SHIPPENSBURG (Aug. 8, 2019) — Capital Area Transit (CAT) expands it’s bus service in Shippensburg next week to three lines.
The newly redesigned transit service launches Aug. 12 with new logos on new buses and three bus lines. Red, Blue and White lines serve the general community, student on-campus housing and key locations at Shippensburg University.
“We have redesigned and refreshed CAT’s Raider Regional Transit service to all major locations in the Shippensburg area,” CAT Executive Director Rich Farr said today. “We have new Ship logoed buses and consistent routing schedules for expanded shopping and local stops in town.”
Shippensburg University students, faculty and employees on-campus, and the off-campus community will bee able to ride Raider buses.
Expanded Bus Routes to Operate 6 Days a Week
Raider Transit will operate three service routes in Shippensburg – Red and Blue Lines for weekday morning and afternoon service and the White Line for Saturday service.
Each bus is marked with an overhead sign to indicate which line the bus is operating.
Early morning and afternoon connecting service to downtown Harrisburg and the Amtrak Harrisburg Station is available from Walmart and the Luhrs Center on campus.
The base fare is $1.25. Service is free to Shippensburg students, faculty and staff with proper ID. Passengers 65 and older ride free with a Commonwealth of PA Senior ID card. Those cards are available through the Raider Transit Office on SU’s campus. Call 717-530-8891 for information.
Route Deviation Service is also available in Shippensburg.
Any person traveling within ¾ of a mile of a scheduled route can request the bus to deviate by calling 717-530-8891 between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. the day before the scheduled trip. Bus drivers can with that approval do off-route pick ups and drop offs.
CAT will continue to operate Raider Regional Transit service out of 1875 Old Main Drive in Shippensburg.
The expanded Shippensburg service is part of an overall modernization effort.
The changes kick off CAT’s comprehensive service redesign plan. A system-wide redesign will be completed next year.
Residents can be part of that redesign effort by visiting CAT 20/20 for an interesting survey and more information.
Capital Area Transit was incorporated in 1973. Cumberland County and Dauphin County Commissioners and the City of Harrisburg organized CAT to provide mass transit fixed-route and Paratransit shared-ride services.
Those services today transport about two million riders a year in the 1,000-square-mile Capital region.
Red Line Bus Schedule
White Line Bus Schedule
Blue Line Bus Schedule
