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The NJ Transit Tom's River 137/319 New Bus

Posted by caine515 on Fri Nov 16 17:57:05 2007

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Ok i went to Tom's River yestrday to see my friend and did catch the new MCI bus. #7178 was the one i had to Tom's River and had #7478 back. I noticed a few things:
There were a few Flexible Metro's fully wrapped and some half wrapped. Also some MCI were wrapped too.
One question i got to ask: LOORI Bus Company in Tom's River operates the Route 36 local bus(believe it's Ocean Ride). I saw they had one 40-ft RTs #507 and a 35-ft but mostly blue birds. Do they still have the Neoplan as well?

NJ #319-#7178-MCI
NJ #137-#7479-MCI

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Re: The NJ Transit Tom's River 137/319 New Bus

Posted by AMoreira81 on Fri Nov 16 18:58:30 2007, in response to The NJ Transit Tom's River 137/319 New Bus, posted by caine515 on Fri Nov 16 17:57:05 2007.

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Breaking down your post:

#7178 was the one i had to Tom's River and had #7478 back. I noticed a few things:

7167-7187 are the new bathroom buses primarily for the 319 (although these buses are also used on the 553 from Atlantic City to Cumberland County). 7167-7176 are at Meadowlands, and 7177-7187 are assigned to Egg Harbor.

There were a few Flexible Metro's fully wrapped and some half wrapped. Also some MCI were wrapped too.

Unlike the MTA and Bee-Line, NJ Transit and all carriers leasing buses from NJT (except for DeCamp and Trans-Bridge (the latter of which does not sell ad space)) allow full and half wraps on their buses (full wraps only on Lakeland).

One question i got to ask: LOORI Bus Company in Tom's River operates the Route 36 local bus(believe it's Ocean Ride). I saw they had one 40-ft RTs #507 and a 35-ft but mostly blue birds. Do they still have the Neoplan as well?

#507 is an ex-NYC Transit GMC or TMC bus from the 1980s. The route is actually the Route 37 bus, an Ocean Ride (Ocean County, NJ) bus operated by Loori Bus Company, which is based in Keansburg, NJ along Route 36 (about 2 miles west of Academy's Leonardo lot on Route 36).

The Route 37 Ocean Ride is the ONLY contract line. All other routes are directly operated by county employees.

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Re: The NJ Transit Tom's River 137/319 New Bus

Posted by AMoreira81 on Fri Nov 16 19:04:15 2007, in response to Re: The NJ Transit Tom's River 137/319 New Bus, posted by AMoreira81 on Fri Nov 16 18:58:30 2007.

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Also, Loori operates a number of services using 35' and 40' buses under Ocean County contract.

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Re: The NJ Transit Toms River 137/319 New Bus

Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Nov 16 19:16:41 2007, in response to The NJ Transit Tom's River 137/319 New Bus, posted by caine515 on Fri Nov 16 17:57:05 2007.

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FYI, there is no apostrophe in Toms River. (I hold with the story that it was named after Captain William Toms, myself.)

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Re: The NJ Transit Tom's River 137/319 New Bus

Posted by caine515 on Fri Nov 16 20:40:38 2007, in response to Re: The NJ Transit Tom's River 137/319 New Bus, posted by AMoreira81 on Fri Nov 16 19:04:15 2007.

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thanks for the info. I know...i remember it's Route 37. Would u have any idea where the garage is and if the Neoplan is still running out there(i saw it like in 2005 i think).

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Re: The NJ Transit Tom's River 137/319 New Bus

Posted by (5) Bronx Exp on Sat Nov 17 14:47:55 2007, in response to Re: The NJ Transit Tom's River 137/319 New Bus, posted by AMoreira81 on Fri Nov 16 19:04:15 2007.

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Just heard from a Egg Harbor Dispatcher, that the D4500 will only run on the NJ553 and NJ319 outta Egg Harbor beings that those routes have the most ridership out of Atlantic City.

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Re: The NJ Transit Tom's River 137/319 New Bus

Posted by caine515 on Sat Nov 17 15:07:07 2007, in response to Re: The NJ Transit Tom's River 137/319 New Bus, posted by (5) Bronx Exp on Sat Nov 17 14:47:55 2007.

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Yup, that's what the new bus looked like.
They were not that comfortable but ok.

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