Placer County Transit
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Placer County Transit is the operator of mass transportation in the suburbanized western portion of Placer County, California
, excluding the city of Roseville
. Six route are provided, five of which use transit buses and one that uses commuter coaches as it connects Auburn
with downtown Sacramento
during four peak hour trips. Another route also is designed to connect suburbanites with the Sacramento transit grid, as it travels six days per week from Auburn to the Watt/I-80 light rail station. Three six day per week local routes connect Auburn and North Auburn, Rocklin and Auburn, and Rocklin and Lincoln. The final service offered by PCT is a twice per weekeday connection between Auburn and rural Placer County.
Besides fixed route service, Placer County Transit also operates Dial-a-ride service in local communities.
Placer County, California
Placer County is a county located in both the Sacramento Valley and Sierra Nevada regions of the U.S. state of California, in what is known as the Gold Country. It stretches from the suburbs of Sacramento to Lake Tahoe and the Nevada border. Because of the expansion of the Greater Sacramento,...
, excluding the city of Roseville
Roseville, California
-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Roseville had a population of 118,788. The population density was 3,279.4 people per square mile...
. Six route are provided, five of which use transit buses and one that uses commuter coaches as it connects Auburn
Auburn, California
Auburn is the county seat of Placer County, California. Its population at the 2010 census was 13,330. Auburn is known for its California Gold Rush history.Auburn is part of the Greater Sacramento area.- History :...
with downtown Sacramento
Sacramento
Sacramento is the capital of the state of California, in the United States of America.Sacramento may also refer to:- United States :*Sacramento County, California*Sacramento, Kentucky*Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta...
during four peak hour trips. Another route also is designed to connect suburbanites with the Sacramento transit grid, as it travels six days per week from Auburn to the Watt/I-80 light rail station. Three six day per week local routes connect Auburn and North Auburn, Rocklin and Auburn, and Rocklin and Lincoln. The final service offered by PCT is a twice per weekeday connection between Auburn and rural Placer County.
Besides fixed route service, Placer County Transit also operates Dial-a-ride service in local communities.
Route list
- Placer Commuter Express
- Auburn StationAuburn (Amtrak station)The Auburn Station is an Amtrak station on the Capitol Corridor, at the corner of Nevada Street and Fulweiler Street in Auburn, California. The station is not staffed...
to Watt Light Rail - LincolnLincoln, CaliforniaLincoln is a city in Placer County, California, United States located in the metropolitan area of Sacramento. The population was 42,819 at the 2010 census, with a growth rate of 282.1 percent since 2000 , making it the fastest growing city in the U.S...
/RocklinRocklin, CaliforniaRocklin is a city in Placer County, California located in the metropolitan area of Sacramento. It shares borders with Roseville, Loomis, and Lincoln...
/Sierra CollegeSierra CollegeSierra College, a California community college, has its main campus located in Rocklin, California. Rocklin is located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, approximately twenty minutes from the state capital of Sacramento and east of San Francisco. The campus lies within the watershed... - Hwy 49California State Route 49State Route 49 is a north–south state highway in the U.S. state of California that passes through many historic mining communities of the 1849 California gold rush. Highway 49 is numbered after the "49ers", the waves of immigrants who swept into the area looking for gold, and a portion of it...
/North Auburn - AltaAlta, CaliforniaAlta is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place in Placer County, California, United States, about northeast of Auburn. The village is located off Interstate 80 and along the historical First Transcontinental Railroad. The ZIP code is 95701 and the area code 530...
/ColfaxColfax, CaliforniaColfax is a city in Placer County, California, at the crossroads of Interstate 80 and State Route 174. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,963 at the 2010 census... - Taylor Road Shuttle Bus