Introduction

Routes and Service

The Susquehanna Regional Transportation Authority (SRTA) operates many routes under the rabbittransit branding. These routes are separated into four divisions: Capital Region, Gettysburg, Shippensburg/Raider, and York/Hanover. There are also commuter express bus service under the rabbitEXPRESS branding.

rabbittransit Capital Region

This is the name of service within the city of Harrisburg, as well as Cumberland and Dauphin Counties. This has always operated as an indivudal operation of rabbittransit known as Capital Area Transit, which was taken over by rabbittransit in November 2021. This remained branded separatedly until March 9th 2022, when the Susquehanna Regional Transportation Authority (SRTA) board voted the universal name of each system should be branded as rabbittransit, though vehicles and maps at the time would retain the Capital Area Transit branding until recently.

rabbittransit Shippensburg/Raider

This is the name of the transit service within Shippensburg operating as a circulator service. This service was originally called Shippensburg Raider Regional Transit, ans was originally a subsidiary of Capital Area Transit until both were absorbed by rabbittransit in November 2021. The route descriptions below are from rabbittransit‘s website.

• Red Line Weekday service serving Madison Apartments, Old Main Building, Campus Loop, Episcopal Square, Turkey Hill, GIANT, Downtown Shippensburg and Walmart.
• Blue Line Saturday service serving Madison Apartments, Old Main Building, Campus Loop, Episcopal Square, Turkey Hill, GIANT, Downtown Shippensburg and Walmart.
  

rabbittransit Gettysburg

This is the name of service in Gettysburg, in Adams County. Bus service in this area was previously branded as Freedom Transit until 2020, when it was re-branded as rabbittransit Blue, and then later in 2022 it was re-branded as rabbittransit Gettysburg. This system operates just 6 fixed routes. The route descriptions below are from rabbittransit‘s website.

• Lincoln Line 1 (Devonshire Village Apartments) provides service daily to the Gettysburg National Military Park Visitor Center and the Devonshire Village Apartments.
• Lincoln Line 2 (Outlets) provides service daily to the Gettysburg National Military Park Visitor Center and the Outlets Shoppes at Gettysburg.
• Blue Line provides Tuesday-Saturday service between the Downtown Gettysburg Transit Center and Lincoln Estates, Gettysburg Airport, Deatrick Commons, Herr’s Ridge Health Center, Gettysburg Hospital and Misty Ridge.  Provides Tuesday – Friday service to 525 Boyds School Road.
• Gold Line Museum & Visitor Center Parking Circulator: Provides service Friday, Saturday, and Sunday circulating between the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center, parking lots, and park landmarks.
• Gray Line provides service daily between Downtown Gettysburg Transit Center and Gateway Gettysburg.
• Gettysburg-Hanover Connector links the fixed route systems of Gettysburg and Hanover.

rabbittransit York/Hanover

This was the original rabbittransit system, which provides service to York, PA and its suburbs and Hanover, PA. Below is a list of the routes, and descriptions of the routes from rabbittransit‘s website.

• Route 1E Provides regular service between Downtown York and Galleria Mall via East Market Street.
• Route 1W Provides regular service between Downtown York and West Manchester Town Center via Carlisle Road.
• Route 2N Runs between Downtown York and Manchester Crossroads via North George Street.
• Route 3N Runs between Downtown York and Northwest Plaza/UPMC Hospital along Roosevelt Avenue.
• Route 4E Runs between Downtown York and Memorial Outpatient via East Princess Street.
• Route 5E Connects Downtown York, Salvation Army and Greensprings Plaza via Prospect Street/Mount Rose, and Mount Rose/Prospect Road.
• Route 5W Runs between Downtown York and West York along West Princess St. and West Market Street.
• Route 6N Runs between Downtown York, York City Business & Industrial Park via Pennsylvania Avenue.
• Route 8S Runs between Downtown York and Wellspan York Hospital via South George Street.
• Route 9S Runs between Downtown York and Wellspan York Hospital via Pershing Avenue. 
• Route 10S Provides regular service between Downtown York and South York Plaza with weekday service to Leaders Heights, Dallastown and Red Lion via South Queen Street.
• Route 12 Provides weekday service to East York Walmart Supercenter, Hallam, Wrightsville and Columbia via 462 East.
• Route 13 Provides weekday service between West Manchester Town Center and Dover via Carlisle Road.
• Route 16 Provides weekday service between Downtown York, rabbittransit’s administrative office, Spring Grove and Downtown Hanover via West Market Street and Route 116.
• Route 20N Provides weekday and Saturday service from Hanover Square to North Hanover via Kindig Lane and Carlisle Street.
• Route 20S Provides weekday and Saturday service between Hanover Square and South Hanover via Baltimore Street.
• Route 22N Provides weekday and Saturday service from Hanover Square to North Hanover via Carlisle Street.
• Route 32 Provides free limited weekday service between Wellspan York Hospital and Apple Hill.
• Route 33 Provides service to ES3 and FedEx.
• Gettysburg-Hanover Connector Links the fixed route systems of Gettysburg and Hanover.
• GIANT Shuttle Hop to GIANT to do your grocery shopping. The GIANT Company sponsors free rabbittransit transportation to its East York and West York grocery store locations.

rabbittransit Bus Fleet

This is the current rabbittransit bus fleet, not including the fleet operated by the Capital Region. Refer to the Capital Region page for the fleet in rabbittransit‘s capital division.

Sources:

• Canadian Public Transit Discussion Board Wiki Page
• rabbittransit‘s website