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List of NJ Transit bus routes (700–799)

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#1303, in NJT branding, operates on the 712 line in Paterson.
#8514 in contractor branding operating on the 758 line (identifiable by a windshield sign), in Passaic.

New Jersey Transit operates the following routes within Passaic and Bergen counties. All routes are exact fare lines. Only routes operated directly from New Jersey Transit's Northern Division and route 772 operate on Sundays.

Northern Division

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These lines are operated from Market Street Garage in Paterson, New Jersey. Destinations shown are for the full route except for branching. Some trips may only travel a portion of the route.

Route Terminals Major points Notes History
703

[1]

American Dream Haledon Paterson Avenue, Passaic Bus Terminal, Lakeview Avenue,Paterson Station, Broadway Bus Terminal
  • Evening and Sunday service is truncated to Broadway Bus Terminal.
  • Service formerly extended into North Haledon along High Mountain Road.
  • Formerly the P3 line.
  • On August 30, 2019, service was extended to terminate at the American Dream Mall in East Rutherford, NJ along with the 85 and 772.[2]
704

[3]

Paterson Riverside Willowbrook Mall River Street, McBride Avenue or Browertown Road, Main Street
  • Trips alternate between McBride Avenue and Browertown Road, designated 704M or 704B.
  • Formerly the P4 line.
712

[4]

Hackensack Bus Terminal Willowbrook Mall Essex Street/Market Street, Union Boulevard
  • Select weekday rush hour trips are extended to Totowa Industrial Park.
  • Select late evening trips short turn at Market Street Garage in Paterson.
  • Trips were formerly marked "via Furler" or "via Minnisink"; the latter served Minnisink Road via Totowa Road. NJT discontinued these trips and all service to or from Willowbrook operates via Furler Street.
  • Formerly the P12 route.
770

[5]

Hackensack Bus Terminal Paterson Broadway Bus Terminal Passaic Street, Garden State Plaza, Route 4
  • Sunday service skips Garden State Plaza.
  • Formerly the B20 route; before that it was part of the 102/104 line to Newark - the other part now the 76 line

Contract operations

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These routes are operated by Academy Bus in Hackensack. These routes were originally under Coach USA Community Coach until they became bankrupt. Service was transferred to Academy Bus on August 17, 2024. Destinations shown are for the full route except for branching. Some trips may only travel a portion of the route. There is no Sunday service on any line listed below except route 772; some routes may have additional restrictions.

Passaic County local routes

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Route Terminals Major Streets Notes History
702

[6]

Elmwood Park Paterson

St Joseph's Hospital

Valley Road, Van Houten Avenue, Dayton Avenue or Wessington Avenue, Mola Boulevard
  • Buses alternate via either Dayton Avenue in Clifton or Wessington Avenue in Garfield.
  • Formerly the P2 route.
705

[7]

Passaic
Bus Terminal
Willowbrook Mall Clifton Avenue, Long Hill Road, Main Street
  • Formerly the P5 route.
707

[8]

Paterson City Hall Paramus Garden State Plaza Hazel Street/Paulison Avenue, Passaic Bus Terminal, Harrison/MacArthur Avenues, Market Street, Saddle River Road
  • Service terminated at Market Street and Caldwell Avenue in Saddle Brook until September 1, 2012.
  • Formerly the P7 route.
709

[9]

Bloomfield Station ParamusGarden State Plaza 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.
  • Service formerly served the Bergen Mall.
722

[10]

Paterson Paramus Park Memorial Drive, Lafayette Avenue, East Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood Bus Terminal
  • Weekday rush hours only
  • Formerly the P22 route.
744

[11]

Passaic Bus Terminal Wayne
Preakness Shopping Center
Lakeview Avenue, Park Avenue/16th Avenue, Presidential Boulevard, Haledon Avenue/Pompton Road, Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike
  • Paterson is terminus for routes leaving Passaic after 6 PM and leaving Wayne after 7 PM on weekdays. Two additional routes originating at City Hall serve Wayne in the evening.
  • Saturday service runs from Passaic to Wayne all day, but return service is truncated to Paterson in the evening hours.
746

[12]

Paterson Broadway Bus Terminal Ridgewood Bus Terminal Broadway, Madison Avenue, Maple Avenue
  • Formerly the P86 route.
748

[12]

Paterson
Madison Avenue and 3 Street
Willowbrook Mall Broadway, Ratzer Road (Willowbrook Mall trips only), Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike (Pompton Lakes trips only), NJ-23
  • Select weekday rush hour trips serve Pompton Lakes and terminate at Broadway Bus Terminal.
  • Formerly the P86 route.
  • Variant of 746.

Bergen County local routes

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Route Terminals Major Points Notes History
751

[13]

Paramus

Bergen Community College

Edgewater Commons Spring Valley Avenue, Hackensack Bus Terminal, DeGraw Avenue, Fycke Lane, Anderson Avenue
  • Serves Nungessers.
  • Formerly the B1 Hudson River route.
752

[14]

Hackensack Bus Terminal Ridgewood Bus Terminal Forest Avenue, Linwood Avenue, Franklin Avenue
  • Weekday rush hour service is extended to CopperTree Mall in Oakland.
  • Formerly the B2 Western Bergen route (Cross County).
  • Formerly "Cross County Line" before being the B2 Cross County route.
753

[15]

Paramus

Bergen Town Center

New Milford or Cresskill Teaneck Road, Madison Avenue (New Milford trips only), Union Avenue (Cresskill trips only)
  • Trips alternate between the two branches
  • Formerly the B3 route.
755

[13]

Paramus

Bergen Community College

Edgewater Commons Spring Valley Avenue, Cedar Lane, Fycke Lane, Palisade Avenue, Main Street, Route 5
  • Variant of the 751 route added in the 1990's.
756

[16]

Englewood Cliffs Route 4, New Bridge Road, Reichelt Road, Tryon Avenue, Fort Lee Road
  • Formerly the B6 East Bergen route and the B10 route.
    • Section between Bergen CC and The Outlets at Bergen Town Center was the B10 route before it was combined with the B6.
758

[17]

Passaic Bus Terminal Paramus Park Monroe Street, Midland Avenue, Saddle River Road, Farview Avenue
762

[18]

Hackensack Bus Terminal Paramus Park Hackensack Avenue, River Road, Kinderkamack Road
  • Formerly the B12 route.
772

[19]

Paramus

Bergen Community College

American Dream Teaneck Road, Cedar Lane, Hackensack Bus Terminal, Gotham Parkway
  • Operates Sunday service.
  • Weekend service is truncated to Hackensack-American Dream and skips Gotham Parkway.
  • Formerly the B72 route between Moonachie and New Milford.
  • Extended to American Dream Mall on August 30, 2019.[2]
  • Formerly went to Secaucus via the Harmon Cove Outlet Center, service cut off in 2010 due to the budget crisis.
780

[20]

Passaic Bus 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.

Former routes

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Route Terminals Major Streets History
P6 Passaic Rutherford
  • Discontinued in the early 1990's
B7 Hackensack Closter
  • Discontinued in the early 1980s due to low ridership.
B17 (first use) Ridgewood Closter
  • Discontinued in the early 1980s due to low ridership.
B17 (second use) "Paramus Shuttle" Paramus Park Garden State Plaza
  • Discontinued in the early 1980s due to low ridership.
742 Paterson Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital
  • Discontinued in June 2010 due to low ridership and a budget crisis. It originally ran only as one Saturday roundtrip.
  • Formally route P82
754 Moonachie The Outlets at Bergen Town Center
  • Discontinued in 1998
  • Part of the route was combined into the #753 route.
  • Formally Route B4
760 Englewood New Milford
  • Discontinued in 1998
  • Formally route B10
766 "Mall Link" Westfield Garden State Plaza Fashion Center
  • Discontinued in 1998
  • Formally route B16
  • Served the Bergen Mall and other malls in Paramus
768 "Madison/Midland Aves" Englewood Fair Lawn
  • Discontinued in the late 1980s due to low ridership.
  • Formally Route B18
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