Tiger Transit

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TigerTransit
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TigerTransit 26002 on Weekend Shopper
Parent Princeton University
LocalePrinceton University campuses and surrounding neighborhoods
Service area Mercer County, New Jersey
Service type University bus system
Routes9
Destinations Princeton Junction
Princeton, New Jersey
Fleet23 (17 buses & 6 cutaways)
Fuel type Gasoline, electric
OperatorWeDriveU (2021-present)
First Transit (2009-2021)
Website Official website

TigerTransit is the Princeton University shuttle bus service in and around its campus in Princeton, New Jersey and other nearby areas of Mercer County. TigerTransit operates nine routes within the campus and around the city of Princeton. WeDriveU operates the service. [1] [2] [3]

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Routes

All TigerTransit routes are free of charge and open to the public. Main routes (1-4) only operate on during the daytime on weekdays, with two routes (N5/6) providing daily late night service and three routes (W5/6, WS) providing weekend-only service. The Princeton Junction branch of Route 4 essentially functions as an alternative to the Princeton Branch. The Weekend Shopper (WS) route combines service around much of the Princeton campus with service along US-1 to shopping centers in Princeton, West Windsor, and Lawrenceville. [1]

Route list

The route list is current as of the Spring 2025 semester. [4] Routes prefixed with W are weekend routes; routes prefixed with N are late-night routes.

NumberNameServesTimeframe
1Grad College to Stadium Drive GaragePrinceton Graduate College to Stadium Drive Garage via Faculty Rd and Washington RdOperated weekdays from 7am–10pm; limited early morning service from Stadium Drive Garage from 6am.
2Lawrence/Lakeside to EQuadFriend Center to Lawrence Apartments via Faculty Rd and Washington RdOperated weekdays from 7am–10pm.
3Merrick to Forrestal/PPPLMerrick Stanworth Apartments to Forrestal Campus and Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory via Nassau St, Washington Rd, and US-1Operated weekdays from 7am–7pm.
4Princeton Junction to Meadows via Princeton Station and EQuadMeadows Drive Garage to Princeton Junction via Stockton St, Alexander St, and Princeton Station Operated weekdays from 7am–10pm. Service to Princeton Junction operated 7am–7pm only.
N5Grad College to Meadows via Friend CenterGraduate College to Friend Center to Meadows Drive Garage to Princeton StationOperated daily from 10pm–3am.
N6Lawrence/Lakeside to EQuadLawrence Apartments to Friend Center via Princeton Station and Yeh College Operated daily from 10pm–3am.
W5Grad College to Meadows via Friend CenterGraduate College to Friend Center to Meadows Drive Garage to Princeton StationOperated weekends 9am–10pm.
W6Lawrence/Lakeside to EQuadLawrence Apartments to Friend Center via Princeton StationOperated weekends 9am–10pm.
WSWeekend ShopperGraduate College to Square at West Windsor, Mercer on One, and Nassau Park Pavilion via Princeton Station and Lawrence ApartmentsOperated weekends 9am–5pm.

Fleet

The Princeton University TigerTransit fleet is operated by WeDriveU, which has operated the service since February 2021 when the former operator First Transit lost their contract. [1] [2] [3] [5] The initial fleet under WeDriveU consisted of 14 New Flyer D40LF transit buses from Orange County Transportation Authority and various Ford cutaways. All former OCTA New Flyer D40LFs have since been replaced by fully electric buses (NFI XE35 CHARGE NG), and the Ford cutaways are expected to be replaced as well in 2025.[ citation needed ]

Active

Fleet numbersPhotoYearManufacturerModelPowertrainNotes
22004, 22006, 22008, 22013, 22015-22016
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2019 Ford E-450
26002-26018
Princeton University Tiger Transit 26002.jpg
2022 NFI XE35 CHARGE NG [6]
  • First unit 26002 entered service on 11/22/2022.

On order

Fleet numbersPhotoYearManufacturerModelPowertrain
22019-220262025 Ford E-450

References

  1. 1 2 3 "TigerTransit". Princeton University Transportation & Parking Services. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
  2. 1 2 "Princeton University Selects WeDriveU to Operate TigerTransit Shuttle". WeDriveU. May 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  3. 1 2 "Pardon our transit-ion – TigerTransit upgrade in progress | Transportation and Parking". Archived from the original on 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  4. ↑ "New at TPS".
  5. ↑ admin (2021-04-29). "Path to Net-Zero at Princeton University". WeDriveU. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  6. ↑ "Xcelsior CHARGE NG™". New Flyer | North America’s Bus Leader. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
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