Minor service changes begin on June 26, 2011
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06/02/2011
Service changes on several bus lines go into effect Sunday, June 26.
| Line | Description of Changes |
| 21 | Schedules adjusted to meet Alameda Harbor Bay Ferry. Other minor schedule adjustments. |
| 22 | Line will no longer serve La Playa Dr. or the rear of Southland Mall. Board on Hesperian Blvd. or Southland Drive. |
| 26 | After 9:00 p.m., buses will go out of service at Lakeshore Ave. & Lake Park Ave. and will not continue into the Crocker Highlands neighborhood. Before 8:00 a.m. on weekends, buses will terminate at MacArthur Blvd., and not serve areas northeast of MacArthur Blvd. Other minor schedule adjustments. |
| 40 | On weekdays, one northbound trip in the early morning, one northbound trip in the late evening, and one southbound trip in the late evening discontinued to reduce duplication with Line 840, with some schedule adjustments in the evening for other trips. One new trip added southbound in the late evenings on weekdays. |
| 46 | In both directions, from the Fontaine Ave. overpass and Mountain Blvd., buses will make a loop via Mountain Blvd., Keller Ave., and Fontaine St. before continuing to either the Oakland Zoo or Coliseum BART. Other minor schedule adjustments. |
| 51B | Northbound: trips departing Rockridge BART before 5:30 a.m. and after 12:05 a.m. discontinued every day to reduce duplication with Line 851. Southbound: trips departing either Berkeley Marina or Berkeley Amtrak after 12:00 a.m. discontinued. Other minor schedule adjustments to improve transfers between lines 51A and 51B at Rockridge BART. |
| 58L | Trip added departing Oakland Amtrak at 7:06 p.m. |
| 97 | Line will no longer serve La Playa Dr. or the rear of Southland Mall. Board on Hesperian Blvd. |
| 99 | New trip added Saturday only departing Bay Fair BART at 7:17 a.m. New trip added weekdays departing Bay Fair BART at 12:40 a.m. |
| 232 | Frequency made consistent at 60 minutes all day. Last trip departs Ohlone College, Newark Campus, at 7:22 p.m and continues through entire route to arrive at Fremont BART at 8:16 p.m. Partial trip departing Ohlone College, Newark Campus at 8:22 p.m. and going out of service at Union City BART discontinued. |
| 314 | Line extended from 10th St. & Market St. to 7th St. & Campbell St. (West Oakland Post Office). Other minor schedule adjustments. |
| 386 | Line will no longer serve La Playa Dr. or the rear of Southland Mall. Board on Southland Drive. |
| 391 | Line will no longer serve La Playa Dr. or the rear of Southland Mall. Board on Southland Drive. |
| 627 | Route changed in the afternoon to travel eastbound on Thornton Ave. between Willow St. and Ash St. |
| 800 | Saturday and Sunday schedules reorganized, with two westbound trips added and more trips continuing for the entire route instead of terminating in downtown Oakland. Eastbound Sunday trip at 8:02 a.m. discontinued and 6:30 a.m. trip added. Other minor schedule adjustments weekdays and weekends. |
| 801 | Northbound schedules on Saturdays and Sundays made identical, with one trip added on Saturdays and one trip discontinued on Sundays. Other minor schedule changes. |
| 851 | Line extended from Park St. & Santa Clara Ave. to Fruitvale BART. Trips departing Alameda at 5:15 a.m. on weekdays, and Berkeley BART at 5:05 a.m. on weekends, discontinued. |
| LA | Trips departing Transbay Temporary Terminal at 2:25 p.m. and 6:50 p.m. discontinued, replaced by trips at 6:35 p.m. and 6:55 p.m. |
| U | Afternoon westbound trips discontinued. Other minor schedule adjustments. (In March, direction of travel in Stanford area was reversed. Buses now operate counterclockwise, serving first Stanford Shopping Center, then Stanford Hospital, then the Oval.) |
| Other | Minor schedule adjustments made to lines 12, 14, 20, 31, 51A, 57, 68, 72M, 75, 85, 89, 95, 98, 210, 217, 275, 376, 620, 647, 669, 802, 805, and 840. |
New schedules and route maps will be available at www.actransit.org by June 13. For specific questions, call 511 and say, “AC Transit,” or use the online form.