Accessible, Affordable, Available Transportation for People with Disabilities in Pennsylvania
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Accessible, Affordable, Available Transportation for People with Disabilities in Pennsylvania
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GETTING THERE
TRAVEL FINDER for PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES
INTERCITY BUS SERVICE IN PENNSYLVANIA As we all know too well, intercity, over-the-road buses (OTRB), have been notoriously inaccessible for many people with disabilities. After years of delay, ADA regulations for these bus companies were finally issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation in the fall of 1998. Given the requirements of the regulations it will likely still be at least 6-12 years from 1998 until all over-the-road bus companies have to be in full compliance. Beginning October 2001 for large companies and October 2002 for small companies, fixed-route OTRB companies must provide service in an accessible bus to a passenger who requests it with 48 hours' advance notice. Before those dates, OTRB companies must provide boarding assistance onto inaccessible buses, if accessible buses are not available. This interim service must continue until the OTRB companies' fleets are 100 percent accessible. So, where can you travel in Pennsylvania on intercity buses? Here is a list of where major intercity bus services travel now in Pennsylvania. SCHEDULED ROUTE SERVICE OF MAJOR INTERCITY BUS COMPANIES IN PENNSYLVANIA Call your local bus station, the numbers listed below or check the company's website for specific accessibility, fare and schedule information. CAPITOL TRAILWAYS (Capitol
Bus Company) Routes: Scranton-Elmira: two round
trips daily Harrisburg-Reading: four round
trips/day M-F; three round trips Saturday: two round trips Sunday Primary
Communities Served: Harrisburg, Hummelstown, Hershey, Palmyra, Annville,
Lebanon, Myerstown, Sinking Spring, Reading Pottsville - Philadelphia Harrisburg - Elmira Note: Other stops in addition to the ones listed here are made on these routes. Contact the company for detailed information FULLINGTON TRAILWAYS
(Fullington Auto Bus Company, Inc.) Routes: Altoona - Clearfield: one round
trip daily Pittsburgh - Bradford: one
round trip daily State College - Wilkes-Barre:
one round trip daily State College - Pittsburgh:
one round trip daily DuBois - Harrisburg: one round
trip daily DuBois - Erie: one round trip
daily Note: Other stops in addition
to the ones listed here may be made on these routes. GREYHOUND LINES, INC.
Routes: Philadelphia - Scranton: two
round trips daily, plus additional weekend service Pittsburgh - Point Marion:
one round trip daily Pittsburgh -Erie: two round
trips daily Harrisburg - Pittsburgh: two
round trips daily Note: Other stops in addition to the ones listed here are made on these routes. Contact the company for detailed information. LINCOLN COACH LINES, INC.
Routes: Pittsburgh-Grove City: four
round trips daily, (M-F) Pittsburgh-Butler, plus additional one-way trip
(M-F) Butler-Pittsburgh; plus one round trip daily (M-F) Pittsburgh-Grove
City Note: Other stops in addition to the ones listed here may be made on these routes. Contact the company for detailed information. SUSQUEHANNA TRAILWAYS
(Susquehanna Transit Company, Inc.) Routes: Sunbury - Philadelphia: four
round trips daily Williamsport - Easton: four round trips daily, plus additional weekend service Primary Communities Served: Williamsport, Lewisburg, Danville, Bloomsburg, Berwick, Hazleton, Lehigh Note: Other stops in addition to the ones listed here may be made on these routes. Contact the company for detailed information. Additional Intercity Bus Operators Martz Trailways Peter Pan Trailways Short Line (Hudson Transit
Lines) Trans-Bridge Lines, Inc. 88 Transit Lines, Inc. SCHEDULED PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE IN PENNSYLVANIAFor light rail service information
in the Philadelphia area contact: AMTRAK TRAIN ROUTES & STOPS Phone: 1-800-USA-RAIL (1-800-872-7245) Website: www.amtrak.com For Accessibility information: www.amtrak.com/plan/accessibility-trains.html Information is somewhat general but is a starting point. There are three AMTRAK trains that run in Pennsylvania:
Service continues on through communities in New Jersey to New York City Some stations are fully accessible, some partially accessible and some not accessible www.amtrak.com/destinations/northeast.html Click on "Keystone"
CAPITOL LIMITED Train: Runs between Washington, DC and Chicago, IL with service to 2 stations in Pennsylvania as well as stations in Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio, and Indiana
www.amtrak.com/destinations/northeast.html Click on "Click on Capitol Limited"
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