Hackensack Bus Terminal

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The terminal as viewed from River Street Hackensack Bus Terminal.jpg
The terminal as viewed from River Street

Hackensack Bus Terminal, also called the Hackensack Bus Transfer, [1] is a regional bus station in downtown Hackensack, New Jersey, owned and operated by New Jersey Transit. [2] The bus station was built in the 1970s and was extensively renovated in 2007 while starting in 2006. [3] An outdoor central island boarding–disembarking area surrounds an indoor waiting room and ticketing facilities. [2] [4] Service from nearby bus stops travels to locations in Bergen, Passaic, Essex and Hudson counties as well as the Port Authority Bus Terminal and George Washington Bridge Bus Station in New York City. [5] [6] In October 2018, the Hackensack Transit Connector, servicing the bus terminal, the city's train stations, and the County Courthouse Complex, was initiated.

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Location and vicinity

The bus station is located on River Street one block east of the commercial district on Main Street. Nearby is the New Jersey Naval Museum's USS Ling on the bank of the Hackensack River. Reminders of the original colonial city centered on the First Reformed Dutch Church and the county seat of Bergen County, including the Bergen County Court House, are also in the immediate vicinity. The White Manna, an iconic 1946 diner, and the Bergen Museum of Art & Science are located just north on River Street.

The station is approximately equidistant between two of the three train stations on New Jersey Transit's Pascack Valley Line that serve the city. Transfer to any of them requires a short walk or bus trip. Essex Street Station serves the southern part of the downtown and the Hackensack University Medical Center, while Anderson Street Station serves the northern part including Farleigh Dickenson University. The three transit hubs are part of Hackensack's transit-oriented development plan, and potential transit village initiative, [7] which was granted in February 2016. [8] The proposed Passaic-Bergen Rail Line would terminate to the west at nearby State Street. The New Bridge Landing Station (for a time known as North Hackensack) is located over the city's northern border near the city line of adjoining River Edge.

Routes

Originating, terminating, or stopping at bus station:

RouteDestinationMajor PointsNotes
76


NJT [9]
Newark Penn Station Essex Street Station
Rutherford Station
Kearny
Newark Broad Street
83

NJT [10]
Journal Square Transportation Center
Jersey City
Teaneck
The Ridgefields
Tonnelle Avenue
Summit Avenue
178

NJT [11]
GWB Station
Manhattan
Teaneck
Englewood
Fort Lee
GWB Plaza
  • Englewood/Teaneck (northern route) variant of Route 182
182

NJT [11]
GWB Station
Manhattan
Fort Lee
GWB Plaza
  • Leonia/Teaneck/Bogota (southern route) variant of Route 178
712

NJT [12]
Willowbrook Mall
or
Totowa Industrial Park
rush hours only
Essex Street Station
Saddle Brook
Paterson (NJT station)
751

NJT [13]
Bergen Community College
  • Additional service to BCC available on 755
751

NJT [13]
Edgewater Commons Anderson Avenue
Nungesser's
752

NJT [14]
Ridgewood
Oakland
Paramus
The Outlets at Bergen Town Center

Bergen Regional Medical Center
Paramus Park

  • Off-peak service operates only between Hackensack and Ridgewood
  • No Sunday service
755

NJT [13]
Bergen Community College
  • Additional service to BCC available on 751
755

NJT [13]
Edgewater Commons Palisade Avenue
762

NJT [15]
Paramus Park Farleigh Dickenson University
The Shops at Riverside
Kinderkamack Road
  • no Sunday service
770

NJT [16]
Paterson Broadway Bus Terminal Westfield Garden State Plaza
Passaic Street
Fairlawn
Broadway (NJT station)
Broadway
772

southbound
NJT [17]
Meadowlands Sports Complex Main Street
Moonachie Road
Harmon Cove
County Avenue
  • Midday and PM service only.
  • Service from New Milford to Hackensack only during AM rush hours stops on Main Street
780

westbound
NJT [18]
Passaic Essex Street Station
Hasbrouck Heights
  • No Sunday service
780

eastbound
NJT [18]
Englewood Hospital Main Street
Teaneck
  • No Sunday service

FT 1X-Hackensack Bus Transfer to/from Inwood West 204th Street and Nagle Avenue in Manhattan, NY via Fort Lee Road, GWB and Broadway.

Bergen County local routes

Traveling within city limits.

routeterminalHackensack stopterminalmain streets of travelnotes
753

NJT [19]
The Outlets at Bergen Town Center Main Street
State Street
New Milford or Cresskill Teaneck Road
Madison Avenue (New Milford trips only)
Union Avenue (Cresskill trips only)
  • Trips alternate between the two branches
756

NJT [20]
Bergen Community College The Shops at Riverside Englewood Cliffs Route 4
New Bridge Landing
The Shops at Riverside
Reichelt Road (alternate trips)
Tryon Avenue
Fort Lee Road
772

NJT [17]
New Milford Main Street
State Street
Meadowlands Sports Complex Teaneck Road (New Milford trips only)
Moonachie Road
County Avenue
Harmon Cove
  • Trips outside of rush hours operate only between the Meadowlands and Hackensack

Port Authority Bus Terminal routes

routevia Hudson County in HackensackBergen terminalmajor pointsnotes
144

NJT [21]
westbound AM peak

AND

eastbound PM peak
via
NJ 495 Marginal Highway

Essex Street Paramus or Elmwood Park Route 4, Essex Street, Moonachie Avenue
  • rush hours only
145

NJT [22]
Essex Street Fair Lawn Century Road, Morlot Avenue
  • peak service only
155

NJT [23]
Main and Anderson Teaneck The Outlets at Bergen Town Center
  • No weekend service
164
NJT
Essex Street Midland Park Paterson Plank Road
Meadowlands Sports Complex
165

NJT [24]
Nungessers
Boulevard East
Main Street Westwood New Bridge Landing (NJT station)
Kinderkamack Road
168

NJT [25]
Nungessers
Boulevard East
Main and Anderson Paramus Park Boulevard East Queen Anne Road, Cedar Lane, Forest Avenue

See also

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