CamTran
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CamTran, originally called the Cambria County Transit Authority operates mass transit bus service within Johnstown, Pennsylvania
, Cambria County,and Windber, Pennsylvania
, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
. CamTran also operates the Johnstown Inclined Plane
, which they took over in 1983 from Westmont, Pennsylvania
borough. The transit system began operation in 1976, from the remnants of the Johnstown Traction Company
. While the Cambria County Transit Authority (CCTA) began operation on July 20, 1976, service did not actually being until December 1, 1976. In June 1999, CCTA becomes CamTran.
CamTran is the urban division, while CamTran+ is the rural division. CamTran+ started in 1978 and was originally called Cambria County Rural Transportation (CART). In 1981, the CCTA officially took over CART. On September 10, 2000, CART introduced Reserve-A-Ride, a service in which, passengers call in and literally reserve the bus for wherever they need to go. Reserve-A-Ride will actually pick you up at your door, unlike conventional fixed-route services. This service is subsidized 85% by the Pennsylvania Lottery
for persons 65 years or older. In 2002, CART became CamTran+.
CamTran operates its urban blue and white buses out of the Transit Center, located on Main Street in downtown Johnstown
. The Transit Center is owned by First National Bank
and only rented by CamTran. CamTran also operates a store, called Bus Stop Shop that sells items such as coffee, banana nut bread, and other foods. The Bus Stop Shop also sells bus passes for both the CamTran and CamTran+ divisions.
CamTran+ operates their rural blue and yellow smaller buses out their office in Ebensburg, PA and are located in the same building with the Cambria County Area Agency on Aging. They actually share the same radio frequency as the Area on Aging. Most transfers on CamTran+ routes are done at the Ebensburg/Cambria Twp Wal-Mart, the agency's only park and ride lot in Ebensburg/Cambria Twp or the Kwikfill in Mundy's Corner.
CamTran+ does not use the GFI machines. Customers have to actually show your pass(es) to the driver and enter the exact change in to the fare box, because you cannot get change, even on a change card. CamTran passes can be used on CamTran+ buses, but customers must pay the difference, since the rural fares are more than the urban.
CamTran+ passes can be used on CamTran (Urban) buses, since the rural passes actually pay more fare than the urban passes.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, west-southwest of Altoona, Pennsylvania and east of Pittsburgh. The population was 20,978 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Cambria County...
, Cambria County,and Windber, Pennsylvania
Windber, Pennsylvania
Windber is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, eight miles south of Johnstown. It was at one time a place of industrial activities which included coal mining, lumbering, and the manufacture of fire brick. In 1897, the community was founded by coal barons Charles and Edward Julius Berwind...
, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Somerset County is a county located in the state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 77,742. Somerset County was created on April 17, 1795, from part of Bedford County and named for Somerset, United Kingdom. Its county seat is Somerset. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania,...
. CamTran also operates the Johnstown Inclined Plane
Johnstown Inclined Plane
The Johnstown Inclined Plane is a funicular in Johnstown, Cambria County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The incline and its two stations connect the city of Johnstown, situated in a valley at the confluence of the Stonycreek and the Little Conemaugh Rivers, to the borough of Westmont on Yoder...
, which they took over in 1983 from Westmont, Pennsylvania
Westmont, Pennsylvania
Westmont is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,523 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
borough. The transit system began operation in 1976, from the remnants of the Johnstown Traction Company
Johnstown Traction Company
Johnstown Traction Company was a public transit system in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States. For most of its existence it was primarily a street-railway system, but in later years also operated rubber-tired vehicles. JTC operated trolley service in Johnstown from February 23, 1910 to June...
. While the Cambria County Transit Authority (CCTA) began operation on July 20, 1976, service did not actually being until December 1, 1976. In June 1999, CCTA becomes CamTran.
CamTran is the urban division, while CamTran+ is the rural division. CamTran+ started in 1978 and was originally called Cambria County Rural Transportation (CART). In 1981, the CCTA officially took over CART. On September 10, 2000, CART introduced Reserve-A-Ride, a service in which, passengers call in and literally reserve the bus for wherever they need to go. Reserve-A-Ride will actually pick you up at your door, unlike conventional fixed-route services. This service is subsidized 85% by the Pennsylvania Lottery
Pennsylvania Lottery
The Pennsylvania Lottery is operated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The lottery was created by the Pennsylvania General Assembly on August 26, 1971; two months later, Henry Kaplan was appointed as its first executive director...
for persons 65 years or older. In 2002, CART became CamTran+.
CamTran operates its urban blue and white buses out of the Transit Center, located on Main Street in downtown Johnstown
Johnstown
- Places :Canada* Johnstown, Nova Scotia* Johnstown, Ontario, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville* Johnstown, Hastings County, OntarioRepublic of Ireland*Johnstown, County Dublin*Johnstown, County Kildare*Johnstown, County Kilkenny...
. The Transit Center is owned by First National Bank
First National Bank
First National Bank may refer to:-Banking institutions :* First National Bank of Florida, based in Milton, Florida, with branches in Pensacola and other cities in the Florida Panhandle.* FNB Corporation of Hermitage, Pennsylvania...
and only rented by CamTran. CamTran also operates a store, called Bus Stop Shop that sells items such as coffee, banana nut bread, and other foods. The Bus Stop Shop also sells bus passes for both the CamTran and CamTran+ divisions.
CamTran+ operates their rural blue and yellow smaller buses out their office in Ebensburg, PA and are located in the same building with the Cambria County Area Agency on Aging. They actually share the same radio frequency as the Area on Aging. Most transfers on CamTran+ routes are done at the Ebensburg/Cambria Twp Wal-Mart, the agency's only park and ride lot in Ebensburg/Cambria Twp or the Kwikfill in Mundy's Corner.
Fleet
CamTran operates a fleet of 51 buses on a rural and an urban fixed route system.- 17 Ford
- 13 GilligGilligGillig Corporation, formerly Gillig Bros., is a manufacturer of heavy-duty low-floor transit buses located in Hayward, California. Prior to 1993, Gillig had also been a manufacturer of school buses.-History:...
- 8 Champion Bus IncorporatedChampion Bus IncorporatedChampion Bus Incorporated is the brand name of buses made by Thor Industries of Imlay City, Michigan, United States.Buses made under the Champion name include:* Challenger - mid-size bus using a Ford E-series , GM GMT or C4500 truck chassis...
- 5 FlxibleFlxibleThe Flxible Co. was a motorcycle sidecar, funeral car, ambulance, intercity coach and transit bus manufacturing company based in the United States that was founded in 1913, and which closed in 1996.-History:In 1913, Hugo H. Young and Carl F...
- 4 Chance RT-52Chance RT-52The Chance RT-52 is a small bus built by Chance Coach, Inc. measuring only in length. It is primarily used as shuttle bus and normally carries 19 passengers. The maximum passenger capacity is 23 passengers. Its gross vehicle weight is , its wheelbase is , and it is wide. These buses are notable...
- 4 Freightliner LLCFreightliner LLCFreightliner Trucks is an American manufacturer of heavy duty trucks, chassis and semi-trailer trucks in the United States. The company was founded as Freightliner Inc in 1942 and is now a division of Daimler Trucks North America, a subsidiary of the German Daimler AG...
Urban routes
- 6-Conemaugh/Franklin
- 7-Coopersdale
- 8-Daisytown
- 9-Richland Town Centre
- 10-Dale/Solomon/Oakland
- 11-Galleria/Scalp Ave
- 12-Hystone/Westwood
- 13-Arbutus/Belmont
- 14-Moxham/Horner Street
- 15-Oakhurst
- 16-Prospect
- 17-Scalp Avenue/Galleria
- 18-Downtown Shuttle
- 19-Southmont/Westwood/Laurelwood
- 20-Westmont/Brownstown
- 21-Windber
Rural routes
- 30-Ebensburg to Johnstown
- 31-Patton to Ebensburg
- 32-Northern Cambria Loop
- 33-Ebensburg/Cresson/Portage
- 34-Mainline Shopper
- 35-Patton/Ebensburg Saturday Shopper
- 36A-Ebensburg to Altoona
- 36B-Sunday Logan Valley Mall
- 37-Sunday Galleria Mall
Passes/GFI Machines
CamTran operates bus fare machines manufactured by GFI. According to CamTran in a Summer 2006 Newsletter called camrecorder, these GFI machines were introduced to CamTran in March 1992. They take bus tokens, dollar bills, change, and bus passes. These machines cannot give cash change back, they only give back "change cards" in which customers receive a card that can only be used on CamTran and CamTran+ buses. Customers never get your actual cash back from a CamTran bus.CamTran+ does not use the GFI machines. Customers have to actually show your pass(es) to the driver and enter the exact change in to the fare box, because you cannot get change, even on a change card. CamTran passes can be used on CamTran+ buses, but customers must pay the difference, since the rural fares are more than the urban.
CamTran+ passes can be used on CamTran (Urban) buses, since the rural passes actually pay more fare than the urban passes.
External links
- CamTran Transit - official site