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PHOTOS: Serious MVA Involving Shortline Bus In Monticello

July 17, 2012 4:18 pm No Comments

4:00PM EST: Catskills Hatzolah is currently on the scene of a serious MVA in Monticello, involving a ShortLine Bus and a civilian vehicle. The crash is on Route 42 at the ShopRite Mall, (in front of Dunkin Donuts). At least one victim is reportedly in traumatic arrest, and emergency personnel are treating numerous other victims, all passengers of the bus – and with minor injuries. PHOTOS & READ MORE: CATSKILLSCOOP.COM

Sefer Torah Found Abandoned On ShortLine bus

June 29, 2010 11:44 pm 11 Comments

A sacred Torah scroll has been found, apparently left on a ShortLine Coach USA bus and company officials have enlisted the aid of officials in the Village of Kiryas Joel to find its owner. Village Public Safety Director Moses Witriol retrieved the scroll from ShortLine headquarters in Mahwah, NJ and the bus company and he are trying to determine its rightful owner and return it. Witriol told MidHudsonNews.com the Torah is between 20 and 30 years old and in good condition. ShortLine is attempted to determine what route that particular bus had in an effort to find its owner. Witriol suspects it belongs to a congregation that spends the summer months in Sullivan County and may have brought with its members by bus recently. For now, the sacred scroll is locked up in a Kiryas Joel synagogue. If anyone has an idea as to who the Torah belongs to, they are asked to call the Village of Kiryas Joel Public Safety Office at 845-782-5577. (Source: MidHudsonNews.com)

Shortline Buses Come to A Stop, as Strike Begins

May 23, 2008 3:45 am No Comments

Shortline/Coach USA bus drivers, mechanics and ticket agents will go on strike at 12:01 a.m. Friday morning bringing most of the company’s service to a halt. Members of Local 225 rejected a contract off Thursday. The OWL will run between Middletown, Goshen, Chester, Monroe and Central Valley to White Plains. The Main Line Service in Orange County will operate as will the TZ Express and TOR service in Rockland County. Woodbury Common Outlets service will operate. Commuter options for those going to New York City include Metro-North Hudson Line in Beacon or the Metro-North Port Jervis Line with a number of stations in Orange County. (Source: MidHudsonNews.com)

Rockland County: Memorial Day Transit Schedule Changes

May 26, 2013 4:09 pm No Comments

The Rockland County Department of Public Transportation released transit schedule changes for Friday, May 24 and Monday, May 27 of the Memorial Day weekend. For the early getaway on Friday some transit services are adding early departures or more buses and trains. • TAPPAN ZEExpress (TZx) bus service will provide additional buses on regularly scheduled afternoon departures from Tarrytown for the expected early rush hour. • Transport of Rockland (TOR) and TRIPS paratransit buses will operate normal weekday service. • Coach USA’s Rockland Coaches (Red & Tan Lines) express bus routes from Manhattan to Rockland will operate early getaway buses. Route #45 will begin service at 1:50 p.m., Route #47 will begin at 2:30 p.m. and Route #49 will begin at 2:15 p.m. • Coach USA Express (Shortline) bus service from the Exit 14 Park & Ride lot will operate regular morning and evening service with the addition of early buses at 2 p.m. from 56th Street & 5th Ave. and 2:30 p.m. from Wall Street. • Metro-North’s Port Jervis Line will add trains departing Penn Station at 2:33 p.m. and Hoboken at 2:45 p.m. • New Jersey Transit trains will operate normal Friday schedules. Mass transit service will be limited on Monday, Memorial Day. • Rockland County TZx and TOR buses will operate on a Saturday schedule except for TOR Loop #1 and Loop #2, which will run on normal weekday schedules. • TRIPS Paratransit buses will operate A.D.A. service only. • Coach USA’s Rockland Coaches (Red & Tan Lines) local bus routes #9, 9W, 11-A, 11-C and 20 will operate on a Sunday schedule. Commuter express routes will not be available. • Coach USA’s Shortline buses and Monsey Trails buses will run on a holiday schedule. • Clarkstown Mini Trans, Spring Valley Jitney and Coach USA Express (Shortline) buses will not run from the Exit 14 Park & Ride. • The Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry will not operate. • Metro-North’s Hudson Line and Port Jervis Line trains will operate on Sunday schedules. • NJ Transit trains will follow weekend schedules on the Main/Bergen Line and Pascack Valley Line. For more information on TOR and TAPPAN ZEExpress schedules and links to all transit systems visit www.rocklandbus.com. For trip planning assistance call the Transit Information Center at (845) 364-3333, Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. (YWN Monsey Newsroom)

Coach USA/Short Line Bus Service Scheduled to Resume Today

June 4, 2008 7:03 am No Comments

Regular service was set to resume today on the Coach USA/Short Line bus routes where drivers, mechanics and ticket agents have been on strike for nearly two weeks. Routes in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania were disrupted, affecting about 3,500 hundred riders each day. In Rockland County, the strike had affected about 750 commuters who use Short Line’s express service from the Exit 14 park and ride lot in Nanuet and another 250 commuters who catch Short Line buses from Suffern to Manhattan. Company president George Grieve said workers have approved a new three-year contract and that full service will be restored by 3 a.m. Grieve said the newly approved contract is the same one workers had previously rejected before walking out on strike May 23. He says losses from the strike will probably reach hundreds of thousands of dollars for his Mahwah-based bus service. (YWN Desk)

Short-Line Bus Strike is Over

June 2, 2008 3:51 pm No Comments

The Short-Line bus strike is officially over. Short Line bus employees today voted to end their 11-day-old strike. According to Short Line’s Web site, full service is scheduled to resume at 3:00AM EST Wednesday. Coach USA owns Hudson Transit Lines, which runs Short Line. The new contract will offer pay increases of 4 percent to 4.5 percent this year, 4 percent next year and 4 percent in 2010. In Rockland, the strike has affected about 750 commuters who use Short Line’s express service from the Exit 14 park and ride lot in Nanuet and another 250 commuters who catch Short Line buses from Suffern to Manhattan. (Source: LoHud / YW-782)

Short-Line Bus Strike Into Its Second Week

June 1, 2008 8:28 am 4 Comments

Short Line is planning to bring in out-of-state bus drivers later this week to restart its commuter service between Rockland and New York City, which has been crippled by a 10-day-old drivers’ strike. There’s no indication the strike between Short Line’s parent company, Hudson Transit Lines, and Transport Workers of America Local 225, the union representing 240 drivers, mechanics and ticket agents, will be settled anytime soon. A federal mediator has been brought in to direct negotiations. The strike has hit about 3,500 commuters from Rockland, Orange and northern New Jersey particularly hard. Riders have had to scramble to find other means to get into New York City. In Rockland, about 750 commuters use Short Line’s express service from the Exit 14 park-and-ride lot in Nanuet, and another 250 or so catch Short Line buses from Suffern to midtown and downtown. (Source: LoHud.com)

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