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Exhibit31.1

Certification of Chief Executive OfficerPursuant toSection 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, DomenicGatto, certify that:

1. I have reviewed thisquarterly report on Form 10-Q of Atlantic Express TransportationCorp.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this reportdoes not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit tostate a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in lightof the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by thisreport;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this report,fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for,the periods presented in this report;

4. Theregistrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible forestablishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (asdefined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internalcontrol over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant andhave:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to bedesigned under our supervision, to ensure that material informationrelating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, ismade known to us by others within those entities, particularly duringthe period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused suchinternal control over financial reporting to be designed under oursupervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliabilityof financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements forexternal purposes in accordance with generally accepted accountingprinciples;

(b) Evaluated the effectiveness of theregistrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented inthis report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosurecontrols and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by thisreport based on such evaluation; and

(c) Disclosed inthis report any change in the registrant's internal control overfinancial reporting that occurred during the registrant's mostrecent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter inthe case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internalcontrol over financial reporting; and

5. Theregistrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, basedon our most recent evaluation of internal control over financialreporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committeeof the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing theequivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficienciesand material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controlover financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adverselyaffect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize andreport financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whetheror not material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the registrant's internal control overfinancial reporting.

|  | /s/ DomenicGattoDomenic GattoChief ExecutiveOfficer |
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Date: May  12,2006

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