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The Port Authority Bus Terminal is the main gateway for interstate buses into Manhattan in New York City. It is operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

The bus terminal is a VERY large building located in Midtown, one block west from the Times Square neighborhood, between 8th and 9th Avenues and 40th and 42nd Street at 625 8th Avenue. The terminal serves as a terminus and departure point for both commuter bus routes (mainly operated by New Jersey Transit's bus operations division) as well as for intercity routes operated by bus companies such as Greyhound and Peter Pan. The terminal boasts an exclusive two-mile bus lane that brings buses from New Jersey directly into the building, avoiding traffic tie-ups and delays on city streets. Direct underground passageways connect the terminal with the 1 2 3, 7, S, N Q R W and A C E New York City Subway lines.

The terminal is the biggest bus station in the United states and the busiest in the world by volume of traffic. It serves 7,200 buses and about 200,000 people on an average weekday. Over 3 billion passengers have used the building since it opened in 1950.

The terminal was a solution for a hectic array of various terminals spread throughout Midtown Manhattan. The goal was to centralize the flow of buses and create a user-friendly building. The Port Authority Bus Terminal was opened on December 15, 1950 for passengers.

The building has seen expansions and revitalizations over the years. The area around the Port Authority was once considered dangerous even by the standards of pre-gentrified Times Square, especially after dark, but this is no longer the case.

Contents 1 Bus companies 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

As of 2007, the following bus companies serve the terminal, many via the Lincoln Tunnel:^[1]

• Academy Bus
• Adirondack Trailways
• Bonanza Bus Lines
• Capitol Trailways
• Bieber Tourways
• Community Lines (vans)
• DeCamp Bus Lines
• Greyhound Lines
• Lakeland Bus Lines
• Martz Group
• New Jersey Transit: many New Jersey points
• New York Airport Service: JFK and LaGuardia Airports
• Peter Pan Bus Lines
• Pine Hill-Kingston Bus Corporation
• Spanish Bus Transportation Corporation
• Susquehanna Trailways
• Trans-Bridge Lines

Coach USA subsidiaries

• Community Coach
• Gray Line
• Olympia Trails: Newark Airport
• Red & Tan in Hudson County
• Rockland Coaches
• Short Line Bus
• Suburban Transit

• George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal

1. ^ The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey - Port Authority Bus Terminal - Bus Carriers

• Port Authority Bus Terminal
• Port Authority Bus Terminal History