{"id":337239,"date":"2026-09-03T19:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T19:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/337239\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T19:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T19:56:14","slug":"ourbus-expands-weekend-travel-options-from-binghamton-to-new-york-city-suburbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/337239\/","title":{"rendered":"OurBus expands weekend travel options from Binghamton to New York City suburbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WBNG) &#8212; OurBus is expanding its travel options for students and residents, adding direct weekend service from Binghamton to key destinations in the New York City suburbs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Travel service OurBus announced it is adding direct weekend connections to Middletown, Nanuet, Fresh Meadows in Queens and Melville on Long Island beginning Thursday, Sept. 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This addition extends the company\u2019s current Binghamton-to-New York City service beyond just Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cStarting today, we\u2019re starting a new route that connects Binghamton to some of the suburbs of the New York City area that are the hometowns of a lot of the students, so it\u2019s a different route from Binghamton,\u201d said Axel Hellman, co-founder of OurBus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The new connections build on the company\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbng.com\/2026\/03\/17\/ourbus-expands-service-binghamton-ithaca-new-york-city\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wbng.com\/2026\/03\/17\/ourbus-expands-service-binghamton-ithaca-new-york-city\/\">service expansion<\/a> implemented in Binghamton and Ithaca earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The service will primarily run on weekends, as the schedule was created around traveling Binghamton University students.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIt\u2019s mainly designed for students traveling home on the weekends, but anyone is welcome to use it. It will be a valuable addition to the transportation network up there in Binghamton,\u201d Hellman said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">OurBus said extra trips will operate around longer weekends and peak college travel periods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The new schedule restores a direct Binghamton-to-Long Island option that was offered before the COVID-19 pandemic. It will decrease the need for a separate Manhattan connection, according to OurBus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe\u2019ve gotten a lot of comments, both from the students and from the parents of the students, who are usually the ones booking the travel. They say, \u2018Oh, that\u2019s nice, but we\u2019re out in Long Island, 45 miles away. That doesn\u2019t really do much good for us. Why don\u2019t you come to our town?\u2019 Well, the other stops on the route are Queens, Nanuet in Rockland County and Middletown in Orange County,\u201d Hellman said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Hellman explained that the route also serves SUNY Cortland and Cornell. Additionally, OurBus officials are looking into extending routes to even more locations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe\u2019re also exploring extending the route, which continues from Binghamton West to Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo. We\u2019re considering extending that all the way to Toronto,\u201d Hellman said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/ourbus.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/ourbus.com\" target=\"_blank\">ourbus.com<\/a> to view schedules, check availability or book tickets.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WBNG. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BINGHAMTON, N.Y. 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