New Castle Area Transit Authority is a

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service located in

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. It provides inter-city

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and

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service to select communities within the county. Because the region is located within the metropolitan (but not the urban) area of

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, service is provided to the

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area. Connections can no longer be made to

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. The western end point of the New Castle system is on Route 91, on U.S. 422 at the Country Manor Social Hall at the Ohio/Pennsylvania borde

about 3 miles from the easternmost point in the WRTA system (Route 32 Wilson-Struthers, U.S. 422 at Struthers-Liberty Road)

The New Castle system formerly served the nearby Lincoln Knolls Plaza and made a direct connection with the WRTA route, but New Castle buses no longer enter Ohio

Route list

''All routesNew Castle Area Transit Routes
/ref> run Monday though Saturday and terminate at the Downtown New Castle transfer center, unless otherwise noted.'' *1- Highland Avenue/Shenley Square- serves New Castle city *2- North City/Neshannock- serves New Castle city, Neshannock Township (Northwest New Castle) *3- Westgate Plaza/Union- serves New Castle city, Union Township (Oakwood), Westgate & Union Shopping Centers *4- Westside/Mahoningtown- serves New Castle city, Bessemer, Union Township (Mahoningtown) *5- Southside/Moravia Street- serves New Castle city *6- Cascade Park/Lawrence Village- serves New Castle City, Shenango Township, Lawrence Village Shopping Plaza *7- Croton Avenue/Lower Eastside- serves New Castle city, Hickory Township *8- Gaston Park/Upper Eastside- serves New Castle City, Shenango Township *11- Jefferson Street- serves New Castle city *71- Pittsburgh- New Castle city, Shenango Township, Portersville Park & Ride, Evans City Park & Ride to Downtown Pittsburgh (weekdays) *75- New Wilmington/Volant- Volant, New Wilmington, Wilmington Township to New Castle city (Wednesday & Thursday only) *76- New Castle/Ellwood City- Ellwood City, Ellport, Franklin Township to Lawrence Village Plaza, New Castle city, Union Plaza (Monday, Tuesday, & Friday only) *81- Iron Mountain- New Castle city, Hickory Township, Scott Township, Slippery Rock, Slippery Rock Township to Iron Mountain Facility (weekday rush hour) *91- School of Trades/Villa Maria- Pulaski Township (New Bedford), Villa Maria spiritual center,

New Castle School of Trades New Castle School of Trades (NCST) is a private for-profit technical school in New Castle, Pennsylvania and East Liverpool, Ohio. It is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology. History The New Castle ...

to Union Plaza, New Castle city

Park & Ride Lots (for Pittsburgh Service)

*I-79 Exit 83 ( Jackson Township)- 75 spaces *I-79 Exit 96 ( Portersville)- 79 spaces *Route 422 ( Slippery Rock Township)- 40 spaces * New Castle Transit Center- 173 spaces *Transit Authority Offices (New Castle)- 25 spaces

References

External links

newcastletransit.org
{{authority control Bus transportation in Pennsylvania Paratransit services in the United States Intermodal transportation authorities in the United States Municipal authorities in Pennsylvania Transportation in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania Government of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania