GRTC announces service changes beginning Sept. 13
Free Press staff report | 9/10/2020, 6 p.m.
On Sunday, Sept. 13, GRTC will usher in a series of service changes.
Those include upgraded Sunday service to Southside Plaza, reintroduction of regular service to Providence Park in North Side, improved connections with Bon Secours-St. Mary’s Hospital in Henrico County and a shutdown of service to the Oakwood section of Church Hill, the transit company has announced.
Here are the changes by route:
1) New Sunday-only route between Chamberlayne Avenue at Wilmer Avenue in Henrico County to Southside Plaza, with connections to routes 1A and 1C to improve reliability and on- time performance. Will operate on a 30-minute schedule.
1A) Chamberlayne/Hull/Midlothian. Sunday only, route will operate between Southside Plaza and Spring Rock Green Center on Midlothian Turnpike in Chesterfield County.
1C) Chamberlayne/Hull/Elkhardt. Sunday only, route will operate between Southside Plaza and Chippenham Shopping Center on Hull Street Road in Richmond, adjacent to the new River City Middle School.
2B) North Avenue/Jahnke/Midlothian. Adds bus stop at Ha- zelhurst Avenue and Ladies Mile Road to serve Providence Park. (2A and 2C buses will not detour off North Avenue.)
39) Fairmount/Oakwood service suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. Service to The Market@25th continues via routes 7A, 7B and 12.
50) Service on Broad Street extended east to 2nd and Marshall streets, instead of ending at Meadow Street.
75) Three Chopt route canceled. (University of Richmond served by Route 77.)
76) Patterson Avenue route adjusted to serve Bon Secours-St. Mary’s Hospital.
77) Grove Avenue route adjusted to serve University of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University academic campuses. Service to Willow Lawn and Bon Secours-St. Mary’s eliminated.
78) Cary/Maymont route to operate every 40 minutes, instead of every hour, to improve service.
79) Patterson/Parham route adjusted to serve Bon Secours-St. Mary’s.
86 and 87) Broad Rock/Walmsley and Bellemeade/Hopkins routes separated to improve service.
28x) White Oak Village service canceled. (Service continues from White Oak to Downtown on routes 7A, 7B and 56.)
102x) King’s Dominion service suspended.