Rockland Transit Schedules for Christmas, New Year's

Transit service schedules will change during the holidays.

Thursday, Dec. 24 and 31:

• TOR and TZx buses will operate regular weekday schedules. Some TZx departures from Tarrytown station will depart later than normal to coordinate with re-scheduled Hudson Line trains.
• TRIPS paratransit buses will operate regular weekday service.
• Clarkstown Mini Trans and Spring Valley Jitney will operate regular weekday service.
• Coach USA’s Rockland Coaches express routes from Manhattan to Rockland will operate early getaway service on both December 24th and 31st. Route #45 will begin at 1:30 p.m.; Route #47 will begin at 2:30 p.m. and Route #49 will begin at 2:15 p.m. On New Year’s Eve, route #11A and #20 will offer later departures than normal from Port Authority Terminal to Rockland. Go to www.coachusa.com or call (201) 263-1254.
• Coach USA Express (Shortline) bus service from the Exit 14 Park & Ride lot will operate a modified schedule from Exit 14 in the morning and in the afternoon on both days. Early getaway afternoon buses from Manhattan will be added at 2:00 and 2:30 p.m. from 56th St. & 5th Ave. and at 2:00 p.m. from Wall Street. Go to www.shortlinebus.com or call (800) 631-8405.
• Coach USA Shortline between Suffern and Manhattan will operate regular service.
• Monsey Trails commuter buses will operate regular service. Go to www.monseybus.com or call (800) 510-5100.

Trains:

• Metro-North Hudson Line will operate early getaway service beginning at 12 noon, with trains added and some trains combined. A regular weekday evening schedule resumes after 8:15 p.m. Special Holiday schedules are at www.mta.info.
• New Jersey Transit Pascack Valley Line will operate an early getaway train departing Penn Station at 2:51 p.m. and Hoboken at 2:58 p.m. The train that normally departs Penn Station at 7:13 p.m. and Hoboken at 7:20 p.m. will be cancelled. The NJT Main Bergen Line early getaway train departs Penn Station at 2:39 p.m. and Hoboken at 2:45 p.m.
• The train that normally departs Penn Station at 6:03 p.m. and Hoboken at 6:11 p.m. will be cancelled. On New Year’s Eve, NJT train service will be adjusted again. Go to www.njtransit.com.
• The Haverstraw - Ossining Ferry service will operate an early ferry to meet the 2:51 p.m. train departure from Grand Central Terminal to Ossining. Go to www.mta.info or call 511.

On Dec. 25 and Jan. 1:

• TAPPAN ZEExpress (TZx) and TRIPS paratransit buses will not operate.
• TOR buses will operate Sunday service on TOR routes #59, #91, #92, #93 and Loops #1, #2 and #3; no service on TOR routes #94, #95 or #97.
• TZx, Coach USA Express (Shortline), Clarkstown Mini-Trans and Spring Valley Jitney buses will not operate.
• TRIPS paratransit buses will operate A.D.A. service only.
• Coach USA Rockland Coaches will operate Sunday service and Coach USA (Shortline) buses will operate holiday service.
• Monsey Trails commuter buses will operate holiday service.
• Metro-North trains will operate hourly service on Hudson Line trains.
• NJ Transit trains will operate weekend service.
• The Haverstraw - Ossining ferry service will not operate.

Saturday, Dec. 26 and Jan. 2:

• TOR, TZx and all transit systems in Rockland will operate regular Saturday schedules.

Go to www.rocklandbus.com for a complete list of holiday transit schedules serving Rockland and for TOR and TAPPAN ZEExpress schedules and links to all transit systems.

Or, call the Transit Information Center at (845) 364-3333, Monday through Friday between 9 am and 5 pm, for trip planning assistance. The Center will be closed Dec. 25 and Jan. 1.