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Do Greyhound buses send out more than one bus per scheduled route in the NYC/Newark, NJ area?

I'm taking a Greyhound trip from Newark, NJ to Nashville, TN (via Richmond VA). I know that I need to arrive over an hour before departure in order for a better chance for a seat on the bus. However, I'm still concerned since I have to make a connection in Richmond, VA. If I miss that connection, I will have to wait close to 5 hours for the next bus. Therefore, if they anticipate a large amount of people traveling on a particular scheduled route, do they send additional buses for a certain schedule (schedule 1008 specifically) to accomodate most of the passengers?? According to their website under travel info, it seems that they do. However, I was wondering if that's normally the case. Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks!

Public Comments

1. I don't think they send additional buses. If you miss your first bus then you'll just have to wait until the next bus arrives. I have traveled on the Greyhound buses and I have always seen and known of only one bus for Newark, NJ.
2. No, it's one bus per route. And all the ones that leave from Newark are nearly full. Most of them come from Port Authority in Manhattan, so you may want to see if your bus starts there and board it there, so you know that you'll get a seat. Also see if you can take Amtrak, because riding the bus is a horrible experience.
3. in very rare occanison (its less then 5%) will they have a second section on a route (they used to do but customer service on greyhoud is the last thing they think of (but if you get on a bus you will mostly 90% chance of it been very crowdeed and some passenegr even standing) I sugget you could look into another mode of transit