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NOTE: NJT always does some degree of cross-honoring.
Info: https://www.njtransit.com/tickets/rail-tickets
Click on Travel Flexibility
They also have a page called Know Your Alternates, Backups, and Contingences
Overall Options (There is clearly a Montclair focus, but this is also applicable to nearby towns)
- NJT Montclair Bus 101 - Makes pickups in Montclair area. Uses Gate 315 at PABT (Weekday rush hour only)
- NJT Clifton/Allwood Park-N-Ride Bus 192 - to PABT (7 days)
- NJT Willowbrook/MSU Bus 191 - to PABT (7 days)
- Boxcar Bus service
- Go to Secaucus and leverage the extended service to NYC (I made this video explaining how it works)
- Montclair <-> Harrison / Jersey City / Hoboken. Take PATH to Manhattan.
- Montclair <-> Newark Broad via NJT bus (e.g. #28) to Port Authority takes ~36 minutes
- Montclair <-> Newark Penn via NJT bus (e.g. #28) to Port Authority takes ~43 minutes
- Montclair/Bloomfield (Branch Brook Park Light Rail) <-> Newark Penn (map)
Note: If you have a monthly ticket you get unlimited travel on Newark Light Rail during the month the pass is valid - Take NJ Transit Gladstone/Morristown line train from East Orange, Brick Church or Orange.
- Take NJ Transit Main line train from Clifton.
- Take NY Waterway ferry. You have options for your departure point.
- North Bergen Park and Ride
The address is Route 3 West & I-495 East, North Bergen, NJ 07047. You can put that into Google Maps for directions.
From there, take bus #320 to Port Authority. That bus runs very frequently, 24x7, but be sure to check the schedule.