NJ Transit bus garages

New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit) was created by the Public Transportation Act of 1979 to “acquire, operate and contract for transportation service in the public interest.” In 1980, it purchased Transport of New Jersey, at that time the state’s largest private bus company, including its bus maintenance and storage facilities; it has subsequently acquired numerous other previously privately-owned or corporate carriers.

NJ Transit Bus Operations is organised into three operating divisions: Northern, Central, and Southern. Each division has bus depots to house and maintain its bus fleet. As of 2024 NJ Transit had over 2800 buses and eighteen garages across the state. It also has over 500 minibuses and 50 vans used for community transportation. In addition to directly operated routes, NJ Transit also provides buses to carriers providing service on NJ Transit routes under contract, as well as private carriers operating their own routes. Most maintain their own garages.

NJ Transit introduced compressed natural gas (CNG) buses in 1999 and hybrid electric buses in 2007. As of the 2020s, NJ Transit is making the transition to clean diesel and battery electric buses (New Flyer Industries XE40 CHARGE NG first introduced in 2022) as part of its reduced-emission strategy. It intends to eventually build a 100% zero-emission fleet by 2040. In order to accommodate the new fleet some garages will be closed, others retrofitted for distributed generation, and new ones built.