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{{Short description|American commercial intercity bus service}}
{{for|the now defunct airline shuttle service|Eastern Air Lines}}
{{for|the now defunct airline shuttle service|Eastern Air Lines Shuttle}}
{{Infobox Bus transit
{{Infobox bus transit
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| name = Eastern Shuttle
| logo = Eastern Shuttle logo.png
| name = Eastern Bus
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| logo =
| logo_size = 250
| logo_size = 250
| image = Eastern Shuttle (Stagecoach) MCI 102DL3 51104.jpg
| image = Eastern Bus bus white.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| image_size = 250px
| image_caption = Eastern Shuttle #51104 boards customers in New York City's Chinatown for Philadelphia.
| image_caption = Eastern Shuttle bus in white livery before the marketing arrangement with [[Flixbus]].
| company_slogan =
| company_slogan = Reliable, Affordable, Accessible
| founded = 2003
| founded = {{Start date and age|2002}}
| headquarters = 90 Bowery<br>[[Manhattan|New York]], [[New York|NY]] 10013
| headquarters = 90 Bowery<br>[[Manhattan|New York]], [[New York (state)|NY]] 10013
| locale = [[Northeastern United States]]
| locale = [[Northeastern United States]]
| service_area = [[Interstate 95|I-95 corridor]]
| service_area = [[Interstate 95]] corridor
| service_type = [[Intercity coach service]]
| service_type = [[Intercity bus service]]
| routes = 2
| routes = 2
| destinations =
| destinations = 3
| stops =
| stops = 5
| hubs = <nowiki></nowiki>
| hubs =
*[[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|NY Penn Station]]
*[[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|New York Pennsylvania Station]]
*[[Chinatown, Manhattan|Chinatown (Manhattan)]]
*[[Chinatown, Manhattan]]
| stations =
| stations =
| lounge =
| lounge =
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| ridership =
| ridership =
| fuel_type =
| fuel_type =
| operator =
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| operator = New Oriental Tour<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=117331463282&ref=mf Notice regarding Eastern Travel on Megabus' official Facebook page]</ref>
| alliance = [[Flixbus]]
| website = [http://www.easternshuttle.com Eastern Shuttle]
| website = {{URL|https://www.flixbus.com/}}
}}'''Eastern Shuttle''' is a provider of intercity bus service in the [[Interstate 95|I-95]] corridor between [[New York City]] and [[Richmond, Virginia]], and is one of a number of companies that compete in the [[Chinatown bus lines|Chinatown bus]] market out of [[New York City|NYC's]] [[Chinatown, Manhattan|Chinatown]].
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[[File:Coach USA Eastern Shuttle bus-red.jpg|thumb|right|Eastern Shuttle bus in red livery, before the agreement with [[Flixbus]]]]
'''Eastern Bus''', also known as Eastern Shuttle and formerly Eastern Travel, is the operator of [[intercity bus service]] between [[New York City]] and [[Richmond, Virginia]] for [[Flixbus]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.flixbus.com/eastern-bus | title=Eastern Bus is now a part of FlixBus! | publisher=[[Flixbus]]}}</ref>


== History ==
==History==
The company was founded by Zheng Shui Ming in 2002. Zheng immigrated from [[Fujian]] Province in southern China in 1991 on a [[fishing vessel]]. He then bought a secondhand [[minibus]] from a friend in [[Queens]] and started driving. The company attracted cooks and dishwashers with jobs in [[Chinese restaurant]]s as well as college students.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/nyregion/thecity/08chin.html | title=Dreams and Desperation on Forsyth Street | first=SAKI | last=KNAFO | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=June 8, 2008 | url-access=subscription}}</ref>
What is Eastern Shuttle today originally (combined into one company when Eastern was owned by [[Stagecoach Group]]) was two different Chinatown bus companies that both began operations around 2003, '''Eastern Travel''' (Eastern) and '''Dragon Coach''', later '''Today's Bus''' (Today's). Eastern provided service initially to [[Philadelphia]] and later to [[Boston]].<ref name=CL>[http://www.citylimits.org/content/articles/viewarticle.cfm?article_id=2817 Chinatown's Bus Wars - City Limits]</ref> Following complaints from [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]] and [[Peter Pan Bus Lines|Peter Pan]], and a requirement for all intercity services to move into the [[South Station]] terminal, Eastern left the Boston and competed in the New York City-[[Washington, D.C.]] market, with most trips servicing the Baltimore Travel Plaza. Today's provided service between New York City and Philadelphia or Washington, D.C.


Eastern hired David Wong, Chinese-born but educated in the United States with a [[Master of Business Administration]], as a part-owner and manager of its operations. Wong added a stop near [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|Pennsylvania Station]] in New York.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/2009-08/31/content_11003463.htm | title=Magic buses | first=Rin-rin | last=Yu | work=[[China Daily]] | date=August 31, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB110686461783738528 | title=On the East Coast, Chinese Buses Give Greyhound a Run | first=Barry | last=Newman | work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] | date=January 28, 2005 | url-access=subscription}}</ref>
In fall 2008, shortly after Eastern began offering [[Wi-Fi]] on its coaches and started servicing [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|Penn Station]], Coach USA purchased Eastern using the operating authority of a then-inactive company whose operations were sold to Peter Pan in the early 2000s.,<ref name=ES>[http://regulations.justia.com/view/121152/ Coach USA acquires Eastern Travel & Tour]</ref> giving Coach USA its first foothold in the Chinatown bus market. In winter 2009, Coach USA purchased Today's,<ref name=TB>[http://dcist.com/2009/02/todays_bus_now_part_of_eastern_coac.php Todays Bus Now Part of Eastern Coach/Coach USA]</ref> giving Coach USA a foothold in the Chinatown bus market to Philadelphia.


In 2006, the company had an estimated $3 million in sales.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2006-07-06-0607060060-story.html | title=The Chinatown bus is a wild ride | first=JONATHAN | last=PITTS | work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] | date=July 6, 2006 | url-access=subscription}}</ref>
Earlier in 2008, Coach USA had introduced its [[Megabus (United States)|Megabus]] service into the northeastern United States out of a hub near Penn Station which competed at the time with two of the companies purchased by Stagecoach to form what is now Eastern Shuttle. With the acquisition of Eastern and of Today's, Coach USA used Eastern to significantly expand its Megabus service to Philadelphia and DC.


In fall 2008, [[Coach USA]] acquired Eastern.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://regulations.justia.com/view/121152/ | title=Federal Register Volume 73 | publisher=[[Justia]] | date=September 18, 2008}}</ref> In winter 2009, Coach USA purchased Today's and merged it into Eastern.<ref name=TB>{{cite news | url=https://dcist.com/story/09/02/17/todays-bus-now-part-of-eastern-coac/ | title=Todays Bus Now Part of Eastern Coach/Coach USA | first=Josh | last=Novikoff | work=[[WAMU]] | date=February 17, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222043659/http://dcist.com/2009/02/todays_bus_now_part_of_eastern_coac.php | archive-date=February 22, 2012 | url-status=live}}</ref>
In August 2009, Coach USA divested itself of Eastern Shuttle operations, and the two lines are no longer affiliated with each other.<ref>[http://twitter.com/easterntravel "As of today, Eastern Shuttle will no longer be affiliated with Mega Bus. Eastern would like to thank Mega Bus for their professionalism" from Eastern Travel's Twitter page]</ref> Eastern schedules have since been removed from the megabus.com website and customers are no longer able to make reservations for Eastern buses on the Megabus website. A link, however, remains on the Megabus site to Eastern Shuttle's new site, and while Coach USA does not own Eastern Shuttle, Coach USA continues to own all of Eastern's fleet.


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In August 2009, Megabus divested itself of Eastern Shuttle.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=117331463282 | title=Notice regarding Eastern Travel on Megabus' official Facebook page | publisher=[[Facebook]] | date=August 13, 2009}}</ref>
== Fleet ==
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[[File:Coach USA Eastern Shuttle bus-red.jpg|thumb|left||Eastern Shuttle bus in the red livery.]]
The Eastern Shuttle fleet consists entirely of single-deck MCI coaches painted either solid white (sometimes with the standard Coach USA stripe) or red, with (front to rear) '''EASTERN''' on the sides (and in most cases, the front) of the bus in plain lettering in the opposite color, the American flag, and the agency's telephone number. Most of the fleet consists of coaches transferred from other Coach USA properties (including Megabus), along with some coaches purchased for Eastern and a handful of coaches that were inherited when Eastern Shuttle was purchased by Stagecoach (the inherited buses and units painted red do not have Coach USA stripes on them). All Eastern Shuttle coaches branded as such are equipped with [[Wi-Fi]].
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In May 2019, the company reached a deal with [[Flixbus]], in which Flixbus handles all marketing and sales for the company.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.metro-magazine.com/motorcoach/article/734779/how-greyhound-coach-usa-sales-will-impact-intercity-bus-lines | title=How Greyhound, Coach USA sales will impact intercity bus lines | first1=Joseph | last1=Schwieterman | first2=Brian | last2=Antolin | work=[[Metro Magazine]] | date=July 11, 2019}}</ref>
== Routes ==


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==References==
{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}
{{Reflist|1}}


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==External links==
== Stop locations ==
[[File:Eastern Shuttle bus route network.png|thumb|Eastern Shuttle route network.]]
{{commons category|Eastern Shuttle (bus company)}}
*{{Official website|https://www.flixbus.com/}}
Current stop locations for Eastern Shuttle are listed below.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%;"
!City
!Route
!colspan=2|Stop location(s)
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!Baltimore
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|colspan=2|[[Cherry Hill (Baltimore Light Rail station)|Cherry Hill light rail station]]
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!New York City
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|28 Allen Street<br>(departures and arrivals)
|[[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|New York Penn Station]] (departures)<br>[[34th Street – Penn Station (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)|34 Street – Penn Station (Seventh Avenue)]] (arrivals)
|-
!Philadelphia
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|1021 Arch Street
|Independence Mall
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![[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]]
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|colspan=2|910 [[Virginia State Route 161|North Boulevard]]
|-
![[Rockville, Maryland|Rockville]]
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|colspan=2|305 North Washington Street
|-
![[Washington, D.C.]]
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|colspan=2|715 H Street, NW
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|}


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Eastern Bus (Bus Company)}}
== See also ==
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[[Category:Chinatown bus lines]]
*[[Megabus (United States)]]
[[Category:Chinese-American culture in New York City]]
*[[BusJunction]]
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[[Category:FlixBus]]
*[[Gotobus]]
*[[BoltBus]]
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*[[Chinatown bus lines]]

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== References ==
{{reflist}}

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== External links ==
{{commons category}}
*[http://www.nydcexpress.com Eastern Travel]

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[[Category:No frills]]
[[Category:Inter-Chinatown transportation services]]
[[Category:Companies established in 2003]]
[[Category:Intercity bus companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Intercity bus companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Companies based in New York City]]
[[Category:Transport companies established in 2002]]
[[Category:Transportation companies based in New York City]]

Latest revision as of 01:19, 29 February 2024

For the now defunct airline shuttle service, see Eastern Air Lines Shuttle.
Eastern Bus
Eastern Shuttle bus in white livery before the marketing arrangement with Flixbus.
Gegründet2002; 22 years ago (2002)
Hauptsitz90 Bowery
New York, NY 10013
LocaleNortheastern United States
Service areaInterstate 95 corridor
Service typeIntercity bus service
AllianceFlixbus
Routes2
Stops5
Destinations3
Hubs
Websitewww.flixbus.com
Eastern Shuttle bus in red livery, before the agreement with Flixbus

Eastern Bus, also known as Eastern Shuttle and formerly Eastern Travel, is the operator of intercity bus service between New York City and Richmond, Virginia for Flixbus.[1]

History

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The company was founded by Zheng Shui Ming in 2002. Zheng immigrated from Fujian Province in southern China in 1991 on a fishing vessel. He then bought a secondhand minibus from a friend in Queens and started driving. The company attracted cooks and dishwashers with jobs in Chinese restaurants as well as college students.[2]

Eastern hired David Wong, Chinese-born but educated in the United States with a Master of Business Administration, as a part-owner and manager of its operations. Wong added a stop near Pennsylvania Station in New York.[3][4]

In 2006, the company had an estimated $3 million in sales.[5]

In fall 2008, Coach USA acquired Eastern.[6] In winter 2009, Coach USA purchased Today's and merged it into Eastern.[7]

In August 2009, Megabus divested itself of Eastern Shuttle.[8]

In May 2019, the company reached a deal with Flixbus, in which Flixbus handles all marketing and sales for the company.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Eastern Bus is now a part of FlixBus!". Flixbus.
  2. ^ KNAFO, SAKI (June 8, 2008). "Dreams and Desperation on Forsyth Street". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Yu, Rin-rin (August 31, 2009). "Magic buses". China Daily.
  4. ^ Newman, Barry (January 28, 2005). "On the East Coast, Chinese Buses Give Greyhound a Run". The Wall Street Journal.
  5. ^ PITTS, JONATHAN (July 6, 2006). "The Chinatown bus is a wild ride". The Baltimore Sun.
  6. ^ "Federal Register Volume 73". Justia. September 18, 2008.
  7. ^ Novikoff, Josh (February 17, 2009). "Todays Bus Now Part of Eastern Coach/Coach USA". WAMU. Archived from the original on February 22, 2012.
  8. ^ "Notice regarding Eastern Travel on Megabus' official Facebook page". Facebook. August 13, 2009.
  9. ^ Schwieterman, Joseph; Antolin, Brian (July 11, 2019). "How Greyhound, Coach USA sales will impact intercity bus lines". Metro Magazine.
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