Options for the Montclair / NYC commute

In a world where trip planners, Google Maps/Waze and or course Uber/Lyft are prevelent, you have many options and many ways to learn about them.

Here is some food for thought about those options. 
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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)

  1. Montclair <-> Port Authority Bus Terminal via NJT bus (Allwood Park & Ride in Clifton)
  2. Montclair <-> Harrison / Jersey City / Hoboken. Take PATH to Manhattan.
  3. Montclair <-> Secaucus Junction and then travel via any other NJT train line
  4. Montclair <-> Newark Broad via NJT bus (e.g. #28)  to Port Authority takes ~36 minutes
  5. Montclair <-> Newark Penn via NJT bus (e.g. #28) to Port Authority takes ~43 minutes
  6. 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
  7. Take NJ Transit Gladstone/Morristown line train from East Orange, Brick Church or Orange.
  8. Take NJ Transit Main line train from Clifton.
  9. Take NY Waterway ferry. You have options for your departure point.
  10. 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.
  11. Boxcar Bus service

From Newark to NYC 

  • From Newark Broad - Take Gladstone/Morristown Line to NY Penn
  • From Newark Penn - PATH or NJT Train

From Newark Penn to home 

  • Bus 28: Watchung Ave, Upper Montclair, Mountain Ave, Montclair Heights.
  • Bus 11, 28, 29 & 72: Bloomfield
  • Bus 11, 28, 29: Glen Ridge and Bay Street
  • Bus 11: Little Falls
  • Bus 191: Montclair State University