New No. 6 Bus Starts Today in Journal Square

June 29, 2009, at 11:15 pm | Leave a comment

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Today, the new No. 6 Bus route begins operating and it will connect more Jersey City residents with the Journal Square area. Also called the “Lafayette Loop,” No. 6 bus will connect the Lafayette neighborhood and a section of Garfield Avenue with the Journal Square area, closing what NJ Transit believes is a gap in service.

According to NJ Transit website, No. 6 bus departs from Platform C-1 of Journal Square.

Check out the bus schedule HERE (PDF File from NJ Transit site)

Read the rest for the advisory and bus routes …

Service Advisory

Bus Route No. 6 – New Weekday Schedule Effective Monday, June 29, 2009

Issued: June 19, 2009

Effective Monday, June 29, additional weekday service will operate on the No. 6 route, including more service to Hudson County Plaza, the Lafayette neighborhood, the Metropolitan Health Clinic on Garfield Avenue and the Garfield Avenue and Liberty State Park Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Stations.

Trip times on the current Ocean Avenue schedule will be adjusted. Please see a timetable for details.

Between Journal Square, Hudson County Plaza, and The Junction (Communipaw Avenue/Summit Avenue/Grand Street) service will operate four times per hour during peak periods and twice an hour during off-peak periods. During the midday, service will operate twice an hour.

The new service to the Lafayette neighborhood and a section of Garfield Avenue will operate twice an hour during peak periods and hourly during the midday. The route will operate in a loop within the Lafayette neighborhood. Please see the map below.

For more information, visit www.njtransit.com or call NJ TRANSIT Customer Service at (973) 275-5555.