List of NJ Transit bus routes (800–880)

New Jersey Transit RTS #1188 in operation on the 810 line in New Brunswick

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New Jersey Transit operates or contracts operation of the following routes within Middlesex, Monmouth, and Morris counties. All routes are exact fare lines.

Metropark loops

These routes serve office parks around Metropark are operated from Suburban Transit New Brunswick garage. All routes operate during peak hours only.

Route	Serving	Terminal	History
801	Lincoln Highway Oak Tree Road	Edison JFK Medical Center	Formerly route 1A/1B. Introduced in 1980.
802	Green Street Gill Lane	Woodbridge Woodbridge Corporate Park	Formerly route 2. Introduced in 1980.
803	Gill Lane Woodbridge Center Drive	Woodbridge Woodbridge Center OR Woodbridge Station	Formerly route 3. Introduced in 1985.
804	Wood Avenue	Edison Wood Ave/Inman Ave.	Introduced in 1994.
805	Thornall Street Ford Avenue	Edison Menlo Park Mall OR Ford Ave/Main St.	Introduced in 1997.

Middlesex County local routes

These routes are operated from Suburban Transit's New Brunswick garage. Below is the full route.

Route	Terminals		Major Streets	Notes	History
810	New Brunswick Station	Woodbridge Center	Albany Street, Amboy Avenue, US 1		Formerly route M10. Operates over former Middlesex Bus Company's routes 8 and 9. Additional Lincoln Highway service available on the 814 Only Middlesex County Local Route to serve Menlo Park Mall
811	St. Peter's Hospital	South River	George Street, Georges Road, Rues Lane	Weekday Service Only	Formerly route M11. Acquired by PSCT as route 58.
813	Middlesex County College	Perth Amboy	New Brunswick Avenue	No Sunday Service	Formerly route M13. Acquired by PSCT as route 4.
814	Middlesex College	North Brunswick Devry University or Fashion Plaza	Lincoln Highway (Edison trips only), Livingston Avenue	Weekday trips serve Devry University only	Formerly route M14. Acquired by Middlesex Bus as route 14. Additional Lincoln Highway service available on the 810
815	New Brunswick Station	Woodbridge Center Mall	Route 18, Washington Road, Amboy Avenue		Formerly route M15. Acquired by PSCT as route 2.
817	Perth Amboy	Campbell's Junction	New Brunswick Avenue, Florence Avenue, Route 36	No Sunday Service	Formerly route M17. Originally Monmouth Bus Lines route 7.
818	New Brunswick Station	Old Bridge	Routes 18 and 516		Formerly route M18. Introduced by Middlesex Bus in 1976.
819	Metuchen Station or S. Plainfield	Plainfield Avenue (Metuchen trips only), South Clinton Avenue (South Plainfield trips only), Watchung Avenue	Piscataway	Saturday service is shorten to S. Plainfield No Sunday Service	Formerly Plainfield Transit route M19. Originally operated as separate routes 16 and 20.

Plainfield local service

This route is operated from Suburban Transit's New Brunswick garage.

Route	Terminals		Major Streets	Notes	History
822	Plainfield Terrill Rd/South Avenue	N. Plainfield North Plainfield Shopping Center	Woodland Avenue, Greenbrook Road	No Sunday Service	Formerly Plainfield Transit route 18/22. Acquired as separate routes 18 and 22.

Monmouth County local service

These lines are operated by New Jersey Transit from its garage in Neptune, New Jersey. Below is the full route except for branching. Routes were originally operated by Transdev until October 1, 2023 due to poor maintenance and management.

Route	Terminals		Major Street	Notes	History
830	Asbury Park	Point Pleasant Beach	Main Street, F Street, Route 71	No Sunday service	Formerly route M20. Additional service along Route 71 on the 317
831	Red Bank Station	Long Branch Station	Route 35 (Red Bank to Eatontown), Route 36 (Eatontown to Long Branch)	Early AM service does not serve the Long Branch Station Sunday service operates only between Monmouth Mall and Long Branch	Formerly route M21. Additional service between Red Bank and Monmouth Mall available on the 832
832	Brookdale Community College	Asbury Park	Route 35	Evening and Sunday services do not serve Brookdale Community College Nighttime weekday and Saturday service to North Asbury Park	Formerly route M22. Additional service between Red Bank and Monmouth Mall available on the 831 Additional service between Red Bank and Brookdale Community College available on the 838
834	Red Bank Station	Highlands	Leonardville Road, Route 36	No Sunday service	Formerly route M24.
836	Asbury Park Station	Freehold Centra State Hospital	Route 33		Formerly route M26.
837	Long Branch Station	Seaview Square	Route 71, Kingsley Street	No Sunday service Evening service from Long Branch operates only from Long Branch to Asbury Park Station	Formerly route M27.
838	Sea Bright	Freehold Raceway Mall	Colts Neck Road, River Rd, Front St	No Sunday service No Saturday service to Freehold Center No early morning service to Freehold or Brookdale Community College	Formerly routes M23/M25. Combination of the 833 and 835 routes. Additional service between Red Bank and Brookdale Community College available on the 832

Morris local service

NJ Transit operated

Most of these routes were renumbered from MCM- routes (with some modifications) in October 2010 and were formerly operated as contract service by PABCO Transit. Service is subsidised by the Morris County Board of County Commissioners and operates under the NJ Transit Morris, Inc. subsidiary out of Morris Garage. All routes do not operate on Sundays.

Route	Terminals		Major streets	Notes	History
871	Morristown Headquarters Plaza	Willowbrook Mall	Parsippany Road, Route 202, Route 23	Some trips only operate between Morristown and Boonton. No Sunday Service	Formerly MCM1.
872	Morristown station	Parsippany – Troy Hills Mack-Cali	Route 202, Route 10	Weekday Service Only	Route shortened from Livingston Mall to Mack-Cali in Parsippany-Troy Hills as of 9/5/15.
873	Livingston Mall	Parsippany – Troy Hills Central Avenue & Medical Drive	John F Kennedy Parkway, Route 124, West Hanover Avenue	No Sunday Service	Formerly MCM3.
874	Morristown Headquarters Plaza	Willowbrook Mall	North Jefferson Road, Route 46	No Sunday Service
875	Ledgewood Mall	Morristown station	Route 10, Route 53, Route 202	Weekday Service Only	Formerly parts of MCM2.
880	Rockaway Townsquare Mall	Morristown station	West Main Street, Route 46, Route 53, Route 202	No Sunday Service	Formerly MCM10.

Contract operations

This route, originally split from the 966, was operated by Saddle River Trails. It is now operated by Morris Garage, and is part of the WHEELS program. It operates between Convent Station and the points listed below, weekday rush hours only:

Route	Destination	Major streets traveled
878	Florham Park FDU Campus	Kahn Road, Park Avenue, Punch Bowl Road, Madison Avenue, Danforth Road, Florham Road

Former routes

This list includes routes that have been discontinued. The "M" routes pre-date the changeover to 800-series routes, so they are shown with their old denomination in the M-series.

Route	Terminals		Major streets	Current status
M16	Edison	Edison Rail Station		Discontinued, ran as a loop similar to current Metropark loops 801–805.
M28	Asbury Park	Monmouth University	New Jersey Route 71	Most of line discontinued, some covered by current 837.
M29	Point Pleasant	Lakewood	New Jersey Route 88	Most of route covered by the 317 line. When NJT discontinued M29, route was turned over to Ocean County Area Transportation (OCAT) who operated it as their OC29 route. Today it is OC4.
M31	PNC Bank Arts Center	Aberdeen–Matawan station	Garden State Parkway	Now run by private operator.
833	Red Bank Station	Colts Neck Road	Freehold Raceway Mall	Formerly route M23. Weekday service only Combined into route 838 in 2016-17
835	Red Bank	Front Street, River Road	Sea Bright	Formerly route M25. No Sunday service Combined into route 838 in 2016-17
879	Florham Park FDU Campus	Convent Station	Madison Avenue, Danforth Road, Florham Road	Merged with route 878 in 2017

External links

• New Jersey Transit - Bus
• Unofficial New Jersey Transit bus map