Passaic Bus Terminal

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The Passaic Bus Terminal, also referred to as Main Avenue Terminal, is a local and regional bus terminal operated by New Jersey Transit (NJT) located on Main Avenue in Passaic, New Jersey in the city's downtown area. [1] [2]

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Facilities and service

Unlike its counterpart in Paterson, there are no actual terminal facilities at Passaic Bus Terminal. Instead, there is one turnoff lane on Main Avenue that must be used by all buses entering and departing from the station. [2] In September 2016 it was announced that the antiquated facilities would be replaced with a new off street terminal, made possible in part with federal funding. [3] [4]

Not all bus routes that serve the terminal use it a termination/origination point. [2] Community Coach, under contract with NJT, operates several routes in Passaic and adjacent Bergen County which run Monday through Saturday service. As of 2016 an average of 2,800 weekday NJT passengers on more than 400 weekday trips used the facility. It was estimated that there was an average of 1300 weekday passengers on approximately 550 weekday jitney trips.

Passaic bus routes

RouteTerminalsViaNotes
74 Broadway Bus Terminal (Paterson) Branch Brook Park Station
North Newark
Passaic Main Avenue Terminal
Delawanna Station, Kingsland Avenue, Franklin Avenue or Union Avenue
190 Broadway Bus Terminal (Paterson) Port Authority Bus Terminal
Midtown Manhattan
Saint Joseph's Medical Center
Passaic Main Avenue Terminal
Passaic Station
Delawanna Station- Clifton
Union Avenue Bridge
Rutherford Station
Paterson Plank Road
North Hudson-
NJ 495-Marginal Highway
Lincoln Tunnel
limited service to Clifton and North Hudson
Paterson-PABT Jitney [5] [6] Broadway Bus Terminal (Paterson) Port Authority Bus Terminal
Midtown Manhattan
Paterson Plank Road, Orient Way, Main Avenue, NJ 495-Marginal Highway roughly parallel to NJT 190
702 Elmwood Park
Boulevard and Broadway
Saint Joseph's Medical Center
Paterson
Marshall Street
Valley Road
Van Houten Avenue
Passaic Avenue
Monroe Street (Passaic and Garfield)
Palisade Avenue and Wessington Avenue (certain trips)
Randolph or Parker Avenues and Dayton Avenue (certain trips)
Shaw Street/Boulevard
* Formerly the P2 route.
  • 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).
  • Shaw Street in Garfield becomes Boulevard near the intersection for US-46 in Elmwood Park.
703 Meadowlands Sports Complex Haledon (most trips)
Broadway Bus Terminal (nights)
Paterson Avenue
Lakeview Avenue
Trenton Avenue
20 Avenue
West Broadway
Belmont Avenue
  • Sunday service operates only between the Meadowlands and Paterson.
  • Service formerly extended into North Haledon along High Mountain Road.
  • Formerly the P3 line.
705 Passaic Main Avenue Terminal Willowbrook Mall Clifton Avenue
Long Hill Road
Main Street
  • Formerly the P5 route.
  • Some early morning and mid-afternoon trips terminate at Allwood Road.
707 Paterson City Hall Westfield Garden State Plaza Marshall Street
Hazel Street/Paulison Avenue

Passaic Main Avenue Terminal
Harrison/MacArthur Avenues
Market Street
Saddle River Road
  • No Sunday service
  • Formerly the P7 route.
  • Service terminated at Market Street and Caldwell Avenue in Saddle Brook until September 1, 2012.
709 Bloomfield Railroad Station
Passaic Main Avenue Terminal (Saturdays)
Westfield Garden State Plaza
Passaic Main Avenue Terminal (Saturdays)
Passaic 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.
744 Passaic 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
  • Formerly the P54 route.
  • Paterson is terminus for routes leaving Passaic after 6 PM and leaving Wayne after 7 PM.
758 Passaic Main Avenue Terminal Paramus Park Mall No Sunday service
780 Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine Passaic Main Avenue Terminal Englewood Hospital Main 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.

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