GATRA offers expanded weekday transportation service

Dec 30, 2017

The Wareham-New Bedford GATRA connection will have expanded weekday service beginning Jan. 2.

In the morning, the bus will leave the New Bedford terminal at 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. It will leave Cranberry Plaza at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.

In the evening, it will leave the New Bedford Terminal at 2 and 4 p.m. and Cranberry Plaza at 3 and 5 p.m.

The route travels along Route 6 between Fairhaven and Wareham. The bus can be flagged down anywhere along the route and it will stop as long as it is safe to do so.

Bus fare is $1.50 or 75 cents for citizens ages 60 or older, children ages 6 to 11, those registered disabled and Medicare recipients. Children under 6 years old ride for free.

The Greater Attleboro-Taunton Regional Transit Authority was created in 1976 and serves 28 communities, including Plymouth County.

For the full bus schedule, click here.