The New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit) Board of Directors have voted to expand service on a local bus route to include night and weekend service to American Dream and voted to make the previously piloted premium fare permanent for the express bus service from New York City to American Dream.
“These routes will serve as an integral component of American Dream’s overall transportation plan as it fully opens and grows into a vital economic engine for the region,” said NJ Transit President and CEO Kevin Corbett. “When combining these permanent and expanded routes with the significant potential we’re seeing from the NJ Transit Innovation Challenge, I’m confident we’ll continue to effectively meet the expected travel demands to the Meadowlands and American Dream.”
NJ Transit began piloting the expansion of Route No. 772 service to the American Dream in late August and implemented the pilot premium fare service from the Port Authority Bus Terminal (PABT) in New York to the American Dream complex on opening day. Following two public hearings and a review of the successful pilots, the routes were submitted to the board of directors for their review and approval.
NJ Transit’s initial service plan to American Dream includes the following options:
Bus Route No. 355 which operates daily express service from PABT to the American Dream every 30 minutes.
Bus Route No. 356 which operates daily express service from Secaucus Junction to American Dream every 30 minutes.
To provide additional transportation options for American Dream, three local bus routes – the Route No. 85, which operates from Hoboken/Union City to Secaucus; Route No. 703, which operates from Paterson/Passaic to East Rutherford; and Route No. 772, which operates from Hackensack to the Meadowlands – have expanded their operating hours and include stops at American Dream.
To utilize Route No. 356 express bus service from Secaucus Junction customers may travel on any rail line that serves Secaucus Junction or any of the five NJ Transit bus routes that serve Secaucus Junction and transfer to Route No. 356 express bus for direct service to American Dream. They are:
No. 2, Journal Square to Secaucus
No. 78, Newark to Secaucus
No. 124, PABT to Secaucus-Harmon Cove
No. 129, PABT to Secaucus
No. 329, Harmon Cove to Secaucus
