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Prepared By: Kelly Wright, Transit Marketing Specialist
For More Information: Kelly Wright, 919-279-2467, kelly.wright@raleighnc.gov
Dec. 21, 2018
GoRaleigh Announces New Routes for the New Year
GoRaleigh, the City of Raleigh’s transit service, announces details about new bus routes and service changes that go into effect on Sunday, January 6, 2019. Southeast and northwest Raleigh areas get updates and new routes to their lineups. Details of the changes are below, and online schedules of the new changes can be found at www.goraleigh.org. The extended bus services are a result of the Wake Transit Plan*.
SOUTHEAST RALEIGH Route 17 – NEW! From Downtown, serves Rock Quarry Rd to Shoppes at Battle Bridge, with service to Walnut Creek Elementary, Southeast Raleigh High School and Farmington Square
Route 18 Adds hourly service to Peyton St, Glenbrook Dr, Beverly Dr, Barwell Rd, Rock Quarry Rd (ending at Shoppes at Battle Bridge Rd)
Route 18S (peak service only) – NEW! Serves Downtown Raleigh, Peyton St, Glenbrook Dr, Beverly Dr, Poole Rd/Bus Way
Route 19 Now with 15-minute service all day on MLK Jr Blvd and Sunnybrook Rd - No longer serving Glenbrook Dr, Belmont Dr, Peyton St, Grantland Dr, Lunar Dr
NORTHWEST RALEIGH Route 4 No longer serving Edwards Mill Rd, Crabtree Valley Mall, Creedmoor Rd or Strickland Rd – now covered by Route 26 and Route 36
Route 16 Route now ends at Crabtree Valley Mall, service from Blue Ridge Rd to Rex Hospital now covered by Route 27
Route 26 – NEW! Now serving Crabtree Valley Mall, Edwards Mill Rd, Chapel Hill Rd, Nowell Rd, PNC Arena, Trinity Rd
Route 27 – NEW! Now serving Crabtree Valley Mall, Rex Hospital, Blue Ridge Rd, NC Museum of Art, State Fairgrounds, Hillsborough St, Western Blvd
Route 36 – NEW! Now serving Towne North Shopping Center, Creedmoor Rd, Crabtree Valley Mall ______________________________________________________________________________ *To learn more about the Wake Transit Plan, visit www.goforwardnc.org/wake. GoRaleigh provides bus service throughout the City of Raleigh. Routes, schedules and other information can be found at goraleigh.org. Social media: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat - @GoRaleighNC.
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