There are 13 ways to get from Montclair to Riverside by plane, bus, train, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), car, or train (Amtrak)
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Fly John F. Kennedy International Airport to Ontario International Airport
best- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Ontario International Airport (ONT)plane JFK - ONT
10h 27m$224–943Fly Newark Liberty International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane EWR - LAX
- Take the train from L.A. Union Station to Riverside - Downtowntrain
11h 18m$116–423Bus, train
- Take the bus from Newark Penn Station to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Riversidetrain
2d 16h$663–1,507Bus
- Take the bus from Newark Penn Station to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Indio Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Indio Bus Station to Riversidebus
2d 16h$491–943Drive 2,703.1 mi
- Drive from Montclair to Riversidecar 2,703.1 mi
44h 44m$494–713Fly John F. Kennedy International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, train
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane JFK - LAX
- Take the train from L.A. Union Station to Riverside - Downtowntrain
11h 53m$143–528Fly Newark Liberty International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County, train
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA)plane EWR - SNA
- Take the train from Fullerton to Riverside - Downtowntrain
12h 53m$207–591Fly John F. Kennedy International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County, train
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA)plane JFK - SNA
- Take the train from Fullerton to Riverside - Downtowntrain
13h$219–906Fly Newark Liberty International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Palm Springs International Airport (PSP)plane EWR - PSP
- Take the bus from Palm Springs Airport Amtrak Bus Stop to Fullerton Amtrak Stationbus
- Take the train from Fullerton to Riverside - Downtowntrain
13h 11m$243–987Fly Newark Liberty International Airport to San Diego International Airport, train
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane EWR - SAN
- Take the train from San Diego Old Town Transportation Center to Santa Anatrain
- Take the train from Santa Ana to Riverside - Downtowntrain
13h 26m$266–1,083Fly Newark Liberty International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport, bus
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)plane EWR - LAS
- Take the bus from Las Vegas Strip to San Bernardinobus
14h 5m$148–474Train via Ossining (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Croton-Harmon Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Riversidetrain
2d 16h$811–1,881Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Newark Penn Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Riversidetrain
3d$853–2,007
Montclair to Riverside by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Montclair to Riverside is to fly and train which costs $110 - $430 and takes 11h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Montclair to Riverside is to fly which takes 10h 27m and costs $220 - $950.
No, there is no direct bus from Montclair to Riverside. However, there are services departing from Park St At Essex Way# and arriving at Magnolia + Beatty via Newark Penn Station, St Louis Bus Station, Indio Bus Station and UCR at Bannockburn Village. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 16h.
No, there is no direct train from Montclair to Riverside. However, there are services departing from Watchung Avenue and arriving at Riverside via Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station, Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station and Chicago Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 16h.
The distance between Montclair and Riverside is 2495 miles. The road distance is 2718.9 miles.
The best way to get from Montclair to Riverside without a car is to bus and train which takes 2 days 16h and costs $650 - $1,600.
It takes approximately 10h 27m to get from Montclair to Riverside, including transfers.
Montclair to Riverside bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Newark Penn Station.
Montclair to Riverside train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station.
The best way to get from Montclair to Riverside is to fly which takes 10h 27m and costs $220 - $950. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $490 - $950 and takes 2 days 16h, you could also train via Ossining, which costs $800 - $1,900 and takes 2 days 16h.
What companies run services between Montclair, NJ, USA and Riverside, Riverside County, CA, USA?
JetBlue Airways, American Airlines, and Delta fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Ontario International Airport (ONT) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Park St At Essex Way# to Magnolia + Beatty via Newark Penn Station, St Louis Bus Station, Indio Bus Station, Riverside, and UCR at Bannockburn Village in around 2d 16h.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–470
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–470
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 21m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Ontario International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–470
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–380
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $110–400
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Appleton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Chicago Union Station to Riverside
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $550–1,300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Fullerton to Riverside - Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–21
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from San Diego Old Town Transportation Center to Santa Ana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–19
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $250–550
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Newark Penn Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $300–700
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- (800) 371-LINK (5465)
- Website
- metrolinktrains.com
Train from L.A. Union Station to Riverside - Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
Train from Fullerton to Riverside - Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
Train from Santa Ana to Riverside - Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Newark Penn Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–200
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Indio Bus Station to Riverside
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–16
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Las Vegas Strip to San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–50
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Newark Penn Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–320
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Indio Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $310–600
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Palm Springs Airport Amtrak Bus Stop to Fullerton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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More Questions & Answers
Montclair to Riverside bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at St Louis Bus Station.
Riverside is 3h behind Montclair. It is currently 3:59 PM in Montclair and 12:59 PM in Riverside.
Montclair to Riverside train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Montclair to Riverside is 2719 miles. It takes approximately 44h 44m to drive from Montclair to Riverside.
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