Editing Marlboro Township, New Jersey (section)

===Transportation===
====Stage coach station====
A stage coach station was located at the intersection of County Route 520 and Tennent Road in Robertsville. The stage coach line was a layover location for those traveling between Jersey City and Atlantic City.<ref name="Asbury Park Press 1961, Page 20">"Rural Marlboro Awaits Industry", Asbury Park Press, July 5, 1961, Page 20</ref>

====Railroad====
Started in 1867 (completed in 1877) as the Monmouth County Agricultural Railroad; A train rail ran through Marlboro. There were four stops in Marlboro (Bradevelt, Marlboro, Morganville, and Wickatunk).<ref>Train Schedule, Central Railroad of New Jersey, 1930</ref> The railroad line was largely abandoned by the 1970s. Owned by Jersey Central in the 1990s it was leased to the Monmouth County Park System in a [[rail to trail]] process.

====Roads and highways====
[[File:2021-07-22 12 53 56 View north along U.S. Route 9 from the overpass for Union Hill Road in Marlboro Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|[[U.S. Route 9 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 9]] northbound in Marlboro]]
{{As of|2010|5}}, the township had a total of {{convert|229.71|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|201.56|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|11.05|mi}} by Monmouth County and {{convert|17.10|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Monmouth.pdf Monmouth County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed July 24, 2014.</ref>

The car is the most common mode of transportation in Marlboro. The main public thoroughfares in Marlboro are [[U.S. Route 9 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 9]], [[New Jersey Route 18|Route 18]], [[County Route 520 (New Jersey)|CR 520]] and [[New Jersey Route 79|Route 79]]. Also, [[New Jersey Route 34|Route 34]] goes through the northeastern part of the township. These routes provide access to major highways including the [[Garden State Parkway]] and the [[New Jersey Turnpike]]. Taxi services are also available through a number of local private companies.

====Public transportation====
There are multiple public transportation options available, including bus, rail, air and ferry service.

=====Busing=====
[[NJ Transit]] provides bus service to and from the [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]] on the [[131 (New Jersey bus)|131]], [[135 (New Jersey bus)|135]] and [[139 (New Jersey bus)|139]] routes; on the [[64 (New Jersey bus)|64]] and [[67 (New Jersey bus)|67]] from [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]].<ref>[https://www.visitmonmouth.com/Page.aspx?Id=2906 Bus Routes], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]]. Accessed April 30, 2023.</ref>

=====Rail=====
The [[Aberdeen–Matawan station]] is a heavily used [[NJ Transit]] train station.<ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/station/aberdeen-matawan-station Aberdeen Matawan station], [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref> Commuter rail service is available on the [[North Jersey Coast Line]], providing access to [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|New York Penn Station]] via [[Secaucus Junction]], with a transfer available for trains to [[Newark Liberty International Airport]].<ref>[https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/rail/2023/04/230004/njcl.pdf North Jersey Coast Line schedule], [[NJ Transit]], updated April 23, 2023. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref> However, both options provide significant problems in terms of lack of available parking, which may require waiting periods of more than a year for a permit and private parking options can be expensive.<ref name=Thinking/>

=====Ferry=====
Ferry service is available through the [[SeaStreak]] service in [[Highlands, New Jersey|Highlands]], a trip that involves about a 25-minute drive on secondary roads from Marlboro Township to reach the departing terminal. SeaStreak offers ferry service to [[New York City]] with trips to [[Pier 11/Wall Street|Pier 11]] (on the [[East River]] at [[Wall Street]]) and East [[35th Street (Manhattan)|35th Street]] in Manhattan.<ref>Caldwell, Dave. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/realestate/24livi.html "A Clam Town, Coming Out of Its Shell - Living In Highlands, N.J."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 24, 2008. Accessed August 11, 2014. "Three SeaStreak (seastreak.com) ferries depart on weekday mornings from the Conner's Ferry Landing. The trip to Pier 11 in Manhattan, near Wall Street, takes 40 minutes."</ref> The ferry service also offers seasonal travel, such as to the public beaches on [[Sandy Hook, New Jersey|Sandy Hook]], baseball games at [[Yankee Stadium]] and [[Citi Field]], trips to [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] matinees, [[Martha's Vineyard]] in [[Massachusetts]], college football games at [[United States Military Academy|West Point]], [[Autumn leaf color|fall foliage]] in the [[Hudson Valley]], and to the [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]], among other excursions.<ref>[https://seastreak.com/ Home Page], [[SeaStreak]] Ferries. Accessed March 18, 2022.</ref>

=====Aviation=====
Following the closure of the [[List of airports in New Jersey|Marlboro Airport]], [[Old Bridge Airport]] in [[Old Bridge Township, New Jersey|Old Bridge]] supplies short-distance flights to surrounding areas and is now the closest air transportation services. The closest major airport is [[Newark Liberty International Airport]], which is {{convert|28|mi|km}} (about 39 minutes drive) from the center of Marlboro Township.<ref>[https://www.distance-cities.com/distance-marlboro-nj-to-newark-nj Marlboro NJ to Newark NJ], Distance between cities. Accessed July 28, 2022.</ref>