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Lynx shakes up bus routes

By
Bob Hazen
@ November 17, 2009 10:23 AM
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If you ride the bus in Central Florida, you might need to make some changes to your travel plans soon.

Lynx has made a number of service adjustments designed to "maximize system-wide efficiencies." They take effect December 6th.

NEW SERVICE

  • Link 306 - Poinciana/Walt Disney World (WDW) (Orange County/Osceola County) - One a.m. and p.m. trip between Poinciana and WDW.
  • Link 612 - Winter Garden/Oakland/Tildenville (Orange County) - PickUpLine (PUL) will service the area of Winter Garden, Oakland and Tildenville. This PUL will include points west of PUL 611 (Ocoee) to the Lake County line.
  • Link 622 - Oviedo (Seminole County) - PUL service for the area east of Alafaya Trail currently served by Link 47. This PUL will serve Oviedo Marketplace and Seminole State College.

ADJUSTED SERVICE

  • Link 8 - West Oakridge Road/International Drive (Orange County) - Reduce peak-hour frequency from 10 minutes to 15 minutes.
  • Link 30 - Colonial Drive / Crosstown (Orange County) - Extend route west to State Road 50 and Park Avenue providing 30 minute service to Ocoee and Winter Garden.
  • Link 34 - Sanford/Goldsboro (Seminole County) - Eliminate the alternating loop travel and begin bidirectional service. Realign the service to serve the west side of Sanford via the Seminole County Health and Human Services facility.
  • Link 45 - Lake Mary (Seminole County) - Extend service west to serve Convergys and Seminole State College on International Parkway.
  • Link 46E - East Sanford/Midway (Seminole County) - Originating at Central Florida Regional Hospital this route will service the east side of Sanford currently served by Link 34.
  • Link 46W - State Road 46/Seminole Towne Center (Seminole County) - Originating at Central Florida Regional Hospital this route will service the west side of Sanford currently served by Link 46.
  • Link 51 - Conway Road/Orlando International Airport (OIA) (Orange County) - Extend the route to serve the Bent Pines area between Hoffner Avenue and State Road 528.
  • Link 103 - North 17/92 Sanford (Seminole County) - Increase frequency from 30 minutes to 15 minutes on weekdays. Additionally, every other Link 103 trip will be extended from Seminole Centre to Central Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford via 17-92.
  • Link 111 - OIA/Walt Disney World (WDW) (Orange County) - Increase frequency from 60 minutes to 30 minutes every day. Extend service to the Downtown Disney West Side Transfer Center.
  • Link 125 - Silver Star Road/Crosstown (Orange County) - Additional bus added due to high ridership.
  • Link 302 - Downtown Disney Direct (Orange County) - Added additional time to afternoon run.
  • Link 319 - Richmond Heights (Orange County) - Redirect circuitous routing to/from Washington Shores SuperStop.
  • Link 434 - State Road 434 Crosstown (Seminole County) - Route will be extended from Oviedo Marketplace to the University of Central Florida campus (UCF). It will replace Link 47 on Alafaya Trail.
  • Link 443 - Lee Road Crosstown (Orange County) - Move route alignment from Silver Star Road between Pine Hills Road and Park Promenade Plaza to North Lane.

DISCONTINUED SERVICE

  • Link 47 - Oviedo (Seminole County) - Service to be replaced with an extension of Link 434 from Oviedo Marketplace to UCF on Alafaya Trail, and a new PickUpLine service for the area east of Alafaya Trail currently served by Link 47.

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