DeCamp Bus Lines

DeCamp Bus Lines
	DeCamp #17079 turning to enter PABT on Route 33.
Founded	1870
Headquarters	101 Greenwood Avenue; Montclair, New Jersey 07042;
Locale	Essex County and Passaic County
Service area	Kearny, Nutley, Belleville, Bloomfield, Montclair, Clifton, The Oranges, The Caldwells, with some very limited service to Lyndhurst, and the Meadowlands
Service type	Line-run, charter
Routes	6
Fleet	50 NJT owned commuter buses; 30 DeCamp owned buses;
Daily ridership	7282 (weekday, 2006)
Chief executive	Gary Pard
Website	DeCamp.com

DeCamp Bus Lines is an apportioned^{[definition needed]} bus company serving Essex County, New Jersey and Passaic County, New Jersey, with line-run to and from Manhattan and charter service.^[2]

History[]

The family-run business was started as a stage-coach company, in 1870.^[3]

Route Stops[]

There are no fixed stops other than terminals, buses can be hailed to board; riders can request a stop to exit.

Local passengers within New Jersey are not carried on any line except for the 32.

Passenger Traffic[]

According to the company it normally carries up to 7,000 passengers per day.

2020 Coronavirus Pandemic[]

All service was suspended in March 25, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey.^[4]

It resumed in June, but was again curtailed on August 7, 2020 due to low unsustainable ridership.^[5]^[6]

In May 2021, DeCamp began to resume operations once again starting with charter services. On June 14, 2021, commuter services also resumed on a limited weekday schedule.^[7]^[8]

Routes[]

Route	Terminal A	Via	Terminal B
32 (weekdays only)	Port Authority Bus Terminal	Paterson Plank Road Ridge Road Belleville Turnpike Centre Street Kingsland Street	Nutley Kingsland Street and Darling Avenue
33	Port Authority Bus Terminal (full-time) Lower Manhattan Wall Street (rush hour service inbound only)	Passaic Avenue Broad Street or Grove Street Bloomfield Avenue	W. Caldwell or Montclair Essex Mall
44	Port Authority Bus Terminal	Ridge Road Belleville Turnpike Heller Parkway/Franklin Street	Bloomfield Franklin Street and Montgomery Street
66 (C, MU, and R weekdays only)	Port Authority Bus Terminal	Route 3 Valley Road Park Street Montclair State University (some trips) Harrison Avenue Eagle Rock Avenue (R trips only) Prospect Avenue (R trips only)	W. Orange Mississippi Loop (full-time) Montclair Park Street and Bloomfield Avenue OR Watchung Plaza (some trips) W. Orange Crown View Apartments (CV trips only) W. Caldwell Essex Mall (R trips only)
88 (weekdays only)	Port Authority Bus Terminal	Broad Street Prospect Street	Orange Central Avenue and Evergreen Place OR Scotland Road
99 (rush hours only)	Port Authority Bus Terminal	Ridge Road/Kearny Avenue/Frank E. Rodgers Boulevard	Harrison Rodgers Boulevard and Harrison Avenue