Service Changes | Effective November 8, 2021
Beginning Monday, November 8th, GoDurham will implement the first phase of its service reintroduction efforts. Route 5K will be returning with 30 min frequency between Durham Station and Martin Luther King Jr Blvd between 7:45 AM and 5:40 PM. Route 10B will also be returning with one hour frequency from 7:15 AM to 6:15 PM
Due to a shortage of bus operators that is affecting transit agencies across the country, GoDurham will temporarily reduce daytime service on weekdays and Saturdays on these routes beginning July 10, 2021:
- ROUTE 1 & CROASDAILE COMMONS CONNECTOR: Daytime trip time changes; Alternative ACCESS-operated shuttle between North Pointe Dr at Shopping Center (WB) and Croasdaile Commons; evening service reduced from half-hourly to hourly.
- ROUTE 2: Daytime trip time changes; no service to PBM Graphics on the early trips.
- ROUTE 4: Evening service reduced from half-hourly to hourly.
- ROUTE 5: Daytime service reduced from every 15 minutes to half-hourly.
- ROUTE 6: Daytime service reduced from half-hourly to hourly.
- ROUTE 7: Daytime service reduced from half-hourly to hourly.
- ROUTE 8: Daytime service reduced from half-hourly to hourly.
- ROUTE 10: Daytime service reduced from half-hourly to hourly.
- ROUTE 11 and 11B: Daytime service on each route reduced from half-hourly to hourly.
- ROUTE 12 and 12B: Route 12B is suspended; Route 12 serves Falls Pointe Apartments at all times. Customers traveling to the Regional Transit Center can use GoTriangle Route 700 from Durham Station or Route 800 from Southpoint. Use GoTriangle RTP Connect to get to destinations along NC 54 between NC 55 and RTC (call 919-485-RIDE for more details).
- ROUTE 20: Suspended until further notice. Service on University Drive is available on Route 10 and GoTriangle Route 400 during peak hours with park and ride spaces available at Patterson Place and Parkway Plaza (near University Dr and Westgate Dr). Service to Duke University, Duke/VA Hospitals is available on GoDurham Routes 6, 11 and 11B.
GoDurham’s Sunday and holiday service is not affected. For more information about new route schedules, please visit godurhamtransit.org/maps-schedules/godurham.
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Service Changes (Enacted October 17, 2020)
Goals
- Implement the Short Range Transit Plan approved by Durham City Council in June 2019
- Provide more frequent service at night and on weekends with funding from the Durham County Transit Tax
- Respond to the recommendations of the GoDurham Onboard Survey Report (2017) where 31% of customers selected increased frequency of service at night and Sunday as the highest priority
Benefits
- 6.1 miles of additional frequent service (every 15 minutes all day)
- 12.1 miles of additional 30-minute Saturday service
- 32.7 miles of additional 30-minute night, Sunday and holidays service
- 13,400 residents and 11,700 jobs within a quarter mile of additional frequent service
Summary
- 15-minute Mon-Sat daytime service on all of Route 5 to Southpoint
- 30-minute night, Sunday and holiday service on Routes 1, 2 and 4
- 30-minute Saturday service on Route 8
- Routing and schedule changes for Routes 12 and 12B
Watch the video below to learn more about GoDurham service changes scheduled for October 17, 2020 or click through the presentation on your own.
GoDurham Proposed Service Change Presentation
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30-minute frequency at night, Sunday and holiday (improved from current 60-minute)
30-minute frequency at night, Sunday and holiday (improved from current 60-minute)
30-minute frequency at night, Sunday and holiday (improved from current 60-minute)
Service every 15 min on entire route to Southpoint until 7pm on weekdays and Saturdays (currently 15 min only between Durham Station and MLK Jr. Pkwy)
Route 5K is discontinued and Stratford Lakes Dr at Fayetteville Rd stop is eliminated
Renaissance Center, NC-751, and NC-54 sections are eliminated from Route 5, but will be served by Route 12 instead
New stop on Renaissance Pwky at Streets at Southpoint (relocated stop for the Mall)
30-minute frequency on Saturday until 7pm (improved from current 60-minute)
Monday - Saturday | DAY
- S. Alston Ave, Falls Pointe Apts, and NC-55 (South of NC-54) served by Route 12B during the day Mon-Sat instead of Route 12
- Renaissance Center, NC-751, and NC-54 sections served by Route 12 instead of Route 5
- New stop on Renaissance Pwky at Streets at Southpoint (relocated stop for the Mall)
- Schedule adjustments
Monday - Saturday | NIGHT, SUNDAY, HOLIDAY
- Renaissance Center, NC-751, and NC-54 sections served by Route 12 instead of Route 5
- New stop on Renaissance Pwky at Streets at Southpoint (relocated stop for the Mall)
- S. Alston Ave, Falls Pointe Apts, and NC-55 still served by Route 12 at night, Sunday and holiday (instead of 12B)
- Schedule adjustments
- 12B serves S. Alston Ave, Falls Pointe Apts, and NC-55 instead of Route 12 (in same clockwise direction), Mon-Sat until 7pm. Route 12 serves S. Alston Ave on night, Sunday and holiday.
- Stops on westbound NC-54 at Alston Ave and NC-55 will be discontinued from GoDurham service with alternate stops on NC 54 at Triangle Dr (WB) and NC 55
- Schedule adjustments
