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6. Transit in Pennsylvania

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Southeastern PA Transit Providers:

 

Introduction

While Philadelphia and Pittsburgh get most of the attention, most of Pennsylvania is served by public transit in one form or another.  Southeastern Pennsylvania is home to numerous transit agencies serving residents and travelers from all over, including CAT in the Harrisburg region, Rabbit Transit in York County, Red Rose in Lancaster County, COLT in Lebanon County, BARTA around the Reading area, SEPTA in the Metro-Philadelphia, and more.  While these local public transit providers provide riders connections throughout each area, connections between the providers are still limited.  The following section provides a brief overview of the transit agencies which serve fixed route bus service in Pennsylvania and connections from Harrisburg to the other transit agencies serving southeastern Pennsylvania.

 

Pennsylvania Fixed Route Bus/Train Public Transportation Providers

All Counties in Pennsylvania provide Paratransit services to those who are unable to access transportation on there own such as those with disabilities, the elderly, and those with no access to automobiles.  Many counties and regions also provide fixed-route public transportation services via bus, rail, and other means.  The following map shows all the counties in Pennsylvania which provide some form of fixed-route public transit.

 

Map 6.1 Statewide Fixed-Route and Train Public Transportation Providers

Map Created by Tri-County Regional Planning Commission

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Pennsylvania is home to numerous transit agencies serving residents and travelers from all over.  While these local public transit providers provide riders connections throughout each area, connections between the providers are still limited. 

 

Table 6.1 Pennsylvania Fixed-Route Public Transit Providers

TA Acronym

Name

Website

Phone #

Counties

Served

Comments

AMTRAN

Altoona Metro Transit

http://www.amtran.org/

814-944-4074

Adams

 Serving Altoona Area
ATA Area Transportation Authority of North Central Pennsylvania http://www.atatrans.com/ 800-282-4968 Cameron, Clearfield, Elk, Jefferson, McKean, Potter Including Emporium, St. Marys, Clearfield, Du Bois, Johnsonburg, Ridgeway, Punxsutawney, Reynoldsville, Bradford, Warren, Kane, Coudersport, Clarion
DuFast DuFast Transit http://www.dufast.com/ 814-371-3940 Clearfield Serving DuBois, Falls Creek, and Sandy Township

BARTA

Berks Area Reading Transportation Authority

http://www.bartabus.com/

610-921-0601

Berks

Serving Reading area

BCTMA

Bucks County Transportation Management Association

http://www.bctma.com/

866-862-7433

Bucks

Provides Local transport from SEPTA lines
CamTran Cambria County Transit Authority http://www.camtranbus.com/ 877-535-2BUS Cambria Serving Johnstown area

CAT

Capital Area Transit

http://www.cattransit.com/

717-238-8304

Cumberland, Dauphin

Member of the Commuter Services Program

CATA

Centre Area Transportation Authority

http://www.catabus.com/

814-238 -CATA

Centre

 Serving State College area
CATA

Crawford

 Crawford Area Transportation Authority http://www.catabus.org/ 800-782-2282 Crawford Main cities served: Meadville and Titusville

COLT

County of Lebanon Transit Authority

http://www.coltbus.org/

717-274-9469

Lebanon

Member of the Commuter Services Program
COLTS County of Lackawanna Transit System http://www.coltsbus.com/ 570-346-2061 Lackawanna Serving Scranton area

EMTA

 Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority http://www.emtaerie.com/  814-452-3515 Erie Serving the Metro-Erie area
EMTA Endless Mountains Transportation Authority http://www.emtatransit.com/ 800-242-3484 Bradford, Sullivan, Tioga Serving Towanda, Mansfield, and Athens
IndiGo Indiana County Transit http://www.indigobus.com/ 800-442-6928 Indiana Serving Indiana University and surrounding areas

KC

Krapf's Coaches

http://www.krapfbus.com/

Pages/public.htm

800-548-9317

Chester

Provides Local transport from SEPTA lines

LANTA

Lehigh & Northampton Transportation Authority

http://www.lantabus.com/

610-776-RIDE

Lehigh, Northampton, Carbon

 Serving Allentown, Bethlehem, Eaton areas
LCTA Luzerne County Transportation Authority http://www.geocities.com/

pennbus1/luzerne/

570-287-8463 Luzerne serving Wilkes-Barre and Luzerne County
MCTA Monroe County Transportation Authority http://www.gomcta.com/  570-839-6282 Monroe Serving Stroudsburg, Mt Pocono, Central Monroe County
MMVTA Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority http://www.mmvta.com/ 724-489-0880 Armstrong, Westmoreland, Washington, Serving: Allenport, Belle Vernon, California, Carroll Twp., Charleroi, Coal Center, Donora, Dunlevy, Elco, Fallowfield Twp., Fayette City, Monessen, Monongahela, New Eagle, North Belle Vernon, North Charleroi, Roscoe, Rostraver Twp., Speers, Stockdale, and Washington Twp
NTC New Castle Area Transit Authority http://www.newcastletransit.org/ 724-654-3130 Lawrence Serving the New Castle Area

PAAC

Port Authority Of Allegheny County

http://www.portauthority.org/

412-442-2000

Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Washington, Westmoreland

2nd Largest Transportation Authority in PA

Rabbit Transit

York County Transportation Authority

http://www.rabbittransit.org/

717- 846-5562

York

Member of the Commuter Services Program

RRT

Raider Regional Transit

http://www.ship.edu/RRT/

717- 530-8891

Cumberland, Franklin

 Serving Shippensburg and Shippensburg University

RRTA

Red Rose Transit Authority

http://www.redrosetransit.com/

717-397-4246

Lancaster

Serving Lancaster County
RVT River Valley Transit (Williamsport City Bus) http://www.citybus.org/ 800-248-9287 Lycoming Serving Williamsport area

TMACC

Transportation Management Association of Chester County

http://tmacc.org/

877-612-1359

Chester

Provides local transport from SEPTA lines

SEPTA

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

http://www.septa.org/

215-580-7800

Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia

5th Largest Transit Authority in US

STS

Schuylkill Transportation System

http://www.go-sts.com/

800-832-3322

Schuylkill

 Serving communities of Schuylkill County
TAWC Transit Authority of Warren County

http://www.geocities.com/

pennbus1/tawc/

814-723-1874 Warren Serving City of Warren and neighboring townships

 

Southeastern Pennsylvania Fixed-Route Public Transit Providers Links

 

[AmTran Altoona Metro] [BARTA Reading Metro] [BCTMA Bucks Cty] [CATA State College Metro] [COLT Lebanon Cty] [TMACC Chester Cty] [LANTA Lehigh Valley] [PAAC Pittsburg Metro] [Rabbit Transit York Cty] [RRT Shippensburg Metro] [RRTA Lancaster Cty] [SEPTA Philly Metro] [STS Schuylkill Cty]

 

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Southeastern PA Transit Providers: [State Transit Map] [AmTran] [BARTA] [BCTMA] [CATA] [COLT] [LANTA] [PAAC][RabbitTransit] [RRT] [RRTA] [SEPTA] [STS] [TMACC]
 
Last Updated: 11/05/2007