Exhibit31.1

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

I, DomenicGatto, certify that:

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| 1.  | I have reviewed thisspecial financial report pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 15d-2 ofAtlantic Express Transportation Corp.; |

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| 2.  | Based onmy knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make thestatements made, in light of the circumstances under which suchstatements were made, not misleading with respect to the period coveredby this report; |

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| 3.   | Based on my knowledge, thefinancial statements, and other financial information included in thisreport, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant asof, and for, the periods presented in this report; |

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| 4.  | The registrant's other certifying officer and I areresponsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls andprocedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))for the registrant and have: |

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|  | (a)  | designed suchdisclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controlsand procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure thatmaterial information relating to the registrant, including itsconsolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within thoseentities, particularly during the period in which this report is beingprepared; |

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|  | (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 |

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|  | (c)  | disclosed in this report any change inthe registrant's internal control over financial reporting thatoccurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (theregistrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annualreport) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomaterially affect, the registrant's internal control overfinancial reporting; and |

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| 5.  | The registrant'sother certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to theregistrant's auditors and the audit committee of theregistrant's board of directors (or persons performing theequivalent functions): |

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|  | (a)  | all significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation ofinternal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likelyto adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process,summarize and report financial information;and |

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|  | (b)  | any fraud, whether or not material, thatinvolves management or other employees who have a significant role inthe registrant's internal control over financialreporting. |

|  | /s/ DomenicGatto                        DomenicGattoChief Executive Officer |
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Date:September  28,  2006

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