The Broadway Bus Terminal is a major local and regional bus terminal in Paterson, New Jersey operated by New Jersey Transit. It is located on Broadway between Memorial Drive and West Broadway in Downtown Paterson, putting it near Passaic County Community College and a few blocks from Paterson City Hall and the Great Falls Historic District, including the Great Falls (Passaic River).
Facilities and service New Jersey Transit bus operations, some formerly operated by Community Coach, make use of the terminal, one of several origination points in the city and serves an average of 1600 buses each weekday. Buses depart from four sheltered bus lanes adjacent to the indoor waiting room. Indoor and outdoor facilities were renovated and expanded in 2010. The terminal is served by the 72 (to Newark Penn Station), 74 (to Newark Subway, Branch Brook Park), 161 (to Port Authority Bus Terminal), 171 (to George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal), 190 (to Port Authority Bus Terminal), 703 (nights and weekends to Meadowlands Sports Complex), 746 (to Ridgewoodhttp://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T1746.pdf NJT746/748), 748 (to Willowbrook Mall), and 770 (to Hackensack Bus Terminalhttp://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0770.pdf NJT 770). One of the William Paterson University campus shuttles also serves the terminal.
A ticket office is open daily (6 AM - 8 PM).
Paterson public transportation Jitney service by Spanish Transportation-owned minibuses (doing business as Express Service) travels from Paterson to locations in Passaic, Bergen, and Hudson counties as well as the Port Authority Bus Terminal and George Washington Bridge Bus Station in New York City. Dollar vans, locally known in Spanish as guaguas are also available in the vicinity traveling to Jersey City, North Hudson and 42nd Street (Manhattan). City Hall has many buses that stop at or near it, going to various points in neighboring communities, Manhattan and regional shopping centers. The Paterson train station is located 10 blocks east of the bus terminal. The Passaic-Bergen Rail Line is a proposed rail line through the city which will make a stop nearby.
History When constructed in the 1932 and before bustitution, the Public Service Railway operated trolleys from the terminal, namely the Line 1 (Edgewater), Line 5 (Suffern), and Line 15 to Hudson Place (Hoboken). The terminal has been renovated during the course of the years, the most recent refurbishment completed in 2010.
Paterson bus routes RoutePaterson originationMain streets of traveldestination72http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0072.pdf Paterson Broadway Bus TerminalBloomfield Avenue, Broad StreetNewark Penn Station74Paterson Broadway Bus TerminalPassaic TerminalDelawanna Station, Kingsland Avenue, Franklin Avenue or Union AvenueBranch Brook ParkNorth Newark151Paterson(peak service)Washington Avenue, Route 46, New Jersey TurnpikePort Authority Bus Terminal161 NJT Rte 161Paterson Broadway Bus TerminalWashington Avenue, Route 46Port Authority Bus Terminal171 Paterson Broadway Bus TerminalSt. Joseph's Regional Medical CenterBroadwayGarden State PlazaRoute 4George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal190 Paterson Broadway Bus TerminalPaterson Plank Road, Orient Way, Main Avenue, NJ 495-Marginal HighwayPort Authority Bus Terminal702St. Joseph's Regional Medical CenterVan Houten AvenuePalisade Avenue or Dayton AvenueBoulevardElmwood ParkBoulevard/Broadway703Haledonor Paterson Broadway Bus Terminal (Short turn nights and weekends)Van Houten AvenuePalisade Avenue or Dayton AvenueBoulevardMeadowlands Sports Complex707Paterson City HallMarshall Street/Hazel Street/Paulson AvenueHarrison and MacArthur AvenuesSaddle BrookMarket Street/Caldwell Avenue722 PatersonMain Street/Crooks Avenue via Paterson City HallMemorial DriveLafayette AvenueEast Ridgewood AvenueParamus Park744Paterson City HallLakeview AvenuePresidential BoulevardPaterson-Hamburg TurnpikePassaicMain Avenue Terminal746Paterson Broadway Bus TerminalMadison AvenueMaple AvenueRidgewoodVan Neste Square770Paterson Broadway Bus TerminalPassaic StreetBroadwayHackensack Bus TerminalES to GWBBroadway & MainRoute 4 Garden State Plaza via Paramus, Hackensack, Teaneck, Fort LeeGeorge Washington Bridge Bus TerminalES to PABroadway & Mainvia Clifton, Passaic, Rutherford, Secaucus, North Bergen, Union City and WeehawkenPort Authority Bus TerminalGate 56
References
External links Unofficial New Jersey bus map Paterson Jitney Bus information guide NJ Transit route finder NJT Bus Routes in Passaic County NJT Bus Routes in Bergen County NJT Bus Routes in Hudson County