By Scott Taylor

Staff Writer

LEWISTON – Greyhound bus service will move back downtown in May, according to city transit officials.

Local Greyhound subsidiary Vermont Transit will begin moving into Lewiston’s Oak Street bus station this spring, according to local transit officials.

“We will be proud to have this modern and attractive facility as part of our transportation network,” said Vermont Transit General Manager Chris Andreasson.

The bus company moved out of the Main Street bus depot in October 1999 in favor of a Lisbon Street station near Interstate 95.

The Main Street depot’s lack of parking was blamed for the move.

The city solved that problem a year ago when it opened the new CityLink bus terminal in the Park Street parking garage.

The Greyhound/Vermont Transit office in Lewiston runs 10 buses daily, seven days a week: five buses outbound for Portland, Boston and rest the country; and five buses inbound from points south.

Four of those continue north to Bangor, Augusta and Waterville.

The attached bus terminal, which faces Oak Street, became the Lewiston hub for the rest of the CityLink bus system when it opened a year ago.

Maine Department of Transportation grant money will be used to renovate the space, according Lewiston Assistant City Administrator Phil Nadeau.

CityLink runs a shuttle between Lewiston and Auburn every 15 minutes during peak hours.

The Lewiston and Auburn hubs connect to every other route in the cities.

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