NJ Transit operates or contracts out the following bus routes, all of which originate from Newark, Jersey City, Hoboken, or Elizabeth. Many were once streetcar lines. These routes are operated from NJ Transit bus garages in the agency's Northern and Central Divisions. Not included in the list of lines below is the Newark Light Rail system, which is also operated from the Central Division.

Routes Northern Division The following lines are operated from garages in NJ Transit's Northern Division. All routes are exact fare lines. In this table, PSCT represents Public Service Coordinated Transport, a predecessor to Transport of New Jersey.

Destinations shown are for the full route except for branching.

RouteTerminalsMajor streetsNotesHistoryGarage2Journal SquareSecaucus JunctionKennedy Boulevard, County Avenue, Secaucus PlazaP trips operate via N.J International Bulk Mail Center. R trips operate via JFK Blvd to Secaucus Road. Began under Hudson Bus Transportation Co. Route operated with Academy Bus until 2021, Coach USA ONE Bus in 2022, and then returned to NJ Transit in 2024. Kearny Point 6Bayonne55th Street and Broadway Ocean Avenue Initially Lafayette & Greenville Bus 3 Ocean Avenue. Later Red & Tan in Hudson Co. 99. Renumbered Feb. 11, 2008. #6 trips via the Lafayette Loop discontinued on June 21, 2025 and replaced by #16. Extended to 55th St. in Bayonne on January 10, 2026. Greenville8Bayonne 54th StreetBergen Avenue, Old Bergen Road Began service under Bergen Avenue IBOA. Transferred to Montgomery and West Side IBOA in 2011, numbered #33 in 2016. Service under NJT began October 28, 2023. Kearny Point 9Jersey City Society HillNewport MallWest Side Avenue, Montgomery Street, Marin Boulevard Began under Montgomery and West Side IBOA. Numbered #31 in 2016. Service under NJT began October 28, 2023.10Journal SquareBayonne2nd StreetKennedy Boulevard Began under Drogin Bus Company. Later operated under Red & Tan in Hudson County until April 7, 2012; transferred to Academy under contract to NJT on April 8, 2012. Contract trans. to Coach USA on June 24, 2021. Route operated by NJT effective June 26, 2022. Late night service replicated by route 119. Kearny Point Meadowlands Greenville 12Bayonne54th StreetBayonne1st StreetBroadway Began under Broadway IBOA. Service under Broadway IBOA ran further north to City Line at 63rd Street & Kennedy Boulevard via 54th and 55th Streets. Service under NJ Transit began on December 1, 2025. Greenville14Journal SquareJersey City Hudson MallSip Avenue, West Side Avenue Began under Montgomery and West Side IBOA. Numbered #32 in 2016. Service under New Jersey Transit began October 28, 2023. Kearny Point 16Newport MallBaldwin Avenue, Garfield Avenue, Pacific Avenue, Communipaw Avenue, Liberty State Park station Began under Lafayette & Greenville IBOA. Later Red & Tan in Hudson County route 16. Original service discontinued January 2008. Service under New Jersey Transit began on June 21, 2025. Greenville22Hoboken TerminalNorth BergenNungessersWashington Street and New York/Bergenline Avenues Cut back from Cliffside Park to North Bergen on April 8, 2006. Began in 1924 under PSCT to replace North Hudson County Railway Hillside line streetcars, using 14th Street Viaduct. Meadowlands23Port Imperial orHoboken TerminalNorth BergenNungessersBoulevard East Weekday peak hour service only (AM to Port Imperial/Hoboken Terminal, PM to North Bergen) Began in 1924 under PSCT.72Paterson Broadway Bus TerminalNewark PennBloomfield Avenue, Broad Street Began in 1927 under PSCT. Express buses added in 1951. Formerly routes 126 & 128. Market Street74Branch Brook ParkMain Street/Main Avenue and Kingsland Street/Kingsland Road (all trips)Delawanna Avenue and Clifton Commons (select trips)Washington Avenue (select trips)Union Avenue (select trips)Franklin Avenue (most trips) Began in 1927 under PSCT.80Jersey City-GreenvilleGates Avenue or Society HillExchange Place or Journal Square Seaview Avenue, Romar Avenue, West Side Avenue, Newark Avenue, and Montgomery Street Select trips operate along Sip Avenue bypassing Montgomery Street and Bergen Avenue. Most 80S trips terminate at Society Hill Began in 1947 under PSCT to replace Public Service Railway Newark Avenue Line streetcars from 1938. Formerly route 9 Newark Avenue. 80S trips to Society Hill began under Montgomery and West Side IBOA. Numbered #30 in 2016. Current expanded 80S service under New Jersey Transit began October 28, 2023, replacing both A&C #30 and previous weekday rush-only 80S service operated under NJT. Greenville81Bayonne Exchange PlaceAvenue C, Ocean Avenue, Montgomery Street 81X: Weekday peak hour service only (AM to Exchange Place, PM to Bayonne) Select trips begin/end at Jersey City-Greenville Began in 1947 under PSCT to replace Public Service Railway Greenville Line streetcars from 1937. Formerly route 14/14X Greenville.82Union CityExchange PlaceSummit Avenue, Newark Avenue, Montgomery Street Weekday peak hour service only (AM to Exchange Place, PM to Union City) Began in 1947 under PSCT to replace Public Service Railway streetcars from 1931. Formerly route 18 Hudson. Meadowlands83Hackensack TerminalJournal SquareMain Street, Tonnelle Avenue, Summit Avenue Began in 1928 under PSCT. Formerly route 124.84Journal SquareNorth BergenNungessersNewark Avenue, Palisade Avenue, Park Avenue, and Bergenline Avenue Began in 1927 under PSCT. Formerly route 44 Bergenline/Park Avenue. Operated by Coach USA ONE Bus effective June 26, 2022 Returned to NJ Transit on August 17, 2024 from Coach USA ONE Bus operations. Meadowlands 85Hoboken TerminalAmerican Dream MeadowlandsPaterson Plank Road, Summit Avenue, Harmon Meadow Began in 1947 under PSCT to replace Public Service Railway Passaic Line streetcars from 1936. Service to Harmon Meadow initiated on April 30th, 1984. Formerly Route 15 Passaic, then renamed 15 Secaucus under NJ Transit. Routed to American Dream Mall in East Rutherford, NJ on August 30, 2019 (along with routes 703 and 772). Meadowlands86Newport Centre MallBergenline Avenue StationNewark Avenue, Palisade Avenue, Park Avenue, Bergenline Avenue Began in 1991 under NJ Transit as a variant of route 84. Cut back to Bergenline Avenue Station from North Bergen on April 8, 2006. Trips via Bergen-Lafayette and Exchange Place were discontinued on June 21, 2025 and replaced by Route 16.87Jersey City-GreenvilleHoboken TerminalOld Bergen Road, MLK Drive, Bergen Avenue, Central Avenue, Palisade Avenue, and Paterson Plank Road Select late night "Owl" trips begin/end at UPS Drive in Secaucus Began under PSCT in 1947 to replace Public Service Railway Jackson Line streetcars. Formerly routes 7 Jackson & 8 Jackson Express. Greenville88Journal SquareNorth BergenNungesser'sKennedy Boulevard Select trips operate along Central Avenue. Began in under North Boulevard Transportation Company as route 1. * Returned to NJ Transit on August 17, 2024 from Coach USA ONE Bus operations. Meadowlands 89North BergenNungessersHoboken TerminalPark Avenue, Washington Street, and Bergenline Avenue Began in 1949 under PSCT to replace Public Service Railway Union City Line streetcars. Rerouted south of 48th Street to Park Avenue on April 8, 2006. Daily service initiated on April 8, 2006. Formerly routes 19 Union City & 26 Union City. Meadowlands

Central Division

The following lines are operated from garages in NJ Transit's Central Division. All lines are exact fare lines except for the 63, 64, 67, and 68. In this table, PSCT represents Public Service Coordinated Transport, a predecessor to Transport of New Jersey.

Destinations shown are for the full route except for branching.

Central Division, Essex County RouteTerminalsMajor streetsNotesHistoryGarage1Newark-Ivy HillJournal Square,Exchange PlaceNewark-Ironbound16 Avenue, Market Street, and Ferry Street/Raymond Boulevard (all trips)Communipaw Avenue (Exchange Place trips)West Side Avenue (Journal Square trips)Trips either end at Journal Square or Exchange Place A limited number of trips each day (both east and westbound) pass by Hudson County Correctional Facility Had an express "X" variant between Ivy Hill and Newark Penn Station until April 3, 2010, when it was renumbered to route 361. Hilton Big Tree Orange5Newark PennEast Orange18 Avenue and South 10 Street Began under PSCT in 1948 to replace Public Service Railway Kinney Line streetcars from 1936. Orange11Willowbrook MallDowntown Newark (weekdays and Saturdays)Newark Penn (not to Wayne on Sundays)Bloomfield Avenue and Pompton Avenue Evening and Sunday trips are extended to Newark Penn Station Began under PSCT in 1929. Formerly route 114.13Irvington Bus Terminal or Valley FairCliftonClifton Commons, orClifton Industrial ParkBloomfield Avenue (Clifton trips only), Washington Avenue (Clifton Commons Trips only), Broadway, Clinton AvenueTrip labels for routes taken at extreme ends. "B" are short buses to Big Tree Garage. "C" northbound via Clifton Commons. "M" short turn to Belleville at Mill & Main St. "N" north bound buses via Centre St. in Nutley. "T" south bound to Irvington. "V" south bound to Valley Fair. "P" north bound to Lincoln Park, Newark. Began under PSCT in 1937 to replace Public Service Railway Broad Line streetcars from 1937. Operation via Chancellor Avenue (former route 14) switched with route 39 in the 1980s. "13J" trips via Joralemon Avenue to Garden State Cancer Center in Belleville eliminated in 2011 and replaced by "13C" trips to Clifton Commons via Washington Avenue. 13P trips operate in the morning only. Big Tree Hilton21West OrangeMississippi LoopNewark PennMain Street, Market Street Began under PSCT in 1952 to replace Public Service Railway Orange Line streetcars, which operated into the Newark City Subway. Orange24OrangeErie LoopThe Mills at Jersey GardensElizabeth Avenue, Frelinghuysen Avenue, Central Avenhe24H to Orange via Harrison 24S to Orange via Scottland 24J to Jersey Gardens via Jersey Street 24E to Jersey Gardens via Elizabeth Ave 24T trips are trips to Newark Harriet Tubman Park 24B are trips to Elizabeth Broad and Jersey Originally Transport of New Jersey, transferred to Coach USA ONE Bus Scotland Road/Elizabeth Avenue/First Street division operated as Route 24A, while Harrison Street/East Jersey Street/Third Street division operated as Route 24B; alpha suffixes assigned 2006. NJT and Academy Bus Lines jointly took over operations on October 9, 2023. NJT fully took operations in November 2023. Ironbound Hilton Orange25Maplewood Essex County Correctional CenterSpringfield Avenue, Newark Penn Station Began under PSCT in 1948 to replace Public Service Railway Springfield Line streetcars from 1937. Had an express "X" variant between Maplewood and Newark Penn Station until April 3, 2010, when it was renumbered to route 375. Hiltongo25Irvington Bus TerminalNewark Penn StationSpringfield Avenue Weekday peak hour service only Makes limited stops on Springfield Avenue.Began service in 2008.26ElizabethIrvington Bus TerminalUnion Avenue, Morris Avenue, Kean University Began under Elizabeth-Union-Hillside-Irvington Bus Line in 1927. Formerly route 6. Operation via Cherry Street in Elizabeth discontinued after NJ Transit takeover of route.27Irvington Bus TerminalForest Hill orBloomfield Center(full-time)Delawanna(rush hours only)Hawthorne Avenue, Broad Street, Mount Prospect Avenue, Franklin Street (Bloomfield trips only), Verona Avenue (Forest Hill trips only), Union Avenue and Kingsland Avenue (Clifton trips only), and Branch Brook Park StationSelect peak hour trips are extended to Delawanna 27B trips to Bloomfield 27F trips to Forest Hill 27N trips to Nutley Delawanna 27R trips to Newark Lt Rail Branch Brook Park Station Began under PSCT in 1948 to replace Public Service Railway Mount Prospect Line streetcars from 1937. Hilton