List of NJ Transit bus routes (700–799) explained

See main article: New Jersey Transit Bus Operations. New Jersey Transit operates the following routes within Passaic and Bergen counties. All routes are exact fare lines. Only routes operated directly from New Jersey Transit's Northern Division and route 772 operate on Sundays.

Northern Division

These lines are operated from Market Street Garage in Paterson, New Jersey. Destinations shown are for the full route except for branching. Some trips may only travel a portion of the route.

RouteTerminalsMajor StreetsNotesHistoryGarage
703American Dream MeadowlandsHaledon Belmont Avenue at Pompton Road (weekdays)
Broadway Bus Terminal (nights and weekends)
Paterson Avenue, Lakeview Avenue, Trenton Avenue, 20 Avenue, West Broadway, Belmont Avenue
  • Service formerly extended into North Haledon along High Mountain Road.
  • Formerly the P3 line.
  • On August 30, 2019 service was extended to terminate at the American Dream Mall in East Rutherford, NJ along with the 85, and 772[1]
  • Market Street
704Paterson-RiversideWillowbrook MallRiver Street, McBride Avenue or Browertown Road, Main Street
  • Trips alternate between McBride Avenue and Browertown Road, designated 704M or 704B.
  • Formerly the P4 line.
  • Market Street
712Hackensack Bus TerminalWillowbrook Mall or Totowa Industrial Park
Paterson City Hall (some trips)
Saddle Brook (some trips)
Market Street, Union Boulevard, Furler Street, US 46
  • Weekday Peak Hour service is extended to Saddle Brook via Totowa Industrial Park.
  • Some night and weekend trips terminate at City Hall or Market Street Garage in Paterson.
  • Trips were formerly marked "via Furler" or "via Minnisink"; the latter served Minnisink Road via Totowa Road. NJT discontinued these trips and all service to or from Willowbrook operates via Furler Street.
  • Formerly the P12 route.
  • Market Street
770Hackensack Bus TerminalPaterson Broadway Bus TerminalPassaic Street
Broadway
  • Formerly the B20 route; before that it was part of the 102/104 line to Newark - the other part now the 76 line
  • Market Street

Contract operations

The Passaic County & Bergen County lines are operated by Academy Bus in Hackensack. These routes were originally under Coach USA Community Coach until they became bankrupt. Service was transferred to Academy Bus on August 17, 2024. Destinations shown are for the full route except for branching. Some trips may only travel a portion of the route. There is no Sunday service on any line listed below except route 772; some routes may have additional restrictions.

Passaic County local routes

RouteTerminalsMajor StreetsNotesHistory
702Elmwood Park
Boulevard and Broadway
Paterson
St. Joseph's Hospital
Marshall Street, Valley Road, Van Houten Avenue, Passaic Avenue, Monroe Street, Palisade Avenue and Wessington Avenue, Randolph or Parker Avenues and Dayton Avenue, Shaw Street/Mola Boulevard
  • Buses marked "via Wessington" stay on Monroe Street through Passaic and into Garfield.
  • Buses marked "via Botany Village" use either Randolph Avenue (to Elmwood Park) or Parker Avenue (to Paterson).
  • Formerly the P2 route.
705Passaic
Main Avenue Terminal
Willowbrook MallClifton Avenue, Long Hill Road, Main Street
  • Some early morning and mid-afternoon trips terminate at Allwood Road.
  • Formerly the P5 route.
707Paterson City HallWestfield Garden State PlazaMarshall Street, Hazel Street/Paulison Avenue, Passaic Street, Harrison/MacArthur Avenues, Market Street, Saddle River Road
  • Service terminated at Market Street and Caldwell Avenue in Saddle Brook until September 1, 2012.
  • Formerly the P7 route.
709Bloomfield Railroad StationWestfield Garden State PlazaPassaic Avenue, Broadway, Rochelle Avenue (Rochelle Park), Main Street (Lodi), Passaic Street (Garfield and Passaic)
  • Formerly the P9 route.
  • Service formerly terminated at intersection of Passaic Street and Main Avenue in Passaic past 7 PM weekdays.
  • Service formerly served the Bergen Mall.
722Paterson
Main St/Crooks Ave.
Paramus ParkMemorial Drive, Lafayette Avenue, East Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood Bus Terminal at Van Neste Square
  • Weekday Peak Hour Service Only
  • Formerly the P22 route.
744Passaic
Main Avenue Terminal
Paterson City Hall (evenings)
Wayne
Preakness Shopping Center
Paterson City Hall (evenings)
Lakeview Avenue, Park Avenue/16th Avenue, Presidential Boulevard, Haledon Avenue/Pompton Road, Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike
  • Paterson is terminus for routes leaving Passaic after 6 PM and leaving Wayne after 7 PM on weekdays. Two additional routes originating at City Hall serve Wayne in the evening.
  • Saturday service runs from Passaic to Wayne all day, but return service is truncated to Paterson in the evening hours.
746Paterson Broadway Bus TerminalRidgewood Bus Terminal
Van Neste Square
Broadway, Madison Avenue, Maple Avenue
  • Formerly the P86 route.
748Paterson
Madison Avenue and 3 Street
Willowbrook Mall
(full-time)
Pompton Lakes
Wanaque and Ringwood Avenues
(rush hours)
Broadway, Ratzer Road (Willowbrook Mall trips only), Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike (Pompton Lakes trips only), NJ-23
  • Formerly the P86 route.
  • Variant of 746.

Bergen County local routes

RouteTerminalsMajor StreetsNotesHistory
751Bergen Community CollegeEdgewater Commons via Hackensack Bus TerminalSpring Valley Avenue, DeGraw Avenue, Fycke Lane, Anderson Avenue
  • Serves Nungessers.
  • Formerly the B1 Hudson River route.
752Hackensack Bus TerminalOakland Copper Tree Center (rush hour) via Ridgewood Bus Terminal
Paramus Park Mall (evenings)
Forest Avenue, Linwood Avenue, Franklin Avenue
  • Weekday peak hour trips are extended to Oakland Copper Tree Center.
  • Formerly the B2 Western Bergen route (Cross County).
  • Formerly "Cross County Line" before being the B2 Cross County route.
753The Outlets at Bergen Town CenterNew Milford or CresskillTeaneck Road, Madison Avenue (New Milford trips only), Union Avenue (Cresskill trips only)
  • Trips alternate between the two branches
  • Formerly the B3 route.
755Bergen Community CollegeEdgewater Commons via Hackensack Bus TerminalSpring Valley Avenue, Cedar Lane, Fycke Lane, Palisade Avenue
  • Variant of 751 route.
756 (second usage)Englewood CliffsRoute 4, New Bridge Road, Reichelt Road (alternate trips), Tryon Avenue, Fort Lee Road
  • Formerly the B6 East Bergen route and the B10 route.
    • Section between Bergen CC and The Outlets at Bergen Town Center was the B10 route before it was combined with the B6.
758Passaic Bus TerminalParamus ParkMonroe Street, Midland Avenue, Pehle Avenue, Saddle River Road, Farview Avenue, Ridgewood Avenue
762HackensackParamus ParkHackensack Avenue, River Road, Kinderkamack Road
  • Formerly the B12 route.
772Bergen Community CollegeAmerican Dream MeadowlandsTeaneck Road (New Milford trips only), Moonachie Road, Gotham Parkway (weekday trips only), Route 120
  • Daily Service
  • Weekday service is extended to Bergen Community College.
  • Weekday rush hour service runs to Bergen Community College via Madison Ave.
  • Weekday off-peak service runs to Hackensack Bus Terminal via Gotham Pkwy.
  • Weekend service runs to Hackensack Bus Terminal skipping Gotham Pkwy.
  • Formerly the B72 route between Moonachie and New Milford.
  • Extended to American Dream Mall on August 30, 2019.
  • Formerly went to Secaucus,NJ via Harmon Cove Outlet Center, service cut off in 2010 due to budget crisis.
780Passaic Bus TerminalEnglewood HospitalMain Avenue, Boulevard, Cedar Lane, Lafayette Avenue
  • Formerly the B80 Englewood-Passaic route.
  • Before that, it was the 80 and went into New York's GW Bridge Bus Terminal.

Former Routes

RouteTerminalsMajor StreetsHistory
P5PassaicClifton
P6PassaicGarfield
B7HackensackCloster
  • Discontinued in the early 1980's due to low ridership.
  • Served Paramus Park.
  • Served Garden State Plaza
  • One run started at Garden State Plaza.
717RidgewoodCloster
  • Discontinued in the early 1980's due to low ridership.
  • Served Paramus Park.
  • Timetable connected to B7
  • One run on Saturday starts from Paramus Park.
718EnglewoodFair Lawn
  • Discontinued in the 1980's due to low ridership.
742PatersonGreystone Park Psychiatric Hospital
  • Discontinued in June 2010 due to low ridership and a budget crisis. It originally ran only as one Saturday roundtrip.
754MoonachieThe Outlets at Bergen Town Center
  • Part of the route was combined into #753 route.
  • Formally Route B4
756 (first usage)Westfield Garden State PlazaFashion Center
  • Discontinued in the late 1990s
  • Formally route B16

External links

  1. Web site: Express Buses from Port Authority Bus Terminal and Secaucus Junction to American Dream and Expanded Local Service . 10 March 2020.