 A Bee-Line bus operated by Liberty Lines | |
| Founded | 1953 (1953) |
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| Headquarters | 475 Saw Mill River Road Yonkers,NY |
| Locale | Westchester County,NY |
| Fleet | 350 |
| Annual ridership | 32,014,368 (2008) |
| Chairman | Gerard Bernacchia |
| Website | www |
Liberty Lines Transit is the owner of local bus routes inWestchester County, New York, and operates these and other local bus routes under contract as part of theBee-Line Bus System. It had been affiliated withLiberty Lines Express, the owner of express bus routes in New York City, which operated those express bus routes under contract to theNew York City Department of Transportation. The company'sheadquarters are located inYonkers, New York. It currently operates around 320 vehicles, all owned by Westchester County.
The origins of Liberty Lines Transit, Inc., go back to the Bernacchia Brothers bus company. In 1953 Liberty Coaches, Inc., was formed, and the brothers transferred their operating rights to the new company. In 1969, Bus Associates, Inc., was formed and served as a holding company for Liberty Coaches, Inc., and other bus companies that would be acquired. Subsequently added as subsidiaries of Bus Associates, Inc., were companies such as West Fordham Transportation Corp. andWestchester Street Transportation Company, Inc. in 1969,Yonkers Transit Corp. in 1972, Riverdale Transit Corp. in 1975, and Club Transportation Corp. in 1981. In 1982, the subsidiaries operating local bus routes in Westchester County were merged into Liberty Lines Transit, Inc. Since then, the routes of Hartsdale Bus Company, Inc., were acquired in 1999.[1]
Liberty Lines Express Inc., from 1984 to 2005, operated express bus service fromthe Bronx andYonkers toManhattan. Most of the express routes had been initiated by Riverdale Transit Corp., which began service on August 19, 1968. One express route had been initiated by Pelham Parkway Bus Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Bus Associates, Inc., in April 1971. In November 1975 Bus Associates, Inc., acquired Riverdale Transit Corp. In 1984, the two express bus company subsidiaries were merged into Liberty Lines Express, Inc., and continued operating through January 2, 2005. Liberty Lines Express, Inc., sold its operating rights to the City of New York, which through a memorandum of understanding with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority agreed to have the express routes operated by MTA Bus Company. This service is now run byMTA Bus, effective January 3, 2005, and operating out of itsYonkers Bus Depot.
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