Brent Langas Miller

We got to Walter Rand about 10 minutes late, but that's fine. Now, time to wait for the River Line to take me back home!

We're stuck in a little bit of traffic, which is good, since the River Line train that I'm taking back up to Central Jersey is at 5:22. This bus is scheduled to get to Walter Rand at 4:53.

We've arrived at the Avandale Park & Ride. Five people got off the bus, and 2 people are getting on to go to Philadelphia.

We have bypassed the Farley Service Plaza. Next stop: Avandale Park & Ride in Sicklerville.

15 people (including myself) got on at Atlantic City. I'm interested to see if anyone will get off before Camden or the Gloucester Premium Outlets (if we stop there).

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In my research, I found that this route is essentially a duplicate of the Atlantic City Rail Line with two park & ride stops (Avandale and Farley) along the ACRL. Farley is in the middle of the AC Expressway, while Avandale is only a 20 minute drive from the Lindenwold PATCO Station.

Now departing Atlantic City on the last route of the day: the 551! This route will take me up the Atlantic City Expressway back to Camden/Philadelphia.

The Atlantic City Bus Terminal is pretty well designed for a bus terminal. It makes the Port Authority Bus Terminal look like the matrix.

The Atlantic City Bus Terminal is located inside of the Tanger Outlets, which is a mall pretending to be a new urbanist neighborhood. Honestly, it looks pretty good.

We've turned onto the Atlantic City Expressway and we're on our way into Atlantic City! Man, there are a lot of billboards on this highway.

Big water crossing!

Ocean View Park & Ride within the Bruce Willis Service Area in the middle of the Garden State Parkway. You can only get here using a car. We still picked up 2 people, so now there are 10 people (minus myself) headed to Atlantic City.

After passing through Cape May Courthouse and picking up and dropping off a few people, we're now headed to the Garden State Parkway for an express bit to Ocean City.

After passing through Cape May Courthouse and picking up and dropping off a few people, we're now headed to the Garden State Parkway for an express bit to Ocean City.

We're leaving Wildwood, where over half of the bus (16 including myself) boarded. Interestingly, there were already 11 people on the bus when I boarded this bus in Wildwood.

After a much needed restroom break at the Wildwood Bus Terminal, I'm back on the road on the 552 to Atlantic City. This route serves as an important connection between Atlantic City and Wildwood.

We have made it to Cape May Courthouse, where we have picked up one person.

We're making our way to Cape May Courthouse through this narrow country road. We haven't picked anyone up since Woodbine.

By the way, the Dollar General counter is at 5.

I see an old rail line!

We have deviated to Woodbine, where three people got off and one person got on. Getting up here felt like going into Radiator Springs (from Cars). There was a whole lot of nothing, and then suddenly, BOOM, a town.

According to Transit, our next stop isn't until Woodbine at Webster Street. Makes sense, especially since Route 47 has just been surrounded by corn and agriculture.

The Bayside State Prison, folks. No, we did not pick up any escapees.

On the outskirts of Millville, we've somehow picked up 2 more people. Where they came from, I have no idea.

We've picked up a passenger and dropped off a passenger in downtown Millville, next to all of these nice churches.

Two passengers have left the bus in Millville, a really built up town that is bisected by a rail line (which used to have passenger service, as far as I know).

We're now passing three big retail areas in Millville, Cumberland Mall and two power centers. The road (and by proxy, the bus stops) is really far from the stores (this is American suburbia, after all), so it might be worthwhile to change this route to serve at least one of these centers.

We've made a deviation to the gigantic Inspira Vineland Medical Center, which is the largest facility that we've served since the Walter Rand Transit Center back in Camden.

We've made it to Vineland Transit Center, which is located in the same plaza as a Dollar General. The two people who boarded in Clayton have left, and we've gained one person who has his hands full with stuff from Dollar General.

Dollar General counter: 3