Taxis are also prevalent (but relatively expensive), and the size of the town is such that walking is not out of the question.ĭriving is also possible but parking is difficult to find in the downtown area and expensive. Rutgers University has buses that travel all around the campus, and you don't have to be a student to utilize them. Route 1, NJ Route 18, Livingston Ave, and Route 27 by way of Highland Park, across the Raritan River.īuses (and bicycles) are the most effective means of traversing throughout New Brunswick. New Brunswick can be accessed by Interstate 287 Exit 10 (Easton Ave, New Brunswick), Exit 9 off of NJ Turnpike/I-95, U.S. Megabus stops in downtown New Brunswick and comes from New York.(Yes, Harold and Kumar fans, there is a White Castle in this town.) It is further down the bus route from New York City than the train station is, but only a couple of minutes further.
The main Suburban Transit bus depot is also in New Brunswick, and is next to the New Brunswick White Castle restaurant. Suburban Transit stops in front of the train station, and comes from both Princeton and New York.However, the major New Jersey Transit bus hub is centered upon the New Brunswick train station (at its northern end) and along George Street (which is essentially the centerpiece of New Brunswick's downtown area). New Jersey Transit buses have several stops in New Brunswick, one of which happens to be on Route 27.New Brunswick boasts two stations, one at the center of the city on Albany Street (Route 27) and one near the North Brunswick border along Jersey Avenue (Route 91). If the trains strike the occasional fool who mistakenly walks onto the tracks, trains can be delayed by several minutes. If you come in late at night, you might wind up having to walk through a few cars and disembark at the low platform. Local service is available to other New Jersey Transit stations such as Newark Penn Station, Newark Airport, and Trenton (as such, New Brunswick is also an easy trip from Philadelphia via transfer from SEPTA). Service between New Brunswick station and New York City's Penn Station can be between 30 and 70 minutes, depending on the time of day and whether the train is running on the local or express route (both run at different times throughout the day). New Jersey Transit - Northeast Corridor line.It offers an express train that is slightly faster however, the cost of a ticket (>$27) is greater than the cost of an NJ Transit train ($14.00) For those traveling from Baltimore and other points south, the Amtrak is a good option, and some travelers from as close as Philadelphia may also choose Amtrak in order to have a one-train trip and avoid having to change from the Philadelphia-area SEPTA trains to NJ Transit in Trenton. New Brunswick is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey.