LakeXpress (officially the Lake County Office of Transit Services) is a public transportation agency in Lake County, Florida. The agency operates fixed-route service throughout the county, and it also provides paratransit under the name Lake County Connection.
 | |
| Founded | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | 1300 S. Duncan Drive |
| Locale | Tavares, Florida |
| Service area | Lake County, Florida |
| Service type | bus service |
| Routes | 8 |
| Fuel type | Diesel |
| Operator | RATP Dev[1] |
| Website | ridelakexpress.com |
The service was instituted in 2007 to relieve traffic congestion along U.S. Route 441.[2] Buses originally used a flag stop system that allowed buses to stop at any point on the route, but this was replaced with designated stops once ridership patterns had been determined.[3]
Routes
editLakeXpress consists of eight bus routes, which operate Monday through Friday.[4] Three routes connect to LYNX, the transit system serving nearby Orange and Osceola Counties.
| # | Route | Other cities served | Headway | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leesburg to Eustis via US 441 | Tavares | 1 hour | |
| 1A | The Villages to Leesburg via US 27/US 441 | Fruitland Park | 1 hour | |
| 2 | Leesburg Circulator | 1 hour | ||
| 3 | Mount Dora Circulator | Eustis | 1 hour | |
| 4 | Umatilla to Zellwood via SR 19/US 441 | Eustis and Mount Dora | 2 hours | Some buses extend further north to Altoona
|
| 50 | Mascotte to Winter Garden via SR 50 | Groveland and Clermont | 1 hour |  Connects to LYNX route 105 in Winter Garden
|
| 55 | Four Corners to US 192 | 30 mins. | Connects to LYNX route 55 on US 192
| |
| South Lake Express |
Clermont to Four Corners via US 27 | 1 hour |
References
edit- ^ "Your Community in Brief". Orlando Sentinel. Tronc, Inc. March 5, 2017 – via NewsBank.
- ^ Freeman, Michael (September 9, 2015). "Lucky Lady Lake passenger becomes customer #2 million for LakeXpress". Orlando Sentinel. Tribune Publishing. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
- ^ Tseng, Nin-Hai (November 27, 2006). "County's buses are set to hit the roads: Commissioners approve the newly named system, Lakexpress, with plans to begin operating early next year". Orlando Sentinel. Tribune Company. pp. F1 – via NewsBank.
- ^ "Schedules & Maps". LakeXpress. Lake County Office of Transit Services. January 13, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
External links
edit
 | This article related to bus transportation in the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about transportation in Florida is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |