NJ Transit bus fleet

As of 2024, the active fleet of NJ Transit Bus Operations consisted of approximately 2800 buses which it housed and maintained at NJ Transit bus garages.^[1] NJ Transit and companies leasing buses from the state agency use various models of buses between 25 and 60 feet in length to provide local and commuter service within the state of New Jersey and adjacent parts of New York and Pennsylvania. NJ Transit introduced compressed natural gas (CNG) buses in 1999.^[2] and hybrid electric buses in 2007.^[3] As of the 2020s, NJ Transit began introducing battery electric buses to make the transition to build a zero-emission fleet.^[4] The rosters below list current and past buses purchased or otherwise acquired by NJ Transit for heavy duty fixed-route service.

Active fleet

All buses here are fully ADA compliant. Unless noted, buses are 102 in (2.6 m) wide. Unless noted otherwise, all units for an order operate under NJ Transit.

Year	Make & Model	Length	Picture	Engine	Transmission	Numbers (Total)	Notes
2007–2009	NABI 40-SFW 416.15 Suburban	38.5 feet (11.7 m)		5201-5229, 5231-5346: Caterpillar C9 5230, 5347-5450: Cummins ISL	5201: ZF Ecomat 4 6HP594C 5202-5345: ZF Ecomat 4 6HP604C 5346-5450: ZF Ecomat 4 6HP594C	5201-5450 (250 buses, retiring)	5201 was donated to Virtua Health.[5]
2009–2013	NABI 40-SFW 416.15			5501-5645: Cummins ISL 5646-6549: Cummins ISL9	5501-5630: ZF Ecomat 4 6HP594C 5631-6549: ZF Ecolife 6AP1400B	5501-6549 (1049 buses)	Operated under: New Jersey Transit Coach USA (Suburban, Olympia Trails) Broadway Bus Academy Bus Lines Salem County Transit 5612,[6] 5700,[7][8] 5757, 5784,[6] 5998,[9] 6010,[10] 6030,[10] 6072,[11] 6101,[12] 6348,[13] and 6354 have been retired due to damage from various incidents. 6413 & 6379 have a Transport of New Jersey heritage scheme.
2011	MCI D4500CT	45 feet (14 m)		Cummins ISM	Allison B500R	8951-8952 (2 buses)	Operated under Academy Bus Lines.
	NABI 31-LFW[14]	31 feet (9.4 m)		Cummins ISL9	Allison B400R Gen V	1601–1639[14] (39 buses)
2014–2015	MCI D4500CT CNG[15]	45 feet (14 m)		Cummins Westport ISL G	Allison B500R Gen V	7215-7361[15][16] (147 buses)	7271 was retired due to an accident in 2020.[17]
2015–2016	MCI D4500CTH			Cummins ISL9	Allison H 50 EP Parallel Hybrid System[18]	4008-4044 (36 buses)
2016	MCI D4500CT			Cummins ISL9	Allison B500 Gen V	16001-16003[19] (3 buses)	Operated under: New Jersey Transit Coach USA (Community Coach, Suburban Transit, Short Line) Academy Bus Lines Lakeland Bus Lines Trans-Bridge Lines 18097-18119 and 19031-19067 are equipped with lavatories.[19] 18014,[20] 18016,[21] 18037, and 19121 are out of service due to damage from various incidents. 16003, 19137,[22] 20089, 20094, and 20103 have been retired due to damage from various incidents. 16002 is a training bus at NJ Transit's Central Maintenance Facility. 21253 was repainted into a Transport of New Jersey scheme.
2017				Cummins ISX12 17185: Cummins X12		17001-17240[23] (240 buses)
2018				Cummins ISX12		18001-18129[24] (129 buses)
2019				Cummins ISX12 19104, 19119-19127: Cummins X12		19001-19182[25] (182 buses)
2020				Cummins X12		20001-20183[26] (183 buses)
2021						21001-21367[27] (367 buses)
2022						22001–22118 (118 buses)
2020	New Flyer Industries XD60 Xcelsior articulated	60 feet (18 m)		Cummins L9		20801-20910[28] (110 buses)
2022	New Flyer Industries XE40 Xcelsior CHARGE	40 feet (12 m)		Siemens HV 1DB2016	Siemens ELFA3	22901-22908 (8 buses)[29]	Option for 75 additional buses under a 5-year contract.[30]
2023	Ford E-450 Coach and Equipment Phoenix	20 feet (6.1 m)[31]		Ford V8		23901-23904 (4 buses)[32][33]	Ford E-450 chassis, Coach and Equipment Pheonix body. Operated by Delaware River Coach Lines, and used on the 890 and 891 routes.
2024	New Flyer Industries XD60 Xcelsior articulated	60 feet (18 m)		Cummins L9	BAE HDS 300 hybrid system	24001-24060 (under delivery) (60 buses)[34]
2025	New Flyer Industries XD40 Xcelsior	40 feet (12 m)		Cummins L9		25201-25458 (under delivery) (258 buses)	RFP for 550 clean diesel buses due on January 11, 2023, having been delayed from October 22, 2022.[35] To replace older NABI 40-SFW 416.15 buses.[36] Option up to 750 additional buses for a grand total of 1300 total buses. 258 buses to be delivered in 2025. 25201 was delivered in December 2024.

Future fleet

Year	Make & Model	Length	Powertrain (Engine / Transmission)	Numbers	Notes
2026-	New Flyer Industries XD40 Xcelsior	40 feet (12 m)	Cummins X10	TBD (292-1042 buses)	The remaining buses from the RFP for 550 clean diesel buses, with an option up to 750 additional buses for a grand total of 1300 total buses.
2020s	TBD		Electric	TBD (8 buses)	Eight electric buses out of Hilton Garage.
		60 feet (18 m)		TBD (4 buses)	Four electric articulated buses out of Hilton Garage.
			TBD	TBD (200-750 buses)	200 articulated buses with an option order of 550 buses for up to 750 articulated buses.
		35 feet (11 m)		TBD	To replace NABI 31-LFW buses.[36]

Demo buses

Year	Builder	Model	Length (ft)	Width (in)	Seating		Engine	Numbers	Notes
1981	Volvo	B10M Articulated	60	102	Transit	✗	Volvo	9000	Demo articulated bus.
1981		B10M	40					9001	Demo Volvo 40-foot bus
1981	M A N	SG310-18-2L	60				MAN D2566 MLUM	9100	Demo MAN articulated bus.
1986	Neoplan	AN460-A Transliner		96	Suburban	✓	Detroit Diesel series 6V92TA	PA9100	Demo Transliner.
1988	Flxible	Metro-B 40096-6T	40		Transit			8050	Demo bus for the 1989 Metro-B order.
1989	OBI Orion	05.501		102				Unknown	Demo Orion V. Became Transit Windsor (ON) 499 and retired in 2014.
1993	Flxible	Metro-D 40102-6C8					Cummins C8.3	8083	Demo bus for the 1994 Metro-D order.
1995	Nova Bus	RTS T80206					Detroit Diesel Series 50	2600	Demo bus for the 1995 RTS-06 order.
1996	MCI	102-D3			Suburban		Cummins M11E	8011	Demo 102-D3 for the 2001–2003 MCI D4000/D4500 order. Owned by Penske, sold to a charter company (later destroyed by a fire).
1996							Detroit Diesel series 60	8060	Demo 102-D3 for the 2001–2003 MCI D4000/D4500 order. Owned by Penske.
2003	NABI	416.14					Detroit Diesel Series 50EGR	5722	Demo 416.14 for the 2008–2009 NABI 416.15 order. Owned by Dallas DART. Returned shortly before 416.15s 5201 and 5202 were delivered.

Retired production buses

Acquired before 1980

This list includes Transport of New Jersey, NJDOT-owned, and NJ Transit buses.

• 1960-1973 GMC "New Look" – majority inherited from Transport of New Jersey and the Maplewood Equipment Company.
• Late 1960s MCI MC-7 – majority were ex-Greyhound
• 1970s GMC PD-4106 and PD-4107 ("Buffalo")
• 1973 Highway Products, Inc. TC-31 – assigned to Passaic-Athenia Bus Lines, maybe others
• 1975-1978 MCI MC-8 – purchased surplus from various sources
• 1976 Flxible 35096-8-1 (30 feet) most were assigned to private carriers.
• 1976 Flxible 45102-8-1 (35 feet) – most assigned to private carriers. Some units were built with single doors.
• 1976 Flxible 53096-8-1 (40 feet/96 inches) – most assigned to private carriers. Some units were built with single doors and suburban-style seating.
• 1976 Flxible 53102-8-1 (40 feet/102 inches) – most assigned to private carriers. Some units were built with single doors and suburban-style seating.
• 1979 Flxible 870 – purchased secondhand as replacements for destroyed ex-NYCT 870s.
• Various GM Buffalo style buses – late 1970s model years, purchased secondhand
• Various Flxible "New Look" buses – various model years, purchased secondhand.

Acquired after 1980

Buses with a "PA" prefix were purchased using Port Authority of New York and New Jersey funds.

Year	Builder	Model	Picture	Length (ft)	Width (in)	Seating		Engine/Transmission	Numbers (preserved numbers)	Retired
1980 (acquired 1985–1986 from NYCTA & MABSTOA)	Grumman-Flxible	870-B 53102-6-1		40	102	Transit and Suburban	Some	Detroit Diesel series 6V71N Allison V730	1500–1619, 2000-2518[a] (1596)	1999–2004
1981		870-A 40102-6-1				Transit		Detroit Diesel series 6V92TA Allison V730	1000-1270[b] (1128, 1154)	1993–1997
1982–1984	MCI	MC-9A			96	Suburban		Detroit Diesel series 6V92TA Allison HT740	6100-6799[c] (6106)	2001–2003
1983	Flxible	Metro-A 40102-6T			102	Transit		Detroit Diesel series 6V92TA Allison V730	1300-1464[d]	1994–1998
1985	Volvo	B10M articulated		60			(except 9256)	Volvo THD100 ZF Ecomat 4HP590	9100-9149[e]	2003–2004
					96	Suburban			9200-9259[f]
1987	MCI	MC-9B		40				Detroit Diesel series 6V92TA Allison HTB748	5000-5414[g] (5036)	2006–2007
		96A3							5450	2004
1989	Eagle Bus	AE20							5500-5618 (5531)	2002
1988–1989	Flxible	Metro-B 40096-6T					Some	Detroit Diesel series 6V92TA DDEC Allison V731	3000-3280 (3057)	2003–2010
		Metro-B 40102-6T			102	Transit (1700s) Suburban (3000s)	1700s only		1700–1721, 3500-3605	2006–2010
1991–1992		Metro-C 40102-6C CNG				Transit		Cummins L10G ZF Ecomat 5HP590	1722-1726[h]	2004
1994 (3700 was a 1993 unit)		Metro-D 40102-6C8				Transit (1000s) Suburban (3700s)		Cummins C8.3 ZF Ecomat 5HP590	3700-3791 (3778)	2009–2011
									1750–1965 1976 (1976)
		Metro-D 40102-4D						Detroit Diesel Series 50 DDEC ZF Ecomat 5HP590	1966–1975
1995–1996	Nova Bus	RTS-06 T80-206				Transit		Cummins C8.3 ZF Ecomat 5HP590	2601–2775 (2625)	2011–2012
1997–2000 (leased 2006)	MCI	102-DL3		45		Suburban		Detroit Diesel Series 60 Allison B500R Gen III	7101-7120	2008
1998	Orion	06.501 Low-Floor Hybrid		40		Transit		Detroit Diesel Series 30 Lockheed Martin HybriDrive	4000-4003 (4000, by MTA)	Never ran, became NYCTA 6350-6353
1998	Nova Bus	RTS-06 T80-2N						Cummins ISC ZF Ecomat 5HP590	1001, 1026	2012–2013
1998–2000	MCI	102-DWA3 (CNG)				Suburban		Detroit Diesel Series 60G DDEC Allison B500R Gen III	7001-7077	2014–2015
1999–2000	Nova Bus	RTS RT60-2N		30		Transit		Cummins ISC ZF Ecomat 5HP590	2501–2580 (2501, 2527)	2013–2017
		RTS RT80-2N		40					1000 1002–1025 1027–1254 1262–1576 (1513)
2000								Cummins ISC ZF Ecomat 5HP592C	1577–1582
2000	Motor Coach Industries	102-DW3SS				Suburban		Detroit Diesel Series 60 DDEC (with Jacobs engine brake) Allison B500	7501-7503 (7502)	2020
2001 (acquired 2006 from Academy Bus)	Nova Bus	RTS 82VN						Cummins ISC ZF Ecomat 5HP592C	1583–1589	2013–2017
2001–2003	Motor Coach Industries	D4000						Detroit Diesel Series 60 DDEC (with Jacobs engine brake) Allison B500	7401-7418 7484-7493 7504-7683 7686-7801 7810-8112 8269-8291 8401-8435 8451-8523 8554-8559 8563-8626 8632-8686 8703-8746 8755-8759 8775-8787 8836-8889 8916-8920 8971-8990	2017–2023
		D4500		45					7419-7483 8200-8268 8292-8322 8436-8450 8524-8553 8560-8562 8627-8631 8760-8774 8788-8835 8890-8915 8921-8950 8961-8968 (8316)	2017–2021
2002	Nova Bus	RTS 82VN hybrid		40		Transit		Cummins ISB ISE ThunderVolt TB-40 hybrid system	4001-4003	2011
2002–2003	Motor Coach Industries	D4000H hybrid				Suburban		Cummins ISL Allison EP-50 HybriDrive	4004-4007	2018
2003–2004	Neoplan	AN459		59		Transit (9500s) Suburban (9600s)		Caterpillar C9 ZF Ecomat-2 5HP602C	9501-9549 9601-9636	2020–2021
2004	Motor Coach Industries	D4000N		40	96	Suburban		Detroit Diesel Series 60 DDEC Allison B500	8961-8964[i]	2016
2006–2007	MTS	RTS Legend			102	Transit (4100s) Suburban (4201)		Caterpillar C9 ZF Ecomat 6HP592C	4101-4132 4201	2007[j] Sold to Somerset County, Texas A&M University, & Foxwoods Casino
2006	MCI	D4500CL		Suburban		45 feet (14 m)		Caterpillar C13 ACERT & Allison B500R	9001-9053	2024
2008	Motor Coach Industries	D4500CL				45		Caterpillar C13 Allison B500	7121-7187 (7135)	2018–2024
		D4500CT							7101-7118	2024 Sold to MTA
2012–2013	DesignLine	EcoCoach CNG						Cummins Westport ISL G ZF EcoLife 6AP1700B	7201-7214	2015 (stored out of service)[k]

Notes

1. 1500–1593 & 1612–1619 purchased with Port Authority of New York and New Jersey funds and had "PA" prefixes
2. 1000–1210 purchased with Port Authority of New York and New Jersey funds and had "PA" prefixes
3. 6100-6501 & 6562-6799 purchased with Port Authority of New York and New Jersey funds and had "PA" prefixes
4. 1300–1388, 1409, 1410, 1448, & 1449 purchased with Port Authority of New York and New Jersey funds and had "PA" prefixes
5. Purchased with Port Authority of New York and New Jersey funds and had "PA" prefixes
6. Purchased with Port Authority of New York and New Jersey funds and had "PA" prefixes
7. 5000-5133, 5172-5191, & 5194-5414 purchased with Port Authority of New York and New Jersey funds and had "PA" prefixes
8. later 0001-0005, then NGV1-NGV5
9. later 7802-7805
10. 4102-4132 never ran
11. 7203 never ran and was instead used as an engineering test bus

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