BARTA cuts service for January 8 due to…
BARTA cuts service for January 8 due to COVID-related driver shortages
Numerous routes won't be available.
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By Keith Mayer | kmayer@readingeagle.com | The Pottstown Mercury
PUBLISHED: January 7, 2022 at 10:21 p.m. | UPDATED: January 8, 2022 at 5:22 p.m.
BARTA announced late Friday that it was drastically cutting service on January 8 in Berks County mostly due to COVID-related driver shortages and "the challenges to meet current published bus service."
These routes won't occur Saturday:
ROUTE 1/Temple via 5th Street: 6:30 a.m., 7 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 8 a.m., 9 a.m., 10:20 a.m., 3:40 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
ROUTE 3/Temple Kutztown: 6:15 a.m., 7:15 a.m., 8:15 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 10:15 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 1:15 p.m. and 2:15 p.m.
ROUTE 5/ Albright College: 6:15 a.m., 7 a.m., 7:45 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 10 a.m. 2:30 p.m., 3:15 p.m., 4 p.m., 4:45 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
ROUTE 7: 6:30 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m.
ROUTE 9: 12:45 p.m., 1:45 p.m. and 2:45 p.m.
ROUTE 12: 7 a.m., 8:30a.m., 10a.m., 11:30 a.m. & 1 p.m.
ROUTE 14/Wernersville: 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 3:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.
ROUTE 15/ Berkshire Mall: 1:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 6 p.m., 7 p.m., 8 p.m. & 9 p.m.
ROUTE 16/Broadcasting Square: 6:15 a.m., 7:15 a.m., 8:15 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 2:45 p.m.
ROUTE 17/Glenside/Airport/Berks Heim: 8:45 a.m. 9:45 a.m., 10:45 a.m., 11:45 a.m.
ROUTE 18/Schuylkill Avenue: 5:10 p.m., 5:40 p.m. and 6:10 p.m.
RIVERSIDE: 1:45 p.m., 2:45 p.m., 3:45 p.m. and 4:45 p.m.
COTTON: 1:15 p.m., 2:15 p.m., 3:15 p.m., 4:15 p.m., 5:15 p.m. and 6:15 p.m.
For further details, contact BARTA at 610-921-0601 and barta@bartabus.com or visit www.bartabus.com.
Keith Mayer | Assistant editor -news
Keith Mayer is an assistant news editor for the Reading Eagle.
kmayer@readingeagle.com
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