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. It is located on Broadway between Memorial Drive and West Broadway in

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, putting it near Passaic County Community College and a few blocks from Paterson City Hall and the Great Falls Historic District, including the

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Facilities and service

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, 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

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), 171 (to

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), 190 (to Port Authority Bus Terminal), 703 (nights and weekends to

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), 746 (to Ridgewoodhttp://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T1746.pdf NJT746/748), 748 (to Willowbrook Mall), and 770 (to Hackensack Bus Terminal). One of the

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campus shuttles also serves the terminal. A ticket office is open daily (6 AM - 8 PM).

Paterson public transportation

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in New York City.

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s, locally known in Spanish as guaguas are also available in the vicinity traveling to

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, North Hudson and

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. 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

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operated trolleys from the terminal, namely the Line 1 ( Edgewater), Line 5 ( Suffern), and

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. The terminal has been renovated during the course of the years, the most recent refurbishment completed in 2010.

Paterson bus routes

References

External links

Unofficial New Jersey bus mapPaterson Jitney Bus information guideNJ Transit route finder

NJT Bus Routes in Passaic CountyNJT Bus Routes in Bergen County

NJT Bus Routes in Hudson County
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