PABCO Transit, Inc

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PABCO Transit, Inc.
(Morris County Metro)
NJ Transit/PABCO Transit #2573 at Morristown HQ Plaza on the MCM3.
Parent company	New Jersey Transit Corporation/ Morris County DOT
Headquarters	34 Richboynton Road Dover, New Jersey
Locale	Morris County
Service area	Morris County
Service type	Local bus service, shuttle service
Routes	7
Fleet	13
Operator	PABCO Transit, Inc.
Web site	Official Website

PABCO Transit, Inc., doing business under the Morris County Metro brand, is a public transport company based in Dover, New Jersey operating local bus service in Morris County for New Jersey Transit. The company was originally called Passaic - Athena Bus Lines which operated service in Passaic and Clifton, New Jersey.

[edit] Passaic-Athenia Bus Co.

The Passaic-Athenia Bus Co. operated the following routes prior to NJ Transit's takeover and contracting of the routes. The 702 was co-operated with Garfield & Passaic Transit as their #6 route and Community as its #1 route.^[1]

Current NJT Route Number	Terminal A	Main streets of travel	Terminal B
702	Paterson St. Joseph's Hospital (Main St/Mary St.)	Van Houten Avenue Palisade Avenue or Dayton Avenue Boulevard	Elmwood Park Boulevard/Broadway
705	Passaic Main Avenue Terminal	Clifton Avenue Main Street	Willowbrook Mall

[edit] Morris County Metro

Route	Terminal A	Main streets of travel	Terminal B	History
MCM1	Morristown Hyatt	Allentown Road Longwood Avenue Vail Road Longwood Avenue Vreeland Avenue Route 202	Willowbrook Mall, or Boonton RR station	Route started by Watchung Mountain Transit/Morris County in 1972^[2]
MCM2	Morristown Hyatt or Morristown Station	East Hanover Road Littleton Road Route 10 Penn Avenue	County College of Morris	Route started by Watchung Mountain Transit/Morris County in 1972
MCM3	Morris Plains Morris County Offices, or Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital	Speedwell Avenue Route 124	Livingston Mall	Route spun off from Transport of New Jersey Route 70 in 1976
MCM4 (rush hours only)	Morristown, OR Morris Township Honeywell (to AM, from PM)	Routes 510 and 513, via Chester	Chester Routes 513 and 206, OR Dover, New Jersey Townpath Square (from AM, to PM)	Service started in 1980 by Morris County DOT
MCM5 (Monday/Wednesday only)	Morristown	Routes 510, 513, 182, and 46, via Hackettstown	Rockaway Townsquare	Service started in 1980s by Morris County DOT
MCM7 (Tuesday/Friday only)	Randolph K-Mart Plaza	Mount Hope Avenue Berkshire Valley Road	Lake Swannanoa Berkshire Valley Rd/Dover-Milton Rd.	Service started in 1980s by Morris County DOT
MCM10	Morristown Hyatt	Speedwell Avenue or Ridgedale Avenue Mount Tabor Road Main Street Blackwell Street Mount Pleasant Avenue	Rockaway Townsquare	Route replaced Morris County Traction Company streetcars in 1928. Route was briefly discontinued in February 1970 until Morris County intervention^[3]

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