Rockland Coaches Inc., also known as The Red and Tan Lines, is a commuter coach company owned by

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based in Westwood,

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, that operates commuter

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service between

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and points in

Bergen County, New Jersey Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Rockland County, New York Rockland County is the southernmost county on the west side of the Hudson River in the U.S. state of New York. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. It is about from the Bronx at their closest points. The county's population, as of t ...

, and provides local bus service in both locales north of Route 46. Coach USA acquired the company in 1997.

Routes

Interstate service

Between Bergen and Rockland Counties, and

, Rockland Coaches provides service along ten routes. Route ends are given for each route except for branching. Some trips may only serve a portion of the route.

Fleet

Rockland Coaches' fleet consists of exclusively NJT-owned MCI coach buses. The fleet consisted of older MC-series coaches, which were replaced with D4000 and D4500 coaches in the early 2000s. From 2019 to 2021, Rockland Coaches received brand-new D4500CT coaches to gradually replace the older D4000 and D4500 coaches. ''All buses owned by

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. Only units originally allocated to Rockland Coaches are shown.''

Former routes

*Rockland Coaches operated

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from 1976 to 2013, when it lost the contract.

References

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