School bus rental · Summit, New Jersey
School bus rental in Summit, NJ
Summit's schools travel more than most: arts trips into Manhattan, college visits, science centers, nature programs and a full athletics calendar across Union County, for a public district and a cluster of independent schools that each run their own program. Schools, PTOs, camps, churches, the hospital and the downtown employers book yellow school buses with our own drivers for field trips, away games, summer routes and group shuttles. From Little Falls the bus is in Summit in about 35 minutes by I-78 and Route 24, and a written quote comes back within one business day.
Based in Little Falls, about 35 minutes from Summit. Our own fleet, our own drivers.
Schools and groups in Summit
Summit Public Schools runs Summit High School, Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School and five elementary schools for a city of 22,000. Kent Place School, Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child and Oratory Preparatory School each run their own field trips, athletics and retreats, the parochial and nursery schools, the recreation department's camps and the city's churches book the same way, and Overlook Medical Center and the Bristol Myers Squibb campus are the city's largest employers. The Reeves-Reed Arboretum and the Watchung Reservation are on the doorstep.
What Summit books
One request form, one dispatch office, one written quote. These are the trips we run for Summit week in, week out.
Arts, museums and city trips
Manhattan museums, Lincoln Center student programs and Broadway matinees are 50 to 70 minutes through the Lincoln or Holland tunnel; Liberty Science Center about 40; the Newark Museum of Art and NJPAC 30; the Morris Museum and the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown 20.
Nature and science trips
The Reeves-Reed Arboretum is in town; the Watchung Reservation and Trailside Nature and Science Center 10 minutes; the Great Swamp and the Raptor Trust 20; Turtle Back Zoo 25; and the Frelinghuysen Arboretum and Fosterfields 25. Half-day trips the elementary grades take every year.
Athletics
Union County Conference games, county and state tournament days, early departures for swim, crew and track, and late returns from night games. The independent schools and the city's leagues book single games, tournament days or whole seasons.
College visits and groups
Campus tours across New Jersey and New York with the bus waiting through the visit, quoted as a block so the schedule can flex, plus church and scout outings, senior trips and employee shuttles to the Summit train station and Overlook.
From our Little Falls yard to Summit
Route 46 east to the Parkway or I-80 to I-287 and Route 24 brings a bus from Little Falls to Summit's Springfield Avenue in about 35 minutes outside the peaks; Morris Avenue, Ashland Road and Kent Place Boulevard reach the schools from there. For trips, Route 24 and I-78 lead east to the tunnels and Manhattan in about an hour, west to Morristown and the Great Swamp, and Route 22 reaches the rest of Union County.
On the day
Summit's schools sit on quiet residential streets with short loops and tight turns, so we match the bus to the building: a 29-passenger bus for the smaller schools, full-size buses where the loop allows. Downtown parking is enforced and the station area is busy at the commuter peaks, so our drivers do not stage on the street before a pickup; they time the arrival to the loading window you give us. For trips that return around dismissal, Route 24 is the variable, and the driver calls the contact if it is slow.
What a school bus costs from Summit
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 Summit 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.
Summit questions
Can one trip pick up from two Summit schools?
Yes. Tell us the buildings and the order, and the quote lists each stop and time. Multiple buses leave together when the group is large, and the lead driver coordinates arrival.
Can a Summit independent school book directly?
Yes. Independent and parochial schools, PTOs, camps, churches and employers book the same way as the district. Schools book on a purchase order; other organizations pay 7 days before the trip date.
What does a Summit field trip bus cost?
$124 an hour with a 4-hour minimum, plus tolls and parking at cost; fuel, driver, insurance and dispatch are included. Mid-day local trips that run between 9:30 AM and 1:30 PM on a school day are $100 an hour with a 3-hour minimum. The written quote is the exact number for your trip.
Tell us where Summit 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: Westfield, Union, Livingston, Morristown, West Orange. 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.