NJ TRANSIT 814 | Operator: Suburban Transit
Serving North Brunswick, New Brunswick, Highland Park and Edison
Frequency: Hourly between Middlesex College and New Brunswick and between Chamberlain University and the North Brunswick Walmart. Half-hourly between the North Brunswick Walmart and New Brunswick Train Station.
Monday to Friday: 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturday: 7:01 a.m. to 7:01 p.m.
Sunday: 9:01 a.m. to 5:01 p.m.
On weekends, buses only go between New Brunswick Train Station and the North Brunswick Walmart.
I’m the workhorse of New Brunswick, and the core of my service is Livingston Ave, the busiest stretch for New Brunswick’s bus travelers, where I run half-hourly. I run hourly service out to Brunswick Shopping Center, Chamberlain, MCC and the Heller Industrial Park, so check the schedule to make sure I won’t stop short of your destination. I run a solid, relatively frequent service on weekdays. On the weekends, I retract my ends and aggressively thin my schedule. Sorry about that.
Also, unlike the 811 (the other through-routed bus), I drop passengers off at the drop-off stop and then loop around to the departure stop before continuing onward towards Edison/Highland Park. So, whether you’re going North or South, meet me at the departure stop on Somerset and George Street next to the elevator to the Trenton-bound platform at New Brunswick Station. My number is 973-275-5555.
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BAD INFO ALERT Checked 8/2/2022
There’s an error in the GTFS (digital schedule used by Google and Transit) that shows southbound 814s stopping at the drop-off stop (George and Albany) after leaving the departure stop (Somerset and George). This is physically impossible, since the arrival stop is on the other side of the street. To simplify, the only bus passengers should be waiting for at the drop-off stop is the northbound 811.
This is a designated stop route, meaning that technically, you’re supposed to be at an official stop to board. Most, but not all, official stops are marked with a sign. Use Google Maps or Transit to identify stop locations. Live tracking is provided to third party apps (like Transit) but is often unreliable. Real time bus locations can be viewed in MyBus on the official NJ Transit app, but the system is often missing buses. If in doubt, look at Transit.
HEADS UP! If you’re boarding a northbound 811 or 814 at Brunswick Shopping Center, you should know some drivers like to enter from Milltown Rd instead of doing the counter-clockwise loop. Your bus may arrive across from the awning.
Tickets can be purchased by credit card in the NJ Transit App and are held in “My Tickets” until you activate them. Activate just before stepping on the bus and show the driver or scan it on the reader. Digital tickets, which are labeled with different route numbers, can actually be used interchangeably between routes, as long as you are traveling the same number of zones. You can also pay fares in exact change.
NJ Transit has deployed open payment on the New Brunswick routes, allowing contactless payment on the card readers used to scan tickets. Tap your card on the reader, let the driver know where you’re going, and once you see the “Have a nice trip/Buen viaje!” screen, you’re good to go. Click here for more details.
Transfers: Transfers can only be paid for in exact change. When you get on your first bus, ask for a transfer and pay the $0.85. You will receive a transfer ticket stamped to expire in 2 hours. Use this to board the second bus. If you’re only traveling 1 zone on the second bus, then have a seat. You’re good to go. If you’re traveling more, then you’ll have to pay an “override” on all the zones after that first one, and sadly, it can only be paid in cash. (It’s also exact change only, unless it’s a long-distance “full service” route.) You can calculate it using the fare table below. But if you’re short on coins, you can just buy separate tickets, since the transfer only saves you $0.95.
810: North Jersey System (only these can be bought as tickets on the NJ Transit app or from the driver)
1 Zone Intrastate: $1.80
Ask for the transfer from the bus driver if transferring: $0.85
Second Bus (if transferring):
First Zone: Paid for with transfer ticket
Any subsequent zones are paid in override fares. Calculate overrides by subtracting $1.80 from what the whole leg would have cost if paid for with a ticket. Read more on the NJ Transit Fare Guide.
Use Navigation Apps Carefully.
Stop locations displayed on all apps are mostly accurate. However, detours are rarely programed in, and notifications about service changes often don’t appear in third party apps. Use NJ Transit’s alert page instead or go to the NJ Transit North Jersey Bus X (formerly Twitter) page.
The data quality of NJ Transit’s bus live tracking has continued to deteriorate to the point that the MyBus system is unreliable. Therefore, I highly recommend using the Transit App to track your bus.
NJ Transit charges Coach USA/Suburban Transit $150 for skipping a bus and $300 if they fail to report it. Click this link to tell NJT if their contractor left you stranded. Use MyBus to make sure your bus was really skipped and be very specific.