Saturday, August 7, 2021

Triangle Transit Bus History Part 3

 

Rebranding 

In the Spring of 2015, Triangle Transit, DATA, and CAT were rebranded as Go Triangle, Go Durham, and Go Raleigh respectively.

Brief Routes

JCX served a park & ride lot off NC 42. Service started in early 2014

CLX: Clayton Town Center and White Oak Shopping Center in Garner to downtown. Service started in January 2015

CTX: Wellington Park Shopping Center in Cary to N.C. State and downtown. Service started in January 2015. Eliminated in November 2015

300X: Cary Town Hall to N.C. State and downtown Raleigh. Service started in January 2015. Eliminated in August 2015

Robertson Scholar Express was a special bus route operates between the campuses of Duke and UNC. Eliminated in early 2020.

RDU Airport Shuttle. This is a temporary route during the COVID era. Route 100 is temporarily skipping the airport during the day Mondays thru Saturdays. Route 105 is temporarily suspended as well.        

The first three routes were all implemented by the Fortify 40/440 project that widened the Raleigh Beltline's southern portion. The project was completed in late 2017 and these routes were eliminated thereafter.

More Express Services

  • ODX serves Durham, Hillsborough, Efland, and Mebane and connects to Piedmont Authority for Regional Transit at the Mebane Park & Ride Lot.
  • FRX: Hilltop Crossings in Fuquay-Varina and South Hills in Cary to downtown. Service started in January 2015


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