***PRESS RELEASE*** WESTCHESTER COUNTY EXECUTVE GEORGE LATIMER ANNOUNCES SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BEE-LINE BUS SYSTEM.

WESTCHESTER COUNTY EXECUTVE GEORGE LATIMER ANNOUNCES SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BEE-LINE BUS SYSTEM

(White Plains, NY) – Westchester County Executive George Latimer announced fall service changes to the County’s Bee-Line Bus System effective Monday, September 2, 2019.  Several enhancements and adjustments will occur this fall to better meet the needs of Bee-Line customers.  Trips will be added on the Routes 4 and 7 to improve convenience and accommodate increases in ridership. The routing on the Route 12 in the SUNY Purchase campus will be modified to shorten travel times. The Route 6 in Dobbs Ferry will operate on Main Street to better connect with other Bee-Line routes and the Metro-North Railroad Station.

Beginning Monday, September 2, 2019, service changes will go into effect on the following Bee-Line bus routes: 

ROUTES 1 & 2

There will be weekday morning schedule adjustments.

ROUTE 4

A weekday southbound 4:45 a.m. trip will be added from Hudson Street and South Broadway in Yonkers.  There will be southbound weekday morning schedule adjustments.

ROUTE 5

There will be weekday and weekend minor schedule adjustments.

ROUTE 6

The route will now operate on Main Street in Dobbs Ferry.  There will be minor weekday and weekend schedule adjustments.

ROUTE 7

A weekday 4:50 a.m. eastbound trip will be added from the Yonkers Station to East Prospect Avenue and North Third Avenue in Mt. Vernon.  The weekday 6:00 a.m. westbound trip from Mount Vernon Station will be extended to start at the New Rochelle Station at 5:30 a.m. and will now arrive at the Mount Vernon Station at 5:57 a.m.

ROUTE 12

The route followed on the SUNY Purchase campus will be modified.  All southbound trips serving SUNY Purchase, except for the 7:15 a.m. trip, will leave 3 minutes earlier.

ROUTE 19

There will be minor weekday and Saturday schedule adjustments.

ROUTE 52

The weekday northbound 6:30 a.m., 7:00 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 8:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. trips from Bivona Street and Reeds Mill Lane in the Bronx will leave 10 minutes earlier.  The weekday southbound 7:00 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 8:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. trips from the Bronxville Station will be adjusted to leave at 6:48 a.m., 7:18 a.m., 7:53 a.m. and 8:25 a.m.

For a full list of all the fall service changes and new bus schedules, visit www.westchestergov.com/beelinebus or call the Bee-Line customer service center at (914)-813-7777, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.  Automated information is available 24 hours a day.