New Jersey Transit Bus Operations

New Jersey Transit Bus Operations

New Jersey Transit #5510 operates along Prospect Street in western Trenton.
Slogan	The Way to Go
Parent	New Jersey Transit Corporation
Founded	1980 (purchase of Transport of New Jersey)
Headquarters	Newark, New Jersey
Locale	New Jersey (statewide)
Service area	New Jersey (statewide)
Service type	Local and commuter bus transit, Newark Light Rail
Routes	267 (See list below)
Stations	26 bus terminals, 19,500 bus stops, 17 light rail stations
Fleet	3,052 buses, 696 leased to private operators 21 light rail vehicles
Daily ridership	567,967 (average weekday)
Operator	See operator list below
Chief executive	Joyce Gallagher
Website	New Jersey Transit

New Jersey Transit Bus Operations is the bus division of New Jersey Transit, providing bus service throughout New Jersey along with service along one light rail line, with many routes going to New York City and Philadelphia.

History

Prior to 1948, most public transportation in New Jersey was provided by the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey, a utility company that also operated the Public Service Railway division. In 1948, the Public Service Corporation was divided into two entities: the Public Service Electric and Gas Company, which inherited the utility operations, and the Public Service Coordinated Transportation Company (PSCT), which inherited the transit operations. PSCT provided service throughout New Jersey, originally using trolleys and then transitioning to trolley buses, and buses. During the 1970s, the New Jersey Department of Transportation began subsidizing the routes of Public Service, now renamed Transport of New Jersey (TNJ), contracting with TNJ and other companies to operate local bus service throughout New Jersey.

New Jersey Transit came into being as the result of the New Jersey Public Transportation Act of 1979 to "acquire, operate, and contract for transportation services in the public interest". New Jersey Transit Bus Operations, Inc. came into being the following year, when it acquired Transport of New Jersey. Other purchases and buyouts in the 1980s expanded the bus division of NJ Transit, including the acquisition of the Atlantic City Transportation Company in the early 1980s. The current version of NJ Transit Bus Operations, Inc. came into being in 1992, when NJ Transit Mercer, Inc., which was the successor to the former "Mercer Metro" operation in the Trenton and Princeton areas, was folded into NJ Transit Bus Operations as a subsidiary of NJ Transit Bus Operations. In 2010, Morris County operations were taken over under the subsidiary NJ Transit Morris, Inc.

New Jersey Transit Bus Operations owns, leases, or subleases over 3,000 buses, and many more have been purchased for community shuttles.

Routes

Routes are numbered by where they operate in the state of New Jersey, however, there are a few exceptions to the general rule due to recent changes to some routes operating in Central and North Jersey. Fare and route can also be further elucidated on some of the individual route schedules or the trip planner.

• 1-99: Intrastate service originating from Newark, Jersey City, Hoboken, or Elizabeth.
• 100-199: Routes from central and northern New Jersey to New York City.
• 200-299: No routes with these numbers; a few existed in the 1980s to be quickly renumbered.
• 300-399: Special-event and park services, park-and-ride services, long-distance suburban routes from Philadelphia, New York-Atlantic City express. Beginning in 2010, numbers in this series are also assigned to North Jersey intrastate routes formerly suffixed with an X.
• 400-449: Short-distance suburban routes in southwestern New Jersey.
• 450-499: Local service within Camden, Gloucester, and Salem counties.
• 500-549: Atlantic County and Cape May County local routes.
• 550-599: Long-distance routes from Atlantic City serving points in southern New Jersey and Philadelphia.
• 600-699: Mercer County local routes.
• 700-799: Passaic and Bergen County local routes not entering Newark.
• 800-880: Middlesex, Monmouth, and Morris local routes not running to Newark.
• Wheels Suburban Transportation Services (890 and up).

2012 Bus Route Cancellations, Service Reductions, and Service Expansions

On July 11, 2012 NJ Transit publicly announced that it had finalized plans to cancel service on routes 42, 43, 75 and 93 effective September 1, 2012.

Combined with changes to service on routes 56, 57, 181, go28, 451 and 604, these changes were forecasted to result in "approximately $2.5 million in annual operating savings."

NJ Transit also intended to split route 62 into two routes and expand route 99. On September 1, 2012, bus route 62 increased service on its northern portion between Newark Penn Station, Newark Airport, and Elizabeth, while the rest of the route south of Elizabeth became route 48.

The company further stated that "most customers will not be significantly impacted" and that the financial gains would allow for service expansion in and around Newark and "help keep fares stable" for NJ Transit customers.

Equipment

Main article: Buses used by New Jersey Transit

Divisions, facilities, and operators

New Jersey Transit Bus Operations is divided into the Northern, Central, and Southern Divisions, and contract operations. Below is a list of all facilities and the buses housed in them.

Northern Division

The Northern Division consists of six garages owned and operated by New Jersey Transit.

Garage	Location	Routes
Fairview	419 Anderson Avenue, Fairview, New Jersey	128 (with Howell and Meadowlands), 153, 154, 156, 158, 159, 321, 351 (with Community Coach), 353 (with Community Coach)
Greenville	53 Old Bergen Road Jersey City, New Jersey	6, 80, 81, 87, 120, 126 (with Meadowlands and Ironbound)
Market Street	16 Market Street, Paterson, New Jersey	72, 74, 145, 148, 151, 160, 164 (with Oradell), 171, 175, 178, 182, 186, 351 (with Community Coach), 703, 704, 712, 770
Meadowlands	2600 Penhorn Avenue, North Bergen, New Jersey	82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 89, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126 (with Greenville and Ironbound), 127, 128 (with Fairview and Howell), 129, 166 (with Oradell), 167 (with Oradell), 177 (with Oradell), 181, 188, 190 (with Wayne), 308 (with Howell & Ironbound), 319 (with Egg Harbor), 320, 329, 351 (with Community Coach), 353 (with Community Coach)
Oradell	455 New Milford Avenue, Oradell, New Jersey	144, 155, 157, 162, 163, 164 (with Market Street), 165, 166 (with Meadowlands), 167 (with Meadowlands), 168, 177 (with Meadowlands),
Wayne	55 West Belt Parkway, Wayne, New Jersey	161, 190 (with Meadowlands), 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 324

Central Division

The Central Division consists of five garages and one light rail operations facility owned and operated by New Jersey Transit.

Garage	Location	Routes
Big Tree	1 Washington Avenue, Nutley, New Jersey	13, 30, 40, 76, 78, 99, 351 (with Community Coach), 353 (with Community Coach), 378
Hilton	1450 Springfield Avenue Maplewood, New Jersey	1, 13 (with Big Tree), 25, 26, 27 (with Orange), 37, 39, 52, 70, 90, 107, 108, 361, 375, go25
Howell	1251 U.S. 9 North, Howell, New Jersey	63, 64, 67, 68, 128 (with Fairview and Meadowlands), 130, 131, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139 (with Academy), 307, 308 (with Meadowlands & Ironbound)
Ironbound	677 Wilson Avenue, Newark, New Jersey	48, 56, 57, 58, 59, 62, 65, 66, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 126 (with Greenville and Meadowlands), 308 (with Howell & Meadowlands)
Morris	Dover, New Jersey	871, 872, 873, 874, 875, 880
Newark Light Rail	Grove Street station Bloomfield, New Jersey	Newark City Subway, Newark Light Rail
Orange	420 Thomas Boulevard, Orange, New Jersey	5, 11, 21, 27 (with Hilton), 28, 29, 34, 41, 71, 73, 79, 92, 94, 96, 97, go28

Southern Division

The Southern Division consists of four garages owned and operated by New Jersey Transit.

Garage	Location	Routes
Egg Harbor	1431 Doughty Road, Egg Harbor, New Jersey	313, 315, 316/510 (with Washington Township and Newton Avenue), 319 (with Meadowlands), 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 507, 508, 509, 552, 553, 559
Hamilton Township (NJ Transit Mercer, Inc.)	600 Sloan Avenue, Hamilton, New Jersey	600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609, 610, 611, 612, 613, 619, 655
Newton Avenue	350 Newton Avenue, Camden, New Jersey	316/510 (with Washington Township and Egg Harbor), 317, 318, 404, 405, 407, 409, 413, 414, 417, 418, 419, 450, 451, 452, 453, 455, 457, 460 (with Washington Township)
Washington Township	6000 Black Horse Pike, Turnersville, New Jersey	313, 315, 316/510 (with Egg Harbor and Newton Avenue), 400, 401, 402, 403, 406, 408, 410, 412, 459, 460 (with Newton Avenue) 463, 551, 554

Contract operations

These companies operate service under contract to New Jersey Transit. Service is provided using New Jersey Transit-branded buses.

Operator	Location	Routes
Academy Bus	1515 Jefferson Street, Hoboken, New Jersey	2, 10, 22, 22X, 23, 88, 119
	440 Florida Grove Road, Perth Amboy, New Jersey	801, 802, 803, 804, 805, 810, 811, 813, 814, 815, 817, 818, 819, 822
Community Coach	160 Route 17 North, Paramus, New Jersey	351, 353, 702, 705, 707, 709, 722, 744, 746, 748, 751, 752, 753, 755, 756, 758, 762, 772, 780
First Student	177 Route 94, Lafayette, New Jersey	878, 879
Salem County Transit	350 East Pittsfield Street, Pennsville, New Jersey	468
Suburban Trails	750 Somerset Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey	986
Trans-Bridge Lines	2012 Industrial Drive, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	890, 891
Veolia Transportation	830 Old Corlies Avenue, Neptune, New Jersey	830, 831, 832, 833, 834, 835, 836, 837

See also

• New Jersey Transit

External links

• New Jersey Transit official website
• Unofficial New Jersey Transit fan page
• Unofficial New Jersey Transit bus map