Upper Montclair is well connected to the rest of
New Jersey and New York City on account of its transportation infrastructure. Public transportation options in Upper Montclair are buses and trains, both provided by
New Jersey Transit, although commuter bus service to Manhattan was also provided until April 2023 by
DeCamp Bus Lines.
Rail New Jersey Transit's
Montclair-Boonton Line runs through the neighborhood of Upper Montclair. In Upper Montclair there are train stations of the overall Montclair total of seven. This is because the stations in Montclair are very close together, sometimes under a mile apart.
New Jersey Transit train stations are
Upper Montclair,
Mountain Avenue, and
Montclair Heights. From 1889 to 1928, Valley Road, a major road, had an electric trolley line.
Bus The area is also on NJ Transit's bus route
28, which goes from
Montclair State University or
Willowbrook Mall along Valley Road through Montclair,
Glen Ridge and
Bloomfield, to Downtown Newark. This bus route goes along Valley road for the great majority of its path in Upper Montclair, in some places on the route of Decamp's Number 66. Also, two
DeCamp Bus Lines routes took commuters to the
Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York until April 2023. Some Number 33 buses went along Grove Street, on the Eastern edge of the neighborhood, while number 66 went along Valley Road, in the West, then the central Park Street.
Road Upper Montclair has road connections to the rest of Montclair,
Cedar Grove,
Little Falls,
Clifton and
Bloomfield. Just north of the neighborhood's border are
U.S. Route 46 and
Route 3. ==Commerce==