Effective Monday, March 31, 2025, RRTA will make schedule modifications on certain routes to address customer and operator feedback since the November 11, 2024 Route & Schedule Changes started.
Three bus routes will make route and schedule modifications:
Route 6/Hawthorne Centre – Walmart
Route 17/Columbia
Route 18/Elizabethtown
Queen Street Station Bus Stop Change:
The Route 12/New Holland bus stop at Queen Street Station will move Chestnut Street in front of the Lancaster County Government Center.
The following are the details of the current modifications that will go into effect on March 31, 2025:
RRTA Route & Schedule Modifications Rider Alert – English
RRTA Route & Schedule Modifications Rider Alert – Spanish
Route 6/Hawthorne Centre – Walmart
The Route 6/Hawthorne Centre – Walmart bus route will now serve a portion of Manheim Pike currently not being served.
After the bus travels to Hawthorne Center, it will make a left on Fruitville Pike to left on Granite Run Drive, then turn left onto Manheim Pike. The bus route will travel along Manheim Pike past Plaza Blvd. to left on Steel Way. The bus will continue & serve Red Rose Commons and the Shoppes at Belmont traveling inbound to Lancaster City. A map of the modified schedule will be available on the RRTA website.
Route 12/New Holland
Bus Stop Change @ Queen Street Station
The RRTA Route 12/New Holland bus stop currently located at Queen Street Station will move to Chestnut Street in front of the Lancaster County Government Center. As of March 31, 2025, this will be the permanent Downtown bus stop for the Route 12/New Holland.
Route 17/Columbia:
The Route 17/Columbia bus route will have route modifications to help with on-time performance.
The following trips WILL NOT travel into the Hempfield Industrial Park on the OUTBOUND direction of the bus route on WEEKDAYS.
Trips leaving Queen Street Station:
12:00 PM 4:00 PM
1:00 PM 4:30 PM
2:00 PM 5:00 PM
3:00 PM 5:30 PM
3:30 PM
The following trips WILL NOT travel into the Hempfield Industrial Park on the INBOUND direction of the bus route.
Trips leaving 3rd Street & Linden Street:
6:05 AM 9:05 AM
6:35 AM 9:45 AM
7:05 AM 10:45 AM
7:35 AM 11:45 AM
Route 18/Elizabethtown:
The Route 18/Elizabethtown bus route will have route modifications to help with on-time performance. The following trips will no longer travel to the Conewago Industrial Park – Nordstrom Facility on WEEKDAYS. CORRECTION: Route 18/Elizabethtown will travel into E-town Borough on all trips. The route will travel to the Amtrak Train Station and turn around to travel inbound on the trips that it does not serve the Industrial Park.
The following trips leaving Queen Street Station WILL NOT serve the Conewago Industrial Park on weekdays:
6:00 AM
8:00 AM
12:00 PM
3:30 PM
5:30 PM
The following trips leaving Queen Street Station WILL serve the Conewago Industrial Park on weekdays:
5:00 AM
7:00 AM
10:00 AM
2:00 PM
4:30 PM
The following trips leaving Queen Street Station WILL serve the Conewago Industrial Park – Nordstrom Facility on Saturdays:
6:30 AM
1:30 PM
Since the November 2024 Route & Schedule Changes, customer comments have been collected from emails, the RRTA GoMobile app, social media & Feedback Friday events. This has led to schedule modifications on certain routes that need to happen now.
Beyond these modifications, RRTA will continue to review route performance on all routes. The annual Route & Schedule process will begin soon with a goal of possible changes effective Fall 2025.
New Schedules effective Monday, November 11, 2024.
APPROVED RRTA ROUTE AND SCHEDULES (in their final pdf version)
Route 1/Northeast-Southeast
Route 3/Sterling Place – Kensington Court
Route 5/Golden Triangle – Weekdays and Route 5/Golden Triangle – Weekends
Route 6/Hawthorne Centre – Walmart
Route 8/Park City – Penn State Health
Route 10/Lititz
Route 11/Ephrata
Route 12/New Holland
Route 13/White Horse
Route 14/Rockvale Outlets – Weekdays and Route 14/Rockvale Outlets – Sundays
Route 15/Willow Street
Route 16/Millersville – Weekdays and Route 16/Millersville-Weekends
Route 17/Columbia – Weekdays and Route 17/Columbia – Weekends
Route 18/Elizabethtown
Route 19/Manheim
Route 20/Greenfield
Route 21/Gap
NEW Ride Guide (Effective 11/11/2024)
New RRTA Bus Stop List (Revised 11-7-2024)
Some Bus Routes have changed their location at Queen Street Station. Please review the bus stop locations in the diagram below:
A Rider Alert brochure has been created to give a general overview of the approved changes.
Approved Route & Schedule Changes Rider Alert
Spanish Approved Rider Alert
Due to the upcoming election and not wanting to cause confusion for those trying to vote, the decision was made to change the effective date for the new RRTA Route & Schedule Changes.
The SCTA Board approved the RRTA Route & Schedule changes at the July Board meeting that was held Wednesday, July 17, 2024. The approved changes took into consideration the overwhelming amount of comments that were received during the two public comment periods.
