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 Bernardsville, Summit, 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 80B Budd Lake-PABT
Route 46/80 Downtown
Route 80 Midtown - Single Weekday AM Trip Only
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 3/24/19

203-204: MCI 102-DL3

205-207: MCI 102-D3

208-209: MCI D4500

210-211: MCI E4500

212-216: MCI D4505

221-222: MCI D4500CL

223-225: MCI J4500

226: MCI D4505

In Service Buses Owned by NJ Transit

17186-17240: MCI D4500CT

Retired Buses (This list may be incomplete as far as NJ Transit owned equipment is concerned)

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

106-107, 111-118: 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 or scrapped, 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-B3, sold to private outfit in Paterson, NJ

217-220: MCI E4500 - Returned to MCI

301: Startrans Senator HD, presumably sold

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, Was purchased by NJDOT, returned to NJ Transit for retirement and sale

8704-8745, 8755-8759, 8857-8858, 8917: MCI D4000, Was owned by NJ Transit, returned

8760-8764: MCI D4500, Was owned by NJ Transit - #8764 caught fire on 1/22/14 and was scrapped prior to the remainder of the fleet being retired

VIP1: MCI 102-C3, sold to unknown

X732: GMC SDM-5302, was owned by NJ Transit, returned

*Buses 217-222 were obtained from MCI as secondhand repossessions from various bus companies.
*VIP1 is ex-Peter Pan Bus Lines.
*198-199 are ex-DATTCO.
*X732 was a former PSCT/TNJ Bus assigned to Lakeland by NJ Transit sometime in the mid 1980s. It was presumably replaced by one of the Flxible Metro-Bs.
*Buses 203-209, 212-216, 221-222, and 226 may see occasional use in commuter service during rush hours.