CamTran

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CamTran
CamTran logo.png
Founded1976
Headquarters502 Maple Avenue
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Locale Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Service type bus service, paratransit
Routes26
Stations2
Fleet43
Daily ridership2,200 (weekdays, Q2 2024) [1]
Annual ridership752,700 (2023) [2]
Website camtranbus.com

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 begin until December 1, 1976. In June 1999, CCTA became CamTran. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 752,700, or about 2,200 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2024.

Contents

Bus Services

CamTran is the urban division, while CamTran+ is the rural division.

CamTran Urban Service

CamTran operates 19 routes 20 in october 24, 2024 of its urban division. Most routes begin and end at the Transit Center on East Main Street in Downtown Johnstown. The transit center was constructed in 1983 [3] and features a snack shop where passes can be purchased as well as public restrooms and a parking garage. Sunday bus service began in 2000 and bicycle racks were added to the urban division buses in 2006. In 2008, the Transit Center was renovated, including improvements to the air-handling system as well as electronic messaging boards. In 2011, seven new Gillig buses [4] were added to CamTran's fleet.

CamTran+ Rural Service

CamTran+ started in 1978 and was originally called Cambria County Rural Transportation (CART) serves the northern half of Cambria County. In 2000, CART introduced [5] 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 pick up riders at their 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+. A new transit center was built in 2003 in Ebensburg to better serve CamTran+, and in 2003, the Ebensburg-Altoona Commuter route was added and the other CamTran+ routes were revised. CamTran+ began participating in the PennDOT Persons With Disabilities project in 2008, where on-demand service is provided to riders with disabilities. The rider pays 15% of the Reserve-A-Ride fare.

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. Most transfers on CamTran+ routes are completed at the CamTran+ Transit Center.

Fleet

CamTran operates a fleet of 51 buses on a rural and an urban fixed route system.

Active Fleet Number(s) Thumbnail Build Date Manufacturer Model Engine Transmission Notes 101-107 2011 Gillig BRT 35' (G27B102N4) Cummins ISL9 171-173 2017 Gillig BRT CNG 35' (G31B102N4) Cummins Westport L9N 181-188 2018 Gillig BRT CNG 35' (G31B102N4) Cummins Westport L9N 190-191 2019 Gillig BRT CNG 29' (G31E102N2) Cummins Westport L9N 211-212 2021 Gillig BRT CNG 29' (G31E102N2) Cummins Westport L9N 213-214 2021 Gillig BRT CNG 35' (G31B102N4) Cummins Westport L9N 215 2015 Gillig BRT CNG 29' (G27E102N2) Cummins Westport ISL G Assigned to Ebensburg 216-218 2021 Gillig BRT CNG 35' (G31B102N4) Cummins Westport L9N 219 2021 Gillig BRT CNG 29' (G31E102?2) Cummins Westport L9N 241-244 2024 Cummins Westport L9N (G31E10792) Cummins Westport L9N 900 2010 Gillig Low Floor HEV 35' (G30B102N4) Cummins ISB Allison H 40 EP hybrid system Livery is a special wrap, noting hybrid technology. A81-A85 2013 Ford E-Series Cutaway

Used on CamTran+ services. Only A82, A85 active C161-C163 2016 Ford E-Series Cutaway

Used on CamTran+ services. CNG Powered. C164-C166 2016 Ford E-Series Cutaway

Used on CamTran+ services. C170-C179, C1710-C1711 2017 Ford E-Series Cutaway

Used on CamTran+ services. C216-C218 2021 Ford E-Series Cutaway

Used on CamTran+ services. Retired Fleet Number(s) Thumbnail Build Date Manufacturer Model Engine Transmission Notes 101-107 1980 GMC RTS-03 (T7H-603) Detroit Diesel 8V71N Allison V730 124-125 2001 Chance Coach AH-28 Cummins ISB 5.9 124 listed for auction on Publicsurplus.com in February 2020 2000 model year VIN: 1C9S2HFS4YW535183 201-208 1981 Grumman Flxible 870 (35096-8) Detroit Diesel 8V71N Allison V730 220-224 1993 Flxible Metro "D" (30096-6VTA) Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Delivered in December 1993. Some units may have been sold to Westmoreland County Transit Authority? 301-312 1983 Neoplan USA AN440A Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Allison HT-747 301, 305, 309, 311 & 312 to RFTA as 321, 317, 319, 320 & 318. 401-402 1994 OBI Orion II (02.501) 411-428 1966-1967 GMC TDH-3501 GMC Toro-Flow 411-418 were built in 1966. 419-428 were built in 1967. Assigned serial numbers 0647-0654 and 0939-0948. Assumed transferred from Johnstown Traction Company in 1976. 429-430 1969 GMC TDH-3301 GMC Toro-Flow II DH478 Serial numbers 0070-0071. Assumed transferred from Johnstown Traction Company in 1976. 431-432 1972-1973 GMC TDH-3302N GMC 478 Toro-Flow II Serial numbers 0040-0041. Assumed transferred from Johnstown Traction Company in 1976. 433-434 1973 GMC TDH-3302N GMC 478 Toro-Flow II Serial numbers 0178-0179. Assumed transferred from Johnstown Traction Company in 1976. 501-511 8/1999 Gillig Low Floor 35' (G22B102N4) Detroit Diesel Series 40 512-513 4/2000 Gillig Low Floor 35' (G22B102N4) Detroit Diesel Series 40 515-518 2005 Gillig Phantom 35' (C29B102N4) Cummins ISL 719 2007 Gillig Phantom 30' (C29A102N4) Cummins ISL 720-727 2007 Gillig Low Floor 29' (G29E102N2) Cummins ISL Allison B400R 801-802 2008 Gillig Low Floor 29' (G27E102N2) Cummins ISL 9104, 9108, 9109 1991 Gillig Phantom 35' Ex-?, acquired in 2006 Unknown amount of units. 9104, 9108, 9109 were auctioned off in August 2007.[3] (2 buses) 1991 Flxible Metro "B" (35???-??) Ex-?, acquired in 2006 35 ft. long (2 buses) 2000 Chance RT-52 A76-A80 2012 Ford E-Series Cutaway

Used on CamTran+ services. C26-C27 2010 Ford E-Series Cutaway

Used on CamTran+ services. C28-C29 2012 Ford E-Series Cutaway

Used on CamTran+ services. C30-C31 2008 Ford E-Series Cutaway

Service Routes

Urban routes

Rural routes

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 cash back from a CamTran bus. [6]

CamTran+ does not use the GFI machines. Customers have to show their passes to the driver and enter the exact change into the fare box, because even on a change card, it is not possible to get change. CamTran passes can be used on CamTran+ buses, but customers must pay the difference, since the rural fares are more than the urban fares.

CamTran+ passes can be used on CamTran (urban) buses, since the rural passes pay more fare than the urban passes.

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