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Wheels (New Jersey Transit)

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{{Infobox Bus transit

| name = Wheels (New Jersey Transit)

| logo = NJT Wheels logo.svg

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| image = NJ Transit Goshen GCII 712.jpg

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| image_caption = Wheels' #712 bus by the Plainfield station on Wheels' 986 route.

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| parent = New Jersey Transit Corporation

| founded = 1980

| headquarters =

| locale = New Jersey

| service_area = Northern New Jersey, primarily western New Jersey

| service_type = Local bus service, shuttle service

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| routes = 6

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| operator = See Table

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| website = [http://www.njtransit.com Official website]

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{{Main|New Jersey Transit Bus Operations}}

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

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!Major streets traveled

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!History

329

|colspan=6 align=center|{{Hatnote|See List of New Jersey Transit bus routes 300–399}} Renumbered from 972.

612

|colspan=6 align=center|{{Hatnote|See List of New Jersey Transit bus routes 600–699}} Renumbered from 976.

878

|colspan=6 align=center|{{Hatnote|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)

|align=center|Trans-Bridge Lines

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  • Weekday service only.

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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)

|align=center| New Jersey Transit

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=Former routes=

All of these routes except 879, 966 and 976 were discontinued after May 28, 2010 due to budgetary constraints.{{cite web|url=http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0612.pdf|title=From Princeton Junction Rail Station|website=njtransit.com|access-date=2010-07-16}} Route 976 was renumbered to 612 on June 27, 2010 because it is not a contracted route. 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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879

|Convent Station

|Florham Park
FDU Campus

|Madison Avenue
Danforth Road
Florham Road

|Saddle River Trails

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  • Weekday service only
  • Merged into 878
884

|Somerville

|Clinton
Route 31 Park/Ride

|Bridge Street
Routes 22 and 31

|Suburban Transit

|

  • Weekday service only
  • Split from 114, then discontinued in 2010.
965

| Randolph or Dover

| Parsippany

|

| rowspan=4| First Student

|

  • Discontinued around 1999 to 2000.
rowspan=2|966

|rowspan=2|Convent Station

|Morris Office Parks

|Kahn Road
Park Avenue
Punch Bowl Road

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  • Rush hour service only.
  • Split into 878 and 879, then combined again retaining the 878 route number.
Florham Park
FDU Campus

|Madison Avenue
Danforth Road
Florham Road

967

|Sparta
Ross' Corner

|East Hanover
1719 Route 10

|Route 15, 46, and 10

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  • Rush hour peak direction service only. (to East Hanover AM, from East Hanover PM)
970

|rowspan=2|Totowa
Gordon Dr/King St.

|Passaic
Passaic Bus Terminal

|rowspan=2|Riverview Drive
Main Avenue (970)
Madison Avenue (971)

|rowspan=2|Community Coach

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  • Rush hour peak direction service only. (to Totowa AM, from Totowa PM)
971

|Paterson
Madison Ave/3 Ave.

972

|Secaucus Junction

|Harmon Cove
Harmon Cove Towers

|Meadowlands Parkway
Seaview Drive
New County Road

|Academy Bus Lines

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  • Shuttle service
  • Renumbered to 329
973

|colspan=2 align=center|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

|rowspan=2|Princeton Junction

|Lawrence Township Loop

|Clarksville Road

|None
Hamilton Twp Garage

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  • Rush hour service only.
  • 977 discontinued in the early 2000s.
977

|West Windsor Loop

|Princeton - Highstown Road, Quaker Bridge Road

|Lion Tours

978

|rowspan=2|Raritan Center

|Newark Penn Station

|New Jersey Turnpike

|rowspan=2|Red & Tan

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  • Rush hour peak direction service only. (to Raritan Center AM, from Raritan Center PM)
979

|Irvington Bus Terminal

|New Jersey Turnpike
Garden State Parkway

980

|New Brunswick

|Piscataway
Municipal Complex

|River Road
Hoes Avenue

|Suburban Transit

|

  • Rush hour service only.
981

|Port Liberté

|Grove Street PATH station

|Caven Point Road
Pacific Avenue
Grand Street

|Red & Tan

|

{{Main|981 Port Liberté–Grove Street}}

  • Rush hour service only.
989{{Cite web |date=2000 |title=989 Hillsborough/Bedminster Effective: November 30, 1998 Revised: July 2000 |url=http://www.njtransit.state.nj.us/docs/Pdffiles/T0989.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000829095431/http://www.njtransit.state.nj.us/docs/Pdffiles/T0989.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2000 |access-date=October 23, 2023 |website=njtransit.state.nj.us}}

|Hillsborough

Redwood Square Shopping Center

|Bedminster

AT&T

|U.S. Route 206

|Suburban Transit

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  • Rush hour service only.

References

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External links

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