By Larry Higgs | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
One of New Jersey’s legacy bus companies, which started as a stagecoach line in 1870, is ceasing commuter bus service on April 7.
DeCamp Bus Lines, which will continue to operate charter and casino service, will stop operating its seven commuter routes due to ridership that never returned to pre-COVID 19 pandemic levels, said Jonathan DeCamp, vice president and chief operating officer of the Essex County-based bus company.
“The ridership hasn’t returned, on a monthly basis, we are carrying less than 20% of what did pre-COVID, that’s why the tough decision was made,” he said. “We were able to sustain it up to this point because of the various federal and state programs.”
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But that aid has run out and the company can’t keep running that service at a loss, meaning the last commuter routes will be run on April 7, he said. Pre-COVID, DeCamp ran seven commuter routes; three of them returned to service on abbreviated schedules.
Passenger levels dropped from an average of 6,800 riders pre-COVID to 1,250 passengers, DeCamp said.
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