Red Rose Transit Authority
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The Red Rose Transit Authority is a transit agency serving Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
. RRTA is headquartered in downtown Lancaster.
RRTA has routes both within Lancaster city
, and between Lancaster and other areas of the county. RRTA coordinates a Paratransit
service, Red Rose Access, which is run by three private transportation providers. RRTA also operates a small trolley-bus on a loop in downtown Lancaster.
Outside Lancaster city, RRTA buses will stop for passengers who hail them. Inside the city limits, riders must wait at designated stops.
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Lancaster County, known as the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county located in the southeastern part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of 2010 the population was 519,445. Lancaster County forms the Lancaster Metropolitan Statistical Area, the...
. RRTA is headquartered in downtown Lancaster.
RRTA has routes both within Lancaster city
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Lancaster is a city in the south-central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the county seat of Lancaster County and one of the older inland cities in the United States, . With a population of 59,322, it ranks eighth in population among Pennsylvania's cities...
, and between Lancaster and other areas of the county. RRTA coordinates a Paratransit
Paratransit
Paratransit is an alternative mode of flexible passenger transportation that does not follow fixed routes or schedules. Typically mini-buses are used to provide paratransit service, but also share taxis and jitneys are important providers....
service, Red Rose Access, which is run by three private transportation providers. RRTA also operates a small trolley-bus on a loop in downtown Lancaster.
Outside Lancaster city, RRTA buses will stop for passengers who hail them. Inside the city limits, riders must wait at designated stops.
Route list
- 1- Park City/Southeast
- 2- Park City/6th Ward
- 3- Park City/8th Ward
- 4- Elm Avenue/Parkside
- 5- Grandview/Rossmere
- 10- Lititz
- 11- Ephrata
- 12- New Holland
- 13- Whitehorse
- 14- Rockvale Square
- 15- Willow Street
- 16- Millersville
- 17- Columbia
- 18- Elizabethtown/Mount Joy
- 19- Manheim
- 20- Greenfield
- Red Rose Trolley- travels the Historic Downtown Trolley route in Downtown Lancaster.
Park and Ride Locations
- Columbia K-Mart (Route 17)
- Dutch Lanes Bowling Center (Route 11)
- Ephrata K-Mart (Route 11)
- Hawthorne Center (Route 19)
- Kendig Square (Route 15)
- Kissel Hill Plaza (Route 10)
- Lancaster Wal-Mart (Route 14)
- RRTA Operations Center (Route 3)
- Willow Valley Square (Route 15)