Lakeland Bus Page

Lakeland History

The Lakeland Bus Company was started in 1952 as Morris County's NYC commuter carrier and a charter and tour bus company. It currently operates three commuter routes along Routes 46, 78, and 80. As well as providing scheduled casino service to Atlantic City and Pennsylvania resorts.

Lakeland's Routes

Route 46B between Dover, Boonton, and the PABT
Route 46P between Dover, Parsippany, and the PABT
Route 78 between Peapack and PABT
Route 80/46 between points listed below and PABT via Dover(This is also Local Service that began in 2001)
Route 80N Newton-PABT
Route 80S Sparta-PABT
Route 80L Budd Lake-PABT
Route 46/80 Downtown
Route 80 Midtown
Route 46H Lake Hiawatha-PABT
Route 46M Dover-Boonton-Montville-PABT
Atlantic City Casinos (Showboat & Bally's)
Mount Airy Casino-Resort
Sands Casino-Resort

Current Lakeland Bus Roster As Of 12/17/09

203-204: MCI 102-DL3

205-207: MCI 102-D3

208-209: MCI D4500

210-211, 217-220*: MCI E4500

212-216: MCI D4505

301: Van on GM Chassis

VIP1: MCI 96-A3 Party Bus**

In Service Buses Owned by NJ Transit

8704-8745, 8755-8759: MCI D4000

8760-8764: MCI D4500

Known Retired Buses

101-105: Mack C-45-SDT, fate unknown

106-107, 111-112, 117-118: GM TDM-5108, fate unknown

108-110: GM TDM-4515, fate unknown, 108 is preserved at the Museum of Bus Transportation

119-127: GM SDM-5301, fate unknown

128-144: GM SDM-5302, fate unknown

145-161: GM S8M-5303A, fate unknown

162-167: GM S8M-5304A, fate unknown

168-170: MCI MC-8, sold in the late 1980s

171-190: MCI MC-9, 171-189 sold to smaller outfits, 190 sold to Darkanu Bus Company, now retired

198-199: MCI MC-9***, sold in the mid 1990s

191-197, 200-201: MCI 96-A3, sold to Darkanu Bus Company

202: MCI 96-A3, sold to private outfit in Paterson, NJ

3265, 3267: Flxible 40096-6T, returned to NJ Transit, since retired

5003, 5352-5377: MCI MC-9B, returned to NJ Transit for retirement and sale

6397, 6728-6757: MCI MC-9A, returned to NJ Transit for retirement and sale-6729 sold to Lake Charter/Darkanu

6820: MCI MC-8, returned to NJ Transit for retirement and sale

7776-7777: Flxible 53096-8-1, returned to NJ Transit for retirement and sale

Fictional Buses (See GIFs)

221-223: MCI D4505

1102-1105, 1560-1562: NovaBUS RT80-2N, ex-Coach USA Elizabeth (Red & Tan of Hudson County), repalced by NABIs due to customer complaints

2559, 2569-2580: NovaBUS RT60-2N, ex-PABCO Transit, replaced by NABIs due to length (can not be used on NY Routes)

5451-5480: NABI 416.15 (40-SFW) Suburban, equipped with bike racks for use on Morris County Metro routes

8300-8339: GMC T8J-604, retired

8524-8529: GMC T8J-204, retired

VIP2: MCI D4505 Conversion

*Buses 217-220 were obtained from MCI as secondhand repossessions.
**VIP1 is ex-Peter Pan Bus Lines.
***198-199 are ex-DATTCO.