Private company
Atlantic Express
American bus operation company
Atlantic Express was an operator of transit buses, paratransit and school buses in the United States, specializing primarily in school bus service, while operating transit buses in New York City. At the time of its closure, Atlantic Express was the fifth largest school bus operator in the United States and Canada, behind First Student/First Student Canada, Durham School Services, Student Transportation of America, and the New York City-area Metropolitan Transportation Authority's bus division (to which Atlantic Express had been a contractor).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Atlantic Express was an operator of transit buses, paratransit and school buses in the United States, specializing primarily in school bus service, while operating transit buses in New York City. At the time of its closure, Atlantic Express was the fifth largest school bus operator in the United States and Canada, behind First Student/First Student Canada, Durham School Services, Student Transportation of America, and the New York City-area Metropolitan Transportation Authority's bus division (to which Atlantic Express had been a contractor).2
Products and brands
In addition to fixed route service, Atlantic Express also served approximately 104 school districts in five states with yellow school bus service, primarily in the Northeast. Atlantic Express at its peak had operations in twelve states, but had significantly downsized and had exited the mid-western and southwestern United States, and Florida well before its closure.
Many school bus providers took over the contracts and bought the buses that Atlantic Express had serviced following its bankruptcy filing. These companies are, but are not limited to:
Adelwerth Bus Corp.
All American School Bus Corp.
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Allied Transit Corp.
Baumann Bus Company
Bella Bus Corp.
Brooklyn Transportation Corp.
Consolidated Bus Transit
Educational Bus Inc.
Guardian Bus Company Inc.
Empire State Bus Corp.
L&M Bus Corp.
New Dawn Transit
Pride Transportation Services
Quality Transportation Corp.
Rainbow Transit
Suffolk Transportation Services
From Wikipedia’s article on Atlantic Express (bus company), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
Timeline
- 1964Founded Founded1
Links
- WikipediaAtlantic Express (bus company)
- WikidataQ4816429
Sources
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- 1WikidataAtlantic Express on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaAtlantic Express on Wikipedia
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- 4Wikimedia CommonsAtlantic Express photo by AEMoreira042281, CC BY-SA 3.0