The new system should be simple for most riders.
Twin City bus riders should brace themselves for changes Monday morning as citylink, the Lewiston-Auburn bus system, begins a new schedule.
“I would just ask passengers to be patient,” said Marsha Bennett of the Lewiston-Auburn Transit Center. “It’s a new schedule, so everyone will be getting used to it.”
The new schedule creates two route systems, one in Lewiston and one in Auburn, and increases hours of operation by about 30 minutes.
The two systems are connected by the free downtown shuttle, which will run from the Lewiston terminal on Bates Street to Central Maine Medical Center, then to Auburn’s Great Falls Plaza before returning to Lewiston.
The new system should be simple for most riders, although Auburn riders will find the buses starting 45 minutes later.
“For Auburn riders, the best part is that we increased service on their routes a lot,” Bennett said. “Just be patient, and ask questions if they need help.”
The shuttle is being paid for with an air-quality grant through the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Authority.
The schedule was set to start in mid-November but a glitch in the federal funding request delayed it. The state listed the grant improperly last summer and officials didn’t catch the mistake until the fall.
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