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