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===Public transportation=== Local transportation around the city and into neighboring communities is provided by multiple [[NJ Transit]] public bus lines, which includes routes [[5 (New Jersey bus)|5]], [[21 (New Jersey bus)|21]], [[24 (New Jersey bus)|24]], [[34 (New Jersey bus)|34]], [[41 (New Jersey bus)|41]], [[44 (New Jersey bus)|44]], [[71 (New Jersey bus)|71]], [[73 (New Jersey bus)|73]], [[79 (New Jersey bus)|79]], [[90 (New Jersey bus)|90]], [[92 (New Jersey bus)|92]], [[94 (New Jersey bus)|94]], and [[97 (New Jersey bus)|97]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesEssexCountyTo |title=Essex County Bus / Rail Connections |access-date=May 22, 2009 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522212304/http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesEssexCountyTo |archive-date=May 22, 2009 }}, [[NJ Transit]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of May 25, 2009. Accessed September 11, 2011.</ref><ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/Essex_County_Map.pdf Essex County System 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> New Jersey Transit operates two [[commuter rail]] train stations in East Orange, both located along the [[Morris & Essex Lines]].<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LineDetailsTo&selLine=MNE Morristown Line] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023060244/http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LineDetailsTo&selLine=MNE |date=October 23, 2013 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed October 9, 2013.</ref> The [[East Orange station]] is located beside the westbound lanes of Interstate 280, directly across its parking lot from East Orange City Hall.<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=37 East Orange station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023115605/http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=37 |date=October 23, 2013 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed October 9, 2013.</ref> Just one mile west up Main Street is [[Brick Church station]], the city's second rail stop and the more heavily used of the two.<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=23 Brick Church station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023100819/http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=23 |date=October 23, 2013 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed October 9, 2013.</ref> Both have seven-day service to [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|New York Penn Station]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]] as well as weekday service to [[Hoboken Terminal]]. The [[Montclair-Boonton Line]] runs through the Ampere neighborhood of the city on the east, after splitting off from the [[Morris & Essex Lines]] just east of the city line in Newark. [[Ampere station]] was a former stop on the line near Ampere Parkway and Springdale Avenue which opened in 1890, but closed in 1991 due to low ridership. Residents can use nearby [[Watsessing Avenue station]] in neighboring [[Bloomfield, New Jersey|Bloomfield]]. Another former stop was [[Grove Street station (NJ Transit)|Grove Street station]], a mile east of Brick Church, which ended service in April 1991, together with the Ampere station.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-news-april-1991-timetable-ch/23420666/ "NJ Transit train times revised"], ''[[Courier News]]'', April 7, 1991. Accessed December 24, 2023, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Passengers traveling from the Ampere Station on the Montclair branch and the Grove Street Station on the Morristown Line are reminded that service to these stations will be discontinued effective today.."</ref> The city is {{convert|7.8|mi}} from [[Newark Liberty International Airport]] in the nearby cities of [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] and [[Elizabeth, New Jersey|Elizabeth]].
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