New Jersey Transit operates interstate bus routes running to various locations in Manhattan in New York City. Most serve the Port Authority Bus Terminal (PABT) in Midtown; the remainder serve the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal in Washington Heights or run in the streets of Lower Manhattan.
The list below is sorted by division, New York terminal, the New Jersey region served, major streets, general operational details (e.g. variations, express services, short turns, operating hours), history, and garages where the routes are based. Unless otherwise noted, routes labeled "Weekday rush hours only" run to New York during the AM rush and to New Jersey during the PM rush.
During morning rush hour, many PABT-bound routes use the Lincoln Tunnel express bus lane (XBL), a dedicated reversible lane that travels eastbound along Route 495. There is no west-bound XBL during the evening rush hour.
Many PABT-bound routes make stops along 30th and 31st Streets in Union City rather than running nonstop on Route 495. Routes labeled "Serves Union City" are frequently scheduled to do this. This label is not used for routes which make local stops in Union City anywhere other than 30th and 31st Streets.
Northern Division Northern Division routes serve points in Hudson, Bergen, and Passaic counties in New Jersey, as well as in Orange County in New York.
From Lower Manhattan
RouteTerminalMajor StreetsOperationsHistoryGarage(s)120BayonneAvenue C,Church Street and Trinity PlaceWeekday rush hours onlyBegan service in 1990 as variant of 81; originally route 81AGreenville
From the GWB Bus Station and GWB Plaza RouteTerminalMajor streetsNotesHistoryGarage(s)171Paterson Broadway Bus TerminalRoute 4, Garden State Plaza, Broadway Sunday service skips Garden State Plaza.Inter City Transportation Company, a Maplewood Equipment Company subsidiary (1933) 40Market Street175Ridgewood Bus TerminalRoute 4, Cedar Lane, Passaic Street, Garden State Plaza, Bergen Community CollegeSunday service skips Garden State Plaza and Bergen Community College.Garden State Bus Lines (1935) as 45Market Street178Hackensack Bus TerminalRoute 4, Grand Avenue, Forest Avenue, Englewood AvenueAcquired by Public Service Coordinated Transport (1939) Former 78 lineMarket Street181Union CityBergenline Avenue StationPalisade Avenue, Bergenline AvenueNo Sunday servicePublic Service Coordinated Transport (1937) as Hudson Division 21 Became 98 when extended over George Washington Bridge (1951) Streetcar line from Hoboken to Fort Lee (1937 to 1947) Was shortened to Union City on April 8, 2006 after opening of Bergenline Avenue Station.Meadowlands182Hackensack Bus TerminalMain Street, Degraw AvenuePublic Service Coordinated Transport (1931) as 82Market Street186DumontChestnut Bend Sylvan Avenue, Palisade Avenue, Washington AvenuePublic Service Coordinated Transport (1936) as 86Market Street188West New YorkRiver Road, Anthony M. Defino Way, 60th StreetPublic Service Coordinated Transport as Bergen Division route 8 (1926); extended over GWB (1950)Meadowlands
To Hudson County from PABT RouteTerminalMajor pointsNotesHistoryGarage119BayonneCentral Avenue, JFK Boulevard Serves Journal Square late nights.Replaced Red & Tan 99S on November 7, 2011. Sunday service began on December 2019. Was operated by Academy Bus until 2021, then Coach USA until June 2022 when it was transferred to NJ Transit.Meadowlands Kearny Point Greenville121North Bergen32nd Street, West Side AvenueWeekday rush hours only (AM to North Bergen, PM to New York) Began service by NJ Transit in 1986Meadowlands122Secaucus Cul-de-sacPaterson Plank RoadWeekday rush hours onlyPreviously the 190 Cul-De-Sac service, renumbered to 122 on June 26, 2010.Meadowlands Wayne123Jersey CityChrist Hospital Palisade Avenue, 9th Street-Congress Street StationOne A.M. trip serves Troy Towers in Union City and is signed as 123T.Originally operated by Hudson Bus Transportation Company as the 3. Service to Troy Towers and The Lenox discontinued on June 20, 2026, then Troy Towers service was added back as one A.M. trip on September 5, 2026. Extended to Christ Hospital in 2008.Meadowlands124Secaucus JunctionCounty Avenue, Secaucus Road, Castle RoadWeekday rush hours and Saturday mornings only (AM to Secaucus, PM to New York) Serves Union City.Began service by NJ Transit in 1998 as a variant of 129Meadowlands125Jersey CityJournal SquareJohn F. Kennedy BoulevardOriginally operated by North Boulevard Transportation Company as 5Meadowlands126Hoboken TerminalWashington StreetSelect weekday rush hour trips run via Willow Avenue in Hoboken and/or terminate at Hamilton Park in Jersey City.Originally Public Service Coordinated Transport (1939) as 62 Hoboken - New York via Willow/Clinton & 63 Hoboken - New York via Washington StreetGreenville Meadowlands Hilton Howell Ironbound Kearny Point128North BergenNungessersBoulevard EastOperates daily during rush hours (AM to New York, PM to North Bergen).Service began in 1992 as a short run of 166 to ease overcrowding.Fairview Meadowlands Howell Ironbound129Secaucus JunctionFront Street, Meadowlands Parkway, Seaview DriveServes Union City. Express to Meadowlands Parkway (129X) runs on weekday rush hours only.Originally Hudson Bus Transportation Company as 6 Had a former "AB" variant, and also had a "C" variant, both were discontinued in 2010 and absorbed into the 129.Meadowlands
To Hudson, Bergen, and Passaic counties from PABT RouteTerminalMajor pointsNotesHistoryGarage127RidgefieldBergen Turnpike, Tonnelle Avenue Station, Tonelle Avenue, Broad AvenueSelect weekday rush hour trips run via Shaler Boulevard in Ridgefield and are signed as 127X to New York and 127L to Ridgefield. Select trips short turn in Fairview.Originally Public Service Coordinated Transport in 1939 as 67 Formerly operated 127S nonstop service to Tonnelle Avenue and terminated at Shaler Blvd; was discontinued June 22, 2019.Oradell144Elmwood ParkMoonachie Avenue, Essex Street, Route 4Weekday rush hours only 144 Elmwood Park Express, peak direction service 144 Rochelle Park via Teterboro, reverse peak service Reverse peak serves Union City.Began service under NJ Transit in 1996 as a variant of 164Oradell145Fair LawnCentury Road, Morlot AvenueWeekday rush hours onlyBegan service under NJ Transit in 2000 as a variant of 164 Wayne148Midland ParkRoute 208, Goffle RoadWeekday rush hours onlyBegan service under NJT in 1996 as a variant of 164 Wayne 151PatersonU.S. 46, Vreeland Avenue, Park AvenueWeekday rush hours onlyBegan service under NJT in 2010 as a variant of 161 Formerly 161T Turnpike ExpressWayne153FairviewNJT GarageAnderson Avenue Weekday rush hours onlyBegan service under NJT in 2010 as variant of 159 Formerly 159T Turnpike ExpressFairview154Fort LeeJohn F. Kennedy Boulevard, Bergen Boulevard Select weekday rush hour trips skip Nungessers in North Bergen and are signed as 154X.Sunday Service added as of 4/11/21. Originally Hudson Bus Transportation Company as Route 4Fairview155TeaneckMain Street, Palisade Avenue, River RoadWeekday rush hours onlyIntroduced by NJT in 1996 as a variant of 168Westwood156Englewood CliffsPark Avenue, Bergenline Avenue, Nungessers, Palisade Avenue, GWB Plaza, Sylvan Avenue Express via River Road and Gorge Road (156R) operates weekday rush hours and Saturdays only.Combination of former Maplewood Equipment Company routes 6 and 10, and Transport of New Jersey route 61 Service via Boulevard East discontinued in the early 1990's.Fairview Meadowlands157TeaneckTeaneck Road, Bergen Turnpike, Cedar LaneWeekday rush hours onlyIntroduced by NJT in 1996 as a variant of 168Westwood158Fort LeeMed WestWeehawken Port Imperial, River Road, Main Street Select rush hour trips terminate at Hudson Terrace at Myrtle Avenue and are signed as 158M.Originally Maplewood Equipment Company as the 8, then renumbered as 98 operated by TNJFairview Meadowlands Howell159Fort LeeLinwood ParkBergenline Avenue, Nungessers, Anderson Avenue, GWB PlazaExpress via River Road and Gorge Road (159R) operates weekday rush hours and Saturdays only. 60th Street Express (159X) operates weekday rush hours only. Select trips short turn at the Fairview NJT Garage. Select late night trips terminate at Winston Towers in Cliffside Park or Route 5.Originally Maplewood Equipment Company as the 7, 9, and 9XFairview Meadowlands160Elmwood ParkMeadowlands Sports Complex, Paterson Avenue, Midland Avenue Serves Union City. Weekday rush hour trips bypass Meadowlands Sports Complex and Union City.Began service by NJT in 1987 as a variant of 164 Wayne161PatersonWashington Avenue, U.S. 46 Serves Union City. Select weekday rush hour trips terminate at Passaic Bus Terminal.Originally Manhattan Transit Company as 51, 52, and 53, which were the only routes for this companyWayne162ParamusProspect Avenue, Passaic StreetWeekday rush hours onlyBegan service by NJ Transit in 1992 as variant of 163Oradell163RidgewoodBoulevard, Passaic Street, Garden State Plaza, Ridgewood Avenue Serves Union City.
Select weekday rush hour trips serve Veterans Boulevard in Rutherford. Select trips serve IKEA in Paramus. Originally Garden State Bus Lines, a Maplewood Equipment Company subsidiary in 1927 as 35; a variant of the 164Oradell164Midland ParkBoulevard, Essex Street, Morlot Avenue, Saddle River Road, Ridgewood Bus TerminalOriginally Garden State Bus Lines in 1927 as the 35E; a variant of 163 Oradell Wayne165WestwoodBoulevard East, Nungessers, Broad Avenue, Hudson Street, State Street, Kinderkamack RoadTurnpike Express (165T) operates on weekday rush hours and Saturdays only. Route 4 express (165R), Route 4 Express via Forest Avenue (165RF), and Parkway Express (165P) all operate weekday rush hours only.Extended in Westwood in 2023 to Pascack Valley Medical Center. Originally Public Service Coordinated Transport (1939)Westwood166CresskillBoulevard East, Nungessers, Broad Avenue, Dean and Engle Streets, Washington Avenue Turnpike Express (166T) operates mainly during weekday rush hours with limited off-peak and weekend service. I-95 Express (166X) operates weekday rush hours only.Originally Public Service Coordinated Transport (1939)Oradell Meadowlands167Harrington ParkTeaneck Road, Washington Avenue Operates service via either Challenger Road and Queen Anne Road (167Q) or directly via Teaneck Road (167T). Select trips serve New Milford. Sunday service is truncated to Dumont.Originally Public Service Coordinated Transport (1939)Westwood Meadowlands168Paramus ParkBoulevard East, Nungessers, Broad Avenue, Queen Anne Road, Cedar Lane, Bergen Town Center Turnpike Express (168T) operates weekday rush hours only. Sunday service is truncated to Bergen Town Center.Originally Public Service Coordinated Transport (1946)Westwood177Harrington ParkTeaneck Road/Washington AvenueExpress between New York and Teaneck Armory. Weekday rush hours only Select trips terminate in New Milford.Introduced by NJT in 2010 as variant of 167 Formerly 167X Armory ExpressOradell Meadowlands Westwood
To Passaic County and Orange County, New York from PABT
RouteTerminalMajor streetsNotesHistoryGarage190PatersonPaterson Plank Road, Orient Way, Union Avenue, Main Avenue/Main Street190D via Delawanna and Passaic Avenue Rutherford Express (190R) and Paterson Express (190X) operate weekday rush hours only. (U) Serves Union City. 24-hour serviceOriginally Inter City Transportation Company (1933) as 30Meadowlands Wayne191Willowbrook MallAllwood Road, Long Hill Road, Main StreetServes Union City on weekends. Weekend trips bypass Montclair Heights station.Originally Public Service Coordinated Transport (1948)Wayne192CliftonRutherford Avenue, Kingsland Avenue, Allwood RoadServes Union City. Select weekday rush hour trips serve Chubb Road in Lyndhurst.Public Service Coordinated Transport (1948)