School bus rental · Union City, New Jersey
School bus rental in Union City, NJ
Union City is the most densely populated city in New Jersey, a mile and a half of apartment blocks and schools on the Palisades above the Lincoln Tunnel, with a public school system that runs from early childhood to a high school with a stadium on its roof. The district, the Jose Marti STEM Academy, the parochial schools, after-school programs, churches and the Bergenline Avenue businesses book yellow school buses with our own drivers for field trips, away games, late buses, summer routes and shuttles. From our Jersey City base the bus is minutes away; from Little Falls about 30 minutes by Route 3. A written quote comes back within one business day.
Based in Little Falls, about 30 minutes from Union City. Our own fleet, our own drivers.
Schools and groups in Union City
Union City Public Schools runs Union City High School, the Jose Marti STEM Academy and a set of neighborhood elementary and middle schools that are among the fullest in the state, with early-childhood programs in every ward. St. Francis Academy, St. Augustine School, the city's Islamic academies, day cares, Head Start sites and after-school programs run their own trips and book the same way, and Union City's churches, senior programs and recreation leagues travel through the year.
What Union City books
One request form, one dispatch office, one written quote. These are the trips we run for Union City week in, week out.
Field trips
Midtown museums, the Intrepid and Broadway matinees are 20 to 40 minutes through the Lincoln Tunnel; Liberty Science Center and Liberty State Park 20; the Meadowlands and American Dream 15; the Newark Museum of Art and NJPAC 25; and Turtle Back Zoo 35. Washington Park and the county parks along the Palisades are short local trips for the younger grades.
Athletics
Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic League games across the county, county and state tournament days, early departures for swim and track meets, and late returns from night games. Single games or a whole season.
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 and parish trips, senior center outings, youth organizations, and employee shuttles for the businesses along Bergenline Avenue and the waterfront. Our drivers carry passenger endorsements and the buses are inspected for passenger service.
From our Little Falls yard to Union City
Route 46 east to Route 3, then Route 495 to the Union City exits, brings a bus from Little Falls up the hill in about 30 minutes outside the peaks; from our Jersey City base it is Kennedy Boulevard or Paterson Plank Road in minutes. Bergenline Avenue, Summit Avenue and Palisade Avenue reach every school from there. For trips, the Lincoln Tunnel is at the bottom of the hill for midtown Manhattan, Route 3 leads to the Meadowlands, and the Turnpike reaches Liberty State Park and the rest of the state.
On the day
Union City's streets are narrow, steep in places and double-parked at bell time, and the schools load from the curb, so the driver is given the exact loading point and the contact's cell before the trip and arrives in the loading window. We recommend a departure 20 to 30 minutes after the first bell so students load from inside the building in groups. 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 Union City
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 Union City 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.
Union City questions
Can a Union City program book a bus without going through the district?
Yes. Parochial schools, after-school and summer programs, churches and non-profits book directly. Schools book on a purchase order; other organizations pay 7 days before the trip date.
How long is a Union City trip into Manhattan?
Twenty to forty minutes to midtown through the Lincoln Tunnel outside the peaks. Tolls and parking are itemized at cost on the quote, and the driver either stays with the bus or returns for the pickup, whichever the quote is written for.
Do you have wheelchair-accessible buses for Union City trips?
Yes, lift-equipped buses with trained drivers, and an aide when the school requires one, so every student rides on the same trip.
Tell us where Union City 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: Hoboken, Jersey City, Kearny, Nutley, Passaic. 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.