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It may have only launched locally six months ago, but BoltBus Long Island will soon vanish from Long Island roadways.
In its place will be 7Bus, a rebranded BoltBus clone under the same leadership that operated the Long Island to Manhattan shuttle service.
Operated by Bohemia-based Classic Coach, BoltBus Long Island has been making daily roundtrips to New York City from Riverhead, Ronkonkoma and Melville since December. BoltBus currently runs 14 daily roundtrips each weekday and eight or nine roundtrips Saturdays and Sundays, offering such amenities as leather seats, electrical outlets and Wi-Fi. The weekday morning and evening commuter runs sell out consistently.
Michael Schoolman, president of the local BoltBus operation, said Classic Coach decided to drop the license agreement...