Yes, the 6:05am #43 from Gates Avenue and Old Bergen Road and 3:25pm #43 to Gates Avenue and Old Bergen Road start/end at Passaic Street and Clark Street while the 6:15am, 2:20pm and 10:20pm #43 from Exchange Place and the 7:10am and 11:28pm #43 to Exchange Place start/end at Broad Street and Lincoln Park, both in Newark.

On Presidents Day only the 6:05am and 3:25pm trips run, making the #43 scarcer on Newark Avenue than other weekdays/minor holidays.

Doesn't it stop by the prison near Newark airport and Ikea?

I call this the Ghost Bus because although I see there are signs for it along my route, I have never seen this bus. I think it would be a great alternative for those of us who live uptown, especially for the times when the PATH is on the fritz and we need to get to NJ Penn easily.

I've always been curious about this route. It serves the full length of Newark Avenue (including west of the Boulevard) but runs kind of a strange weekday only route:

To Jersey City: 7:10am; 3:25pm and 11:20pm; To Newark: 6:15am; (6:05); 2:20pm and 10:20pm and the 3:25pm and 6:05am run to/from Gates and Old Bergen rather than Exchange Place.

It possibly could be a good weekday route between Tonnele Avenue and Grove Street (helping the #80 between the Boulevard and Grove Street) if NJT were to expand it rush hours, no?

Would anyone know what the purpose of the #43 bus is?