudson, Essex counties|first=Larry |last = Higgs| work= NJ Advance Media for NJ.com|date=September 29, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Colleen |date=September 29, 2023 |url=https://eu.northjersey.com/story/news/transportation/2023/09/29/new-bus-schedules-newark-jersey-city-routes-nj-transit/71004902007/ |title=NJ Transit announces new bus routes in Jersey City and Newark |website=NorthJersey.com |access-date=October 3, 2023}}</ref>

==Routes==
The company had four routes which served the [[West Side, Jersey City|West Side]] of the city.<ref>{{cite news |last=Leir |first=Ron |date=August 14, 2023 |url=https://jcitytimes.com/officials-scramble-to-address-shutdown-of-vital-bus-company/ |title=Officials Scramble to Address Shutdown of Vital Bus Company |work=Jersey City Times |access-date=September 27, 2023}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%;" |
!Route
!colspan=2|Terminals
!Operates via
!Notes
|-
!33 Bergen Avenue<ref>{{Citation  | last = Thorbourne  | first = Ken  | title = Buses back on the road as A & C Bus Company takes over Bergen Avenue Bus route  | newspaper = The Jersey Journal  | date =  March 16, 2011  | url = http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2011/03/buses_back_on_the_road_as_a_c.html  | access-date = August 1, 2011  }}</ref>
|[[Curries Woods]]
|[[Journal Square Transportation Center]]
|[[Bergen Square]]<br />[[McGinley Square]]<br />[[Old Bergen Road]]
|
* Began service on March 16, 2011
* NJT replaced and renamed to 8 <ref name=":0">{{Cite press release |date=September 29, 2023 |title=NJ TRANSIT announces A&C transit + Coach USA One Bus takeover |url=https://www.njtransit.com/press-releases/nj-transit-implement-emergency-stabilization-bus-service-ac-and-one-customers |access-date=2023-09-29 |agency=NJ TRANSIT |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
!31 Montgomery<br />and West Side
|[[Newport Centre Mall]]
|[[West Side, Jersey City|West Side]]<br />[[Danforth Avenue (Hudson County)|Danforth Avenue]]
|Montgomery Street, West Side Avenue
|
* NJT replaced and renamed to 9 <ref name=":0" />
|-
!30 Society Hill
|[[Droyer's Point]]
|[[Journal Square Transportation Center]]
|Sip Avenue, West Side Avenue
|
* NJT replaced route as 80S <ref name=":0" />
|-
!32 - 440 Shopper
|[[Bayfront, Jersey City|Hudson Mall]]
|[[Journal Square Transportation Center]]
|Sip Avenue, West Side Avenue
|
* NJT replaced and renamed to 14 <ref name=":0" />
|}

===Former Routes===
====Bergen Avenue Route====
Prior to A&C Bus Corporation's operation of the Bergen Avenue route, the route was operated by Bergen Avenue IBOA.  When Bergen Avenue IBOA was unable to make an insurance payment, it abruptly stopped running its only route on March 12, 2011, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) granted emergency operating authority to A&C Bus Corporation.  A&C Bus Corporation began operating the route on March 16, 2011, with no changes in bus fares, however it reduced operating hours to 6:30AM–10:00PM (running every half-hour).  Since that time, the owners of Bergen Avenue IBOA stated that it intended on selling the rights to operate the route, however the NJDOT stated the company's rights ceased when it abruptly stopped operating with no warning to passengers.<ref>{{cite news|last=Thorbourne|first=Ken|title=Jersey City bus company takes over Bergen Ave. route; service running every half-hour from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.|url=http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/jerseycity/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1300343132106931.xml&coll=3|access-date=March 20, 2011|newspaper=The Jersey Journal|date=March 17, 2011}}</ref>

====Route 4====
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!Route
!colspan=2|Terminals
!Operates via
!Notes
|-
! 4<ref>{{Citation   | last = MacDonald   | first =  Terrence   | title = Portions of discontinued 4 and 99S bus lines will resume under different operators: officials   | newspaper = The Jersey Journal   | date = October 14, 2011   | url = http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2011/10/portions_of_discontinued_4_and.html   | access-date = November 23, 2011}}</ref>
|[[Curries Woods]]
|[[Newport Centre Mall]]
|Ocean Avenue<br />[[Pacific Avenue (Hudson County)|Pacific Avenue]]<br />[[Communipaw|Communipaw Junction]]<br />[[Grove Street (PATH station)|Grove Street Station]]
|Discontinued on March 2, 2019
|-
|}
Prior to A&C Bus Corporation's assuming operations Route 4 was run by [[Olympia Trails#Red & Tan & ONE BUS in Hudson County brand|Red & Tan in Hudson County]], which discontinued service on November 6, 2011. A&C Bus began operating the route between [[Greenville, Jersey City|Greenville]] and [[Newport Centre Mall]] shortly after. It discontinued service on March 2, 2019, citing low ridership.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2019/03/no-4-bus-discontinued-in-jersey-city-were-just-stuck.html|title=No. 4 bus discontinued in Jersey City: 'We're just stuck'|first=Aya|last=Elamroussi|date=March 10, 2019|website=nj.com|access-date=March 10, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://acbuscorp.com/4-2/|title=#4|website=acbuscorp.com|access-date=March 10, 2019}}</ref> New Jersey Transit route 86 was extended to replace part of the route.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0086.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 4, 2019 |archive-date=February 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202095240/https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0086.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> NJ Transit Route 1 was also rerouted to replace some of the former Route 4 service along Communipaw and Pacific Avenues beginning on June 22, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Villanova |first1=Patrick |title=NJ Transit adding bus service from discontinued No. 4 line in Jersey City |date=June 12, 2019 |url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2019/06/nj-transit-adding-bus-service-from-discontinued-no-4-line-in-jersey-city.html |access-date=24 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0001.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=July 17, 2019 |archive-date=July 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717152756/https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0001.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Fleet==
The fleet was made up of buses leased from [[New Jersey Transit]].
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |
!Year
!Make & Model
!Length
!Picture
!Powertrain<br /><small>([[Engine]] & [[Transmission (mechanics)|Transmission]])</small>
!width="100px"|Numbers
!Notes
|-
!2011–2013
|'''[[North American Bus Industries|NABI]]'''<br />[[NABI SFW|416.15 (transit)]]
|{{convert|40|ft|m|2|abbr=on}}
|[[File:A&C Bus Corporation NABI 416.15 Transit.jpg|90px]]
|
*Cummins ISL9/<br />ZF Ecolife 6AP1400B
|align=center|5757, 5759-5760, 5919-5923, 6463-6488<br /><small>(33 buses)</small>
|
* Replaced older Nova Buses RTS RT80-2Ns between 2012 and 2014
* 5757 and 5919 were retired due to water damage from [[Hurricane Sandy]]. 5919 is used as a maintenance training bus at the Ferry Street shops by New Jersey Transit.
* New Jersey Transit took all buses back when the company became defunct.
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[List of NJ Transit bus routes (1–99)]]
== References ==
<references/>

== External links ==

* {{Commons category-inline}}
{{Hudson County Transportation Network}}
{{NYC surface transit}}

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