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===Public transportation=== The [[Silver Lake station]]<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LightRailStationLookupFrom&selLineCode=7&selStation=38064&x=41&y=19 Silver Lake station], [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed December 1, 2014.</ref> provides service to [[Pennsylvania Station (Newark)|Newark Penn Station]] on the [[Newark Light Rail]].<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/LightRail/sf_lr_nlr_map.pdf Newark Light Rail System Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724005700/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/LightRail/sf_lr_nlr_map.pdf |date=July 24, 2014 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed December 1, 2014.</ref> Until 1966, the [[Newark Branch]] of the [[Erie-Lackawanna Railroad]] provided train service at stations at Belleville and Cleveland Street. The [[New York and Greenwood Lake Railway (1878β1943)|New York and Greenwood Lake Railway]], later the [[Boonton Line]], also served the township.<ref>[http://www.westfieldnj.com/whs/history/Counties/EssexCounty/belleville.htm Belleville History: People and Events], Westfield Historical Society. Accessed August 21, 2013. "Fifty years ago trains were a common sight in Belleville. In 1940 two branches of the Erie Railroad served the town. The Paterson-Newark branch ran north and south, with stops at Essex and Cleveland Streets. Each week 122 trains ran on this line. The Greenwood Lake branch extended east and west between Jersey City and Greenwood Lake. On this line, with its stations at Mill Street and Belwood Park (Hewitt Place), passed 199 trains weekly."</ref> The Newark Branch tracks are now used for freight only, operated by [[Norfolk Southern]].<ref>[https://evogov.s3.amazonaws.com/media/20/media/1297.pdf ''Master Plan for the Township of Nutley, Essex County, NJ''], Township of Nutley, December 19, 2012. Accessed August 26, 2018. "Freight rail service is provided along the former Erie-Lackawanna (Newark Branch) passenger line. The line is currently owned by and operated by the Norfolk Southern Corporation."</ref> [[NJ Transit]] bus service is available to and from [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] on the [[13 (New Jersey bus)|13]], [[27 (New Jersey bus)|27]], [[72 (New Jersey bus)|72]], [[74 (New Jersey bus)|74]], [[90 (New Jersey bus)|90]], [[92 (New Jersey bus)|92]], [[93 (New Jersey bus)|93]] and [[94 (New Jersey bus)|94]] bus lines.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090522212304/http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesEssexCountyTo Essex County Bus/Rail Connections], [[NJ Transit]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of May 22, 2009. Accessed November 8, 2011.</ref><ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/Essex_County_Map.pdf Essex County Bus Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728205318/https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/Essex_County_Map.pdf |date=July 28, 2014 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 2, 2019.</ref>
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