School bus rental · Garfield, New Jersey
School bus rental in Garfield, NJ
Garfield is a dense, two-square-mile city on the Passaic River, directly across from Clifton and Passaic and about 15 minutes from our yard by Route 46 and Route 21. Its public and charter schools, after-school programs, churches, youth leagues and employers book yellow school buses with our own drivers for field trips, away games, late buses, summer routes and group shuttles, and every request gets a written quote within one business day.
Based in Little Falls, about 15 minutes from Garfield. Our own fleet, our own drivers.
Schools and groups in Garfield
Garfield Public Schools runs Garfield High School, Garfield Middle School and a set of neighborhood elementary schools that are among the fullest in Bergen County, which makes dependable buses for trips and programs matter more. Bergen Arts and Science Charter School, whose elementary grades are on MacArthur Avenue, the day cares, Head Start, the Boys and Girls Club and the after-school programs run their own trips and book the same way, and Garfield's churches and senior programs travel through the year.
What Garfield books
One request form, one dispatch office, one written quote. These are the trips we run for Garfield week in, week out.
Field trips
Liberty Science Center is about 25 minutes, the Meadowlands and American Dream 15, the Newark Museum of Art and NJPAC 20, and Manhattan museums and Broadway matinees 40 to 60 minutes through the Lincoln Tunnel. Dahnert's Lake County Park, Saddle River County Park and the Paterson Great Falls are short local trips for the younger grades.
Athletics
North Jersey Interscholastic Conference games across Bergen and Passaic counties for Garfield High School and the charter school, county and state tournament days, and the city's recreation and travel leagues; we run single games, tournament days and whole seasons, with the bus waiting at the field and late returns from night games.
Late buses and program routes
Dedicated late buses for after-school programs, mid-day runs between buildings, and daily summer routes to pools, parks and camps, on your bell schedule.
Community groups
Church trips, senior center outings, youth organizations and employer shuttles. Our drivers carry passenger endorsements and the buses are inspected for passenger service, so the group does not have to be a school.
From our Little Falls yard to Garfield
Route 46 east to Route 21, or Route 46 to Outwater Lane, brings a bus from Little Falls into Garfield in about 15 minutes; Passaic Street, Lanza Avenue and River Drive reach every school from there. The city is close enough that a same-day bus is realistic when one is free. For trips, Route 21 and Route 3 lead to the Meadowlands, the Turnpike and the Lincoln Tunnel, and Route 46 and Route 80 open the rest of the county.
On the day
Garfield's schools front on narrow residential streets with little curb space at bell time, so we agree the loading point with your contact before the trip and, where the block is tight, send a 29-passenger bus or load two groups in sequence rather than two buses at once. Wheelchair-accessible buses with lifts are available for every trip type and aides ride when the school requires one.
What a school bus costs from Garfield
Trips are $124 an hour with a 4-hour minimum, or $100 an hour with a 3-hour minimum for a local trip that runs between 9:30 AM and 1:30 PM on a school day. Fuel, the driver, insurance and dispatch are included; tolls, parking and venue bus fees are passed through at cost and itemized on the quote. Most half-day trips from Garfield fit inside the minimum. Send the date, the group and the two addresses and the written quote, the exact number for your trip, comes back within one business day. For what moves the price up or down, see what a school bus costs in New Jersey.
Garfield questions
Can a Garfield after-school program or church book without the district?
Yes. Programs, the charter school, churches and non-profits book directly. Schools book on a purchase order; other organizations pay 7 days before the trip date.
How quickly can a bus be at a Garfield school?
The city is 15 minutes from our yard, so a next-day trip is routine and a same-day bus is realistic when one is free. Call dispatch and we tell you whether we can do it.
Is there a minimum for a short trip from Garfield?
Trips are $124 an hour with a 4-hour minimum, or $100 an hour with a 3-hour minimum for a local trip that runs between 9:30 AM and 1:30 PM on a school day. Tolls and parking are at cost and the written quote gives the exact number.
Tell us where Garfield needs to be. We'll take it from there.
A quote within one business day, our own bus and driver, and a phone number that answers.
School bus rental nearby: Passaic, Clifton, Lodi, Hackensack, Paterson. Services: field trip buses, athletic team buses, late buses, summer camp transportation, wheelchair-accessible buses, shuttles and weddings and group outings, all part of school bus rental in North Jersey.