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History
The Westmoreland County Transit Authority was formed by the county commissioners in 1978 to combine service that was being provided by a number of private bus companies throughout the county. The original Westmoreland Transit office was located in the Westmoreland County courthouse and was managed by the Planning Department. Later, the Authority moved its office to North Main Street. In 1992, the current office and Transit Center located at 41 Bell Way was opened.
September 13, 1999 marked a milestone for public bus service in Westmoreland County. On this date, Westmoreland Transit began to operate a completely new system that involved a mass restructuring of all routes and fares. The project had been in planning for over a year. Some of its highlights included: improvements in frequency of service to Pittsburgh, more service to local colleges, additional commuter service for Greensburg area workers, and expanded evening and Saturday service.
Additional service expansion including the addition of five
weekday commuter trips to Pittsburgh occurred in September 2003.
Service expansion took place again in July
2005, with the addition of two commuter trips and extended
service to the new Greengate Centre.
A system-wide fare increase, for the first
time since 1992, was implemented in February 2008.
Fleet Information
Westmoreland Transit currently owns and oversees the operation of a fleet of
31 buses ranging from small 18 passenger buses to 40-foot deluxe
road coaches.
The current fleet consists of:
6 1999 MCI 102-D 40-foot/49 passenger buses
3 2005 El Dorado AeroElite 30-foot/28
passenger buses
10 1997 Gillig Phantom 35-foot/35 passenger buses
6 2003 Coach & Equipment 30-foot/28
passenger buses
6 2003 MCI 102-D 40-foot/49 passenger
buses
Board of Directors
Westmoreland Transit is governed by a seven member Board of Directors.
- Vice-Chairman Thomas
Tangretti
- Assistant Secretary
Ronald Schmucker
- Assistant Treasurer Rosie Wolford
- John Canterberry
- Richard Lewis
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