School bus rental · Westfield, New Jersey
School bus rental in Westfield, NJ
Westfield is a town of ten public schools, a downtown that fills on weekends and a sports calendar that runs all year, about 40 minutes from our yard by the Parkway and Route 22. Westfield Public Schools, the PTOs behind them, the parochial schools, youth sports clubs, camps, churches and the downtown employers book yellow school buses with our own drivers for field trips, away games, summer routes and group outings, and a written quote comes back within one business day.
Based in Little Falls, about 40 minutes from Westfield. Our own fleet, our own drivers.
Schools and groups in Westfield
Westfield Public Schools runs Westfield High School, two intermediate schools and six elementary schools for a town of 30,000, with PTOs that book cultural arts trips, grade outings and end-of-year trips on top of the school calendar. Holy Trinity Interparochial School and the town's nursery and private programs travel too, the recreation department runs camps all summer, and Westfield's churches, scout troops and youth sports clubs book outings and tournament trips through the year.
What Westfield books
One request form, one dispatch office, one written quote. These are the trips we run for Westfield week in, week out.
Field trips
The Watchung Reservation and Trailside Nature and Science Center are 10 minutes; Liberty Science Center about 40; the Newark Museum of Art and NJPAC 30; Turtle Back Zoo 25; the Morris Museum 30; and Manhattan museums and matinees 55 to 75 minutes through the Holland or Lincoln tunnel. Tamaques Park, Mindowaskin Park and Echo Lake Park are the local half-days for the younger grades.
Athletics
Union County Conference games, county and state tournament days, the early departures a swim program with more state titles than any in New Jersey needs for its meets, and late returns from night games at Kehler Stadium and away. Single games, tournament days or the whole season on one schedule.
Camps and summer routes
Daily routes for the recreation department's and private camps, trips to county pools and parks, and the end-of-summer outings, with the same driver all summer where the schedule allows.
Groups
Church and scout trips, senior center outings, youth sports clubs heading to tournaments across the state, and employer shuttles to the Westfield train station. Our drivers carry passenger endorsements, so the group does not have to be a school.
From our Little Falls yard to Westfield
Route 46 east to the Garden State Parkway south, then exit 137 and North Avenue, brings a bus from Little Falls into Westfield in about 40 minutes outside the peaks; East Broad Street, Rahway Avenue and Lamberts Mill Road reach the schools on both sides of the tracks from there. For trips, Route 22 and I-78 lead east to the tunnels and Manhattan in about an hour, west to the Watchung Reservation and Morris County, and the Parkway south opens the shore.
On the day
Westfield's elementary schools sit on residential streets with short loops, so we match the bus to the building and give the driver the loading point your contact sets; the high school and intermediate schools take full-size buses on their loops. Downtown and the station area are busy at the commuter peaks and on weekends, so our drivers do not stage on the street before a pickup. Route 22 is the variable on afternoon returns, and the driver calls the contact if it is slow.
What a school bus costs from Westfield
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 Westfield 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.
Westfield questions
Can a Westfield PTO or youth club book a bus directly?
Yes. PTOs, leagues, camps, churches and employers book the same way as the district. Schools and districts can book on a purchase order; other organizations pay 7 days before the trip date.
How far ahead should a Westfield school book a spring trip?
Two weeks is comfortable most of the year; for May and June a month ahead keeps the choice of buses open. Same-day and next-day requests are welcome by phone, and we fill them when a bus is free.
What does a Westfield 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 Westfield 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: Summit, Union, Elizabeth, Livingston. 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.