School bus rental · Hoboken, New Jersey
School bus rental in Hoboken, NJ
Hoboken packs a public school district, three charter schools, several independent schools, a university and a waterfront full of parks into one square mile of one-way streets, and every one of them travels. From our Jersey City base a bus reaches Hoboken in minutes; from Little Falls it is about 35 minutes by Route 3 and Route 495. Schools, charters, Stevens Institute of Technology, PTOs, camps, churches and the city's employers book yellow school buses with our own drivers for field trips, away games, summer routes and shuttles, and a written quote comes back within one business day.
Based in Little Falls, about 35 minutes from Hoboken. Our own fleet, our own drivers.
Schools and groups in Hoboken
Hoboken Public Schools runs Hoboken High School, Hoboken Middle School and its elementary and early-childhood schools. Hoboken Charter School, Elysian Charter School and the Hoboken Dual Language Charter School each run their own trips and routes, and the Hudson School, Stevens Cooperative, All Saints Episcopal Day School, Mustard Seed School and the parochial schools book the same way. Stevens Institute of Technology, on Castle Point above the river, runs athletics, programs and camps that use buses, and the city's recreation department, churches and waterfront employers travel through the year.
What Hoboken books
One request form, one dispatch office, one written quote. These are the trips we run for Hoboken week in, week out.
Field trips
Liberty Science Center and Liberty State Park are 15 to 20 minutes; midtown museums and Broadway matinees 25 to 45 minutes through the Lincoln Tunnel; the 9/11 Memorial and downtown 25 to 40 through the Holland Tunnel; the Newark Museum of Art and NJPAC 25; and Turtle Back Zoo 35. Pier A, the waterfront walkway and the Hoboken Historical Museum are walking trips, and the bus is for everything beyond them.
Athletics
Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic League games across the county, county and state tournament days, early departures for swim, crew and track, and late returns from night games. Stevens teams and the charters' programs book the same way.
Charter and independent school routes
Daily AM and PM routes for charter and independent schools whose students come from across the county, late buses and activity runs, and mid-day runs between buildings. One bus can be split between two campuses on a staggered schedule.
Groups and employers
Church and youth group trips, senior outings, Stevens program shuttles, and employee or event shuttles between the waterfront offices, Hoboken Terminal and the parking garages on the west side.
From our Little Falls yard to Hoboken
From our Jersey City base, Observer Highway or Paterson Plank Road brings a bus into Hoboken in minutes; from Little Falls it is Route 3 to Route 495 and the Hoboken ramps, about 35 minutes outside the peaks. Willow Avenue, Clinton Street and Washington Street run the length of the city, and the driver follows the streets and stopping zones the city allows for buses. For trips, the Lincoln Tunnel is at the top of the hill for midtown Manhattan, the Holland Tunnel minutes south for downtown, and Route 3 leads to the Meadowlands and the rest of the state.
On the day
Hoboken's streets are narrow and parked to the corners, the city limits where buses may stop and stage, and most schools load from the curb, so the driver is given the exact loading point and the contact's cell and arrives in the loading window rather than early. For the smaller schools a 29-passenger bus turns where a full-size bus cannot. Tunnel approaches build from 2:00, so afternoon returns are timed with dismissal in mind, and the driver calls the contact if the tunnel is slow.
What a school bus costs from Hoboken
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 Hoboken 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.
Hoboken questions
Do you run daily routes for Hoboken charter schools?
Yes. Daily AM and PM routes, late buses and mid-day runs for charter and independent schools, quoted per day or per season with the stops and times on the quote.
Can a full-size school bus get around Hoboken?
Yes, on the streets and stopping zones the city allows for buses, and our drivers follow them. Where a block is too tight, a 29-passenger bus does the job; tell us the school and the head count and we recommend the bus.
Who can book: only schools?
Anyone with a group. District, charter, independent and parochial schools, Stevens, churches and employers all book the same way. Schools book on a purchase order; other organizations pay 7 days before the trip date.
Tell us where Hoboken 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: Jersey City, Union City, Kearny, Bayonne, Newark. 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.