Information On New Jersey Transit Bus Operations

New Jersey Transit Bus Operations is the bus division of New Jersey Transit providing bus service throughout New Jersey along with service along Newark Light Rail with many routes going to New York City and Philadelphia

History

Prior to the creation of New Jersey Transit, public transportation in New Jersey was the responsibility of the Public Service Coordinated Transport Company, which was originally the Public Service Railway division of the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey until it was spun off when PSNJ was divided into two entities in 1948: Public Service Electric and Gas Company and PSCT. PSCT provided service throughout New Jersey, originally using streetcar and then transitioning to trolley bus s, 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.http://www.davemackey.com/psct/history.html Public Service Transport history] 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 Operationshttp://www.njtransit.com/an_ci_history.shtml "History & Structure"], New Jersey Transit. New Jersey Transit Bus Operations owns, leases, or subleases over 3,000 buses, with direct control of 2,477 as of 2007, 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 http://www.njtransit.com/sa/sa_servlet.srv?hdnPageActionServiceAdjustmentTo&AdjustmentId6548]. A full description of exact fare and full service is given in the Fares section. Fare and route can also be further elucidated on the individual route schedulesList of New Jersey Transit http://www.njtransit.com/sf_bu_schedules.shtml schedules] or the trip planner.NJ Transit http://www.njtransit.com/sf_tp.shtml Fare Calculator] *List of New Jersey Transit bus routes (1-99) Intrastate service originating from Newark, New Jersey Jersey City, New Jersey Hoboken, New Jersey or Elizabeth, New Jersey Includes the Newark Light Rail lines. *List of New Jersey Transit bus routes (100-199) Routes from central and northern New Jersey to New York City *200-299: No routes with these numbers. *List of New Jersey Transit bus routes (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. *List of New Jersey Transit bus routes (400-449) Short-distance suburban routes in southwestern New Jersey. *List of New Jersey Transit bus routes (450-499) Local service within Camden County, New Jersey Gloucester County, New Jersey and Salem County, New Jersey counties. *List of New Jersey Transit bus routes (500-549) Atlantic County, New Jersey local routes. *List of New Jersey Transit bus routes (550-599) Long-distance routes from Atlantic City, New Jersey serving points in southern New Jersey. *List of New Jersey Transit bus routes (600-699) Mercer County, New Jersey local routes. *List of New Jersey Transit bus routes (700-799) Passaic County, New Jersey and Bergen County, New Jersey County local routes not entering Newark, New Jersey *List of New Jersey Transit bus routes (800-849) Middlesex County, New Jersey and Monmouth County, New Jersey local routes not running to Newark, New Jersey *Wheels (New Jersey Transit) Suburban Transportation Services (890 and up). *Morris County Metro Morris County, New Jersey local routes (MCM1-MCM10).

Equipment

Divisions, facilities, and operators

New Jersey Transit Bus Operations is divided into the Northern, Central, and Southern Divisions, and contract operations. New Jersey Transit http://www.njtransit.com/ti/ti_servlet.srv?hdnPageActionBusTerminalsTo#garages garage locations] (Howell Garage not listed) Below is a list of all facilities and the buses housed in them.http://www.davemackey.com/njt/garages.html Route assignments for all New Jersey Transit routes that are self-operated]

Northern Division

The Northern Division consists of six garages owned and operated by New Jersey Transit. | class"wikitable" |- !Garage !width"160px"|Location !Routes |- |Fairview |419 Anderson Avenue,
Fairview, New Jersey |153, 154, 156, 158, 159, 321, 351 (with Community Coach) |- |Greenville |53 Old Bergen Road lt;br>Jersey City, New Jersey |6, 43, 80, 81, 87, 120, 126 (with Meadowlands and Ironbound) |- |Market Street |16 Market Street,
Paterson, New Jersey |72, 74, 145, 148, 160, 164 (with Oradell), 171, 175, 178, 182, 351 (with Community Coach), 703, 704, 712, 770 |- |Meadowlands |2600 Penhorn Avenue,
North Bergen, New Jersey |82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 89, 121, 122 (with Wayne), 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), 186 |- |Wayne |55 West Belt Parkway,
Wayne, New Jersey |75, 122 (with Meadowlands), 151, 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. | class"wikitable" |- !Garage !width"160px"|Location !Routes |- |Big Tree |1 Washington Avenue,
Nutley, New Jersey |13, 39 (with Hilton), 40, http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0076.PDF 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 (with Big Tree), 42, 52, 70, 90, 94 (with Orange), 107, 108, 361, 375 |- |Howell |1251 U.S. 9 North,
Howell Township, New Jersey |63, 64, 67, 68, 128 (with Meadowlands and Fairview), 130, 131, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139 (with Academy Bus , 307, 308 (with Meadowlands & Ironbound) |- |Ironbound |677 Wilson Avenue,
Newark, New Jersey |56, 57, 58, 59, 62, 65, 66, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 126 (with Greenville and Meadowlands), 308 (with Howell & Meadowlands) |- |Newark Light Rail |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, 93, 94 (with Hilton), 96, 97 |}

Southern Division

The Southern Division consists of four garages owned and operated by New Jersey Transit. | class"wikitable" |- !Garage !width"160px"|Location !Routes |- |Egg Harbor |1431 Doughty Road,
Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey |313, 315, 316 (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 Township, Mercer County, New Jersey |600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609, 610, 611, 612, 613, 619 |- |Newton Avenue |350 Newton Avenue,
Camden, New Jersey |316 (with Washington Township and Egg Harbor), 317, 318, 404, 405, 407, 409, 413, 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 (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. | class"wikitable" !width"140px"|Operator !Location !Routes |- |rowspan2|Academy Bus |1515 Jefferson Street,
Hoboken, New Jersey |2, 22, 23, 88 |- |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 New Jersey Route 17
Paramus, New Jersey |351, 353, 702, 705, 707, 709, 722, 744, 746, 748, 751, 753, 755, 756, 758, 762, 772, 780 |- |First Student (United States) |177 New Jersey Route 94
Lafayette Township, New Jersey |966 |- |PABCO Transit |34 Richboynton Road,
Dover, New Jersey |MCM1, MCM2, MCM3, MCM10 |- |Salem County Transit |350 East Pittsfield Street,
Pennsville Township, New Jersey |468 |- |Trans-Bridge Lines |2012 Industrial Drive,
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |890, 891 |- |Veolia Transportation |830 Old Corlies Avenue,
Neptune City, New Jersey |830, 831, 832, 833, 834, 835, 836, 837 |}

See also

*New Jersey Transit

References

External links

*http://www.njtransit.com New Jersey Transit official website] *http://www.davemackey.com/njt/ Unofficial New Jersey Transit fan page] *http://www.njbusmap.com/ Unofficial New Jersey Transit bus map] Category:Surface transportation in Greater New York Category:Bus transportation in New Jersey Category:Bus transportation in New York Category:Bus transportation in Pennsylvania Category:New Jersey Transit Bus Operations