Wheels (New Jersey Transit)

Wheels (New Jersey Transit)
	Wheels' #712 bus by the Plainfield station on Wheels' 986 route.
Parent	New Jersey Transit Corporation
Founded	1980
Locale	New Jersey
Service area	Northern New Jersey, primarily western New Jersey
Service type	Local bus service, shuttle service
Routes	6
Operator	See Table
Website	Official website

Wheels Suburban Transportation Services is a system of routes owned by New Jersey Transit and operated mostly under contract by private companies primarily in Warren and Union counties, as well as Northampton County in Pennsylvania. WHEELS also provided service in Hunterdon, Somerset, Sussex, Morris and Warren counties, which were eliminated in 2010 because of budget reductions.

Routes

Route	Terminals		Major streets traveled	Contractor	Notes	History
329	See List of New Jersey Transit bus routes 300–399 Renumbered from 972.
612	See List of New Jersey Transit bus routes 600–699 Renumbered from 976.
878	See List of New Jersey Transit bus routes 800–880 Renumbered from 966, absorbed the 879 route.
890 891	Pohatcong Pohatcong Plaza	Easton, PA Center Square	Roseberry Street South Main Street (890) Heckman Street (891)	Trans-Bridge Lines	Weekday service only.
986	Summit	Plainfield (rush hours) Berkeley Heights Summit Medical Group	Somerset Street Mountain Avenue Springfield Avenue (reverse peak to/from Summit) Maple Street (peak to/from Summit)	New Jersey Transit	Weekday service only. Provides alternate reverse-peak service for Gladstone Branch customers at Murray Hill and New Providence	Formerly Coach USA Suburban Trails until Oct 31, 2024. Transferred to New Jersey Transit on November 1, 2024.

Former routes

All of these routes except 879, 966 and 976 were discontinued after May 28, 2010 due to budgetary constraints.^[1] Route 976 was renumbered to 612 on June 27, 2010 because it is not a contracted route.^[1] Route 966 was renumbered to 878 and 879 in October 2010, with 879 being discontinued in 2016 merging into the 878 and route 972 was renamed to Harmon Cove Shuttle, then renumbered to 329 in 2008.

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Route	Terminals		Major streets traveled	Contractor	Notes
879	Convent Station	Florham Park FDU Campus	Madison Avenue Danforth Road Florham Road	Saddle River Trails	Weekday service only Merged into 878
884	Somerville	Clinton Route 31 Park/Ride	Bridge Street Routes 22 and 31	Suburban Trails	Weekday service only Split from 114, then discontinued in 2010.
965	Randolph or Dover	Parsippany		First Student	It's unknown when this route discontinued, but most likely around the late 1990s to early 2000s
966	Convent Station	Morris Office Parks	Kahn Road Park Avenue Punch Bowl Road		Rush hour service only. Split into 878 and 879, then combined again retaining the 878 route number.
966	Convent Station	Florham Park FDU Campus	Madison Avenue Danforth Road Florham Road
967	Sparta Ross' Corner	East Hanover 1719 Route 10	Route 15, 46, and 10	First Student	Rush hour peak direction service only. (to East Hanover AM, from East Hanover PM)
970	Totowa Gordon Dr/King St.	Passaic Main Avenue Terminal	Riverview Drive Main Avenue (970) Madison Avenue (971)	Community Coach	Rush hour peak direction service only. (to Totowa AM, from Totowa PM)
971	Totowa Gordon Dr/King St.	Paterson Madison Ave/3 Ave.	Riverview Drive Main Avenue (970) Madison Avenue (971)	Community Coach
972	Secaucus Junction	Harmon Cove Harmon Cove Towers	Meadowlands Parkway Seaview Drive New County Road	Academy Bus Lines	Shuttle service Renumbered to 329
973	Hackettstown Mall		Hackettstown/Mansfield Loop	First Student	Weekday service only The Blue route operates a clockwise loop, the Orange route operates a counterclockwise loop. Both routes operate flex service as defined above along their entire routes.
976	Princeton Junction	Lawrence Township Loop	Clarksville Road	None Hamilton Twp Garage	Rush hour service only.
977	Princeton Junction	West Windsor Loop	Princeton - Highstown Road, Quaker Bridge Road	Lion Tours	Rush hour service only.
978	Raritan Center	Newark Penn Station	New Jersey Turnpike	Red & Tan	Rush hour peak direction service only. (to Raritan Center AM, from Raritan Center PM)
979	Raritan Center	Irvington Bus Terminal	New Jersey Turnpike Garden State Parkway	Red & Tan
980	New Brunswick	Piscataway Municipal Complex	River Road Hoes Avenue	Suburban Trails	Rush hour service only.
981	Port Liberté	Grove Street PATH station	Caven Point Road Pacific Avenue Grand Street	Red & Tan	Main article: 981 Port Liberte-Grove Street Rush hour service only.
989^[2]	Hillsborough Redwood Square Shopping Center	Bedminster AT&T	U.S. Route 206	Suburban Trails	Rush hour service only.

References

^ ^a ^b "From Princeton Junction Rail Station" (PDF). njtransit.com. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
^ "989 Hillsborough/Bedminster Effective: November 30, 1998 Revised: July 2000" (PDF). njtransit.state.nj.us. 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2000. Retrieved October 23, 2023.

External links

New Jersey Transit - Bus

[PJRS-1] "From Princeton Junction Rail Station" (PDF). njtransit.com. Retrieved 2010-07-16.

[2] "989 Hillsborough/Bedminster Effective: November 30, 1998 Revised: July 2000" (PDF). njtransit.state.nj.us. 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2000. Retrieved October 23, 2023.

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