Fayette Bus Service Increases Access from Morgantown to Pittsburgh and the World (Charleston: transfer to)

[CTMountaineer]

In addition to Grey Line 2 daily service runs between NCWV, Waynesburg, and Pittsburgh the new Fayette Line service from Morgantown to Uniontown offers connections to Pittsburgh and ready access to daily AMTRACK service to Philadelphia, Washington, DC, New York, and Cleveland as well as Greyhound Bus service, and Air transportation from Pittsburgh on more than 250 flights departing daily to major cities across America.

Travelers can take a bus from Pittsburgh and transfer to the Morgantown bus in Uniontown at the Uniontown Hub. That bus goes via the Mon Fayette Expressway to Morgantown Mountaineer Station by the Health Sciences facility. The result is increased flexibility.

http://www.factbus.com/schedules.htm

[David Kennedy]

I've used it twice getting to the Pit Airport...better have a reservation if you want a seat...it's crowded.

[Silkdashocker]

That's a really good idea, and like DK mentioned with it being crowded, if there is a great demand, surely they will offer more buses in the future.

[CTMountaineer]

It's a great way to get to and from Pittsburgh. For students with valid ID the fare to Penn Station (AMTRACK and Bus) is $5.90 one way. Same for those over 65 years of age. Regular passenger fare is $11.80.

Now these are standard urban busses, and don't have the luxary seating offered by Grey Line, but the cost is less than half or less than 25% depending on age/student status. So if cost is a factor, this might help. Also it adds to the flexibility and availability of service.

A Port Authority bus runs from Liberty Ave. to the Airport for less than $4 or less than $2 for seniors, so it is possible to get to the Pittsburgh Airport for less than $14 one way for seniors, and less than $16 for students.

It also offers connections with these public transit providers, providing North Central WV with an outstanding public transit system:

http://www.busride.org/Routes.htm (broken link)

http://transportation.wvu.edu/prt/operation_schedule

http://buckwheatexpress.com/

http://fmcta.com/index.php?option=co...id=26&Itemid=5
and via that organizations route to Clarksburg, connections with...

http://centrabus.com/routes.html

Now, what is needed is are daily bus runs to Charleston and Wheeling, early mornings and early evenings. That way, those areas could tie into the same services and services in those areas would be available to NCWV folks as well.