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.
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. 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.
Not all bus routes that serve the terminal use it a termination/origination point. 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
RouteTerminals Via Notes 74 Broadway Bus Terminal (Paterson)Branch Brook Park StationNorth Newark Passaic Main Avenue TerminalDelawanna Station, Kingsland Avenue, Franklin Avenue or Union Avenue190 Broadway Bus Terminal (Paterson) Port Authority Bus TerminalMidtown Manhattan Saint Joseph's Medical CenterPassaic Main Avenue TerminalPassaic StationDelawanna Station-CliftonUnion Avenue BridgeRutherford StationPaterson Plank RoadNorth Hudson-NJ 495-Marginal HighwayLincoln Tunnellimited service to Clifton and North Hudson Paterson-PABT JitneyBroadway Bus Terminal (Paterson)Port Authority Bus TerminalMidtown ManhattanPaterson Plank Road, Orient Way, Main Avenue, NJ 495-Marginal Highway roughly parallel to NJT 190702 Elmwood ParkBoulevard and Broadway Saint Joseph's Medical CenterPatersonMarshall StreetValley RoadVan Houten AvenuePassaic AvenueMonroe 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 ComplexHaledon(most trips)Broadway Bus Terminal (nights)Paterson AvenueLakeview AvenueTrenton Avenue20 AvenueWest BroadwayBelmont AvenueSunday 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 TerminalWillowbrook MallClifton AvenueLong Hill RoadMain Street Formerly the P5 route. Some early morning and mid-afternoon trips terminate at Allwood Road.707Paterson City HallWestfield Garden State PlazaMarshall StreetHazel Street/Paulison Avenue Passaic Main Avenue Terminal Harrison/MacArthur AvenuesMarket StreetSaddle 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 StationPassaic Main Avenue Terminal (Saturdays)Westfield Garden State PlazaPassaic Main Avenue Terminal (Saturdays)Passaic AvenueBroadwayRochelle 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 TerminalPaterson City Hall (evenings)WaynePreakness Shopping Center Paterson City Hall (evenings)Lakeview AvenuePark Avenue/16th AvenuePresidential BoulevardHaledon Avenue/Pompton RoadPaterson-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 MallPlauderville Station Garfield Station Elmwood Park Saddle Brook Garden State Plaza Bergen Regional Medical Center Fashion Center No Sunday service780 Passaic Main Avenue TerminalEnglewood HospitalMain AvenueBoulevardCedar LaneLafayette AvenueFormerly the B80 Englewood-Passaic route. Before that, it was the 80 and went into New York's GW Bridge Bus Terminal.
See also List of New Jersey Transit bus routes (700–799) New Jersey Transit Bus Operations
References
External links Unofficial New Jersey bus map NJ Transit route finder NJT services near Passaic Bus Terminal