New Jerusalem Bus Line - 411 N West Street
Compared to the train the ride is slower, bumpier, and in the winter or rainy months occasionally hazardous, but the bus can stop almost anywhere.
Salem/Boston: Monday through Saturday, holidays excepted. The fare to Boston is $2.30, to Salem 55 cents. The coach leaves New Jerusalem at 7:15 and 9:30 a.m., and 12:30, 4:30, and 7:30 p.m., respectively. The bus arrives in Salem 15 minutes later, stops for five minutes, then continues on to Boston. It arrives in Boston at 8:30 and 10:45 a.m., and 1:45, 5:45, and 8:45 p.m. From Boston, daily departures for Salem and New Jerusalem occur at 9 and 11:15 a.m., and at 2:15, 6:15, and 9:15 p.m.
Blaine's Port: Monday through Saturday, except holidays. Fare is 40 cents one-way. It departs New Jerusalem at 9:15 A.M. and 12:15, 3:15 and 7:15 p.m., respectively. The trip takes 20 minutes. Departures from Blaine's Port occur at 9:55 a.m., and at 12:55, 3:55 and 7:55 p.m., respectively.
Dean's Corners/Aylesbury: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday only; no holiday schedules. Dean's Corners costs $5.50 and Aylesbury $5.75. Departs New Jerusalem at 10:30 a.m., arriving in Dean's Corners at 1:15 p.m. After a five minute stopover it arrives in Aylesbury at 1:45 P.M. The return trip to New Jerusalem begins at 2 p.m., reaches Dean's Corners at 2:30 p.m., and returns to New Jerusalem at 5:15 p.m.
Ipswich/Newburyport: Monday-Friday, except holidays. Buses leave New Jerusalem at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Ipswich costs $1.20 and Newburyport $1.50. Buses arrive in Ipswich at 10:15 a.m. and 2:15 p.m., wait 15 minutes, and then arrive in Newburyport 11:25 a.m. and 3:25 p.m., respectively. Return trips to New Jerusalem depart Newburyport at noon and 4 p.m., stopping at Ipswich at 12:55 and 4:55 p.m., and reach New Jerusalem at 1:25 and 5:25 p.m.
In the nineteen-forties a young teen runaway died in the depot at the hands of an unknown assailant. The girl’s spirit supposedly still haunts the building, forever waiting for the bus that will take her back home. Many late evening bus-goers and terminal employees report strange goings-on. New Jerusalem Police have responded to many of these odd situations and have taken the recent step of posting a uniformed officer routinely at the terminal. This pleases the management, which has cut back on private security services.
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