In 1980, the publicly owned New Jersey Transit (NJT) acquired the privately owned Transport of New Jersey (TNJ). And in 1982, NJT adopted a route numbering system to replace an old numbering system which had been adopted in 1925. Under the old system, streetcar routes had odd numbers and bus routes had even numbers. And numbers were duplicated among the several TNJ operating divisions. The new system would eliminate duplicated numbers. The streetcars were eventually replaced with buses, with "All Service Vehicles" (combination trolleybuses and motorbuses) operating briefly on some routes. Some routes were eventually discontinued, with route numbers in parentheses. This page lists New Jersey Transit routes which can trace their histories back to the privately owned transit companies. Not listed are routes newly formed by New Jersey Transit.
The transit systems in Atlantic City and Trenton were never part of the Public Service system, having been absorbed by New Jersey Transit in 1985 and 1984, respectively.
ATLANTIC CITY AREA LOCAL ROUTES Route Route Bus Former Company Buses Streetcars Number Name Type & Route Numbers Introduced Discontinued 501 Brigantine Beach T ACTC A1 1929 502 Atlantic Cape CC T ACTC A2 504 Bungelow Park-Ventnor T ACTC A4 505 Margate-Longport T ACTC A5 1927 1955 505 Venice Park T ACTC A5 1927 1927 507 Atl. City-Ocean City T ACTC A7 1925 1948 508 Hamilton Mall T ACTC A8 1925 1925 509 Somers Pt.-Ocean City T ACTC A9 ATLANTIC COUNTY SUBURBAN ROUTES Route Route Bus Former Company Buses Streetcars Number Name Type & Route Numbers Introduced Discontinued 551 Phila.-Ocean City M TNJ 101 SM 1930 552 Cape May-Atl. City M TNJ 102 acq. 1934 553 Upper Deerfield M TNJ 103 554 Lindenwold-Atl. City M TNJ 104 559 Lakewood-Atl. City M TNJ 109 TRENTON AREA LOCAL ROUTES Route Route Bus Former Company Buses Streetcars Number Name Type & Route Numbers Introduced Discontinued 600 Trenton-Plainsboro T MM E 601 Prospect-Coll. Of NJ T MM G 1971 601 S. Clinton-Hamilton T MM R G 1934 1934 602 Pennington T MM H H 1924 1931 to 624 6/20/2015 603 S. Broad-Hamilton T MM L K 1934 1934 604 N. Clinton-E. Trenton T MM L L 1934 1934 to 624 6/20/2015 605 Montgomery-Quaker Br. T MM M 606 Princeton T MM P P 1931 1931 606 Hamilton Square T MM A P 1923 607 Parkway Av.-Ewing T MM Q Q 1935 607 Centre-Indep. Plaza T MM Q Q 1934 1934 608 W. State-West Trenton T MM R S 1934 1934 608 E. State-Hamilton T MM S S 1934 1934 609 Stuyvesant-Ewing T MM T T 1934 1934 609 Hamilton-Mercer CC T MM T T 1934 1934 613 Brunswick-Mercer Mall T MM S K 1934 1934Route 501 had earlier been operated by the Brigantine Coach Co.
Route 551, formerly PSCT route 101, was one of several routes serving Philadelphia which had been acquired in 1930 by Schultz Management Co., a subsidiary of PSCT formed in 1929.
Routes in Trenton had been identified with letters, and many routes consisted of two portions, connected through downtown. And the pairings of route segments changed over the years. The first letter listed was in effect in 1934, when most of the conversions from streetcars to buses occurred.
Independent Bus Companies
Prior to the formation of New Jersey Transit, most bus routes were part of Public Service Coordinated Transport (PSCT) or Transport of New Jersey (TNJ). While some bus routes were newly created by New Jersey Transit (NJT). The following abbreviations are used for bus companies which remained independent from PSCT and TNJ, and were later acquired by NJT.
ACTC - Atlantic City Transportation Co.
MM - Mercer Metro