Bee-Line Bus System
The Bee-Line Bus System is a system of buses serving Westchester County, New York. The system is owned by the county's Department of Transportation and operated by Liberty Lines Transit, Inc Fifty-five thousand (55,000) people ride on the system daily.
Scope of service
Within Westchester
The system's 57 routes are mostly concentrated in the more urban southern portion of the county, though the more rural northern portion does have service, particularly near its more populated areas such as Peekskill, Ossining, or Mount Kisco. White Plains, the county seat and most centrally located ciy, is a major transportation hub, with many routes converging on the city's TransCenter. Yonkers, New Rochelle and Mount Vernon, the other major cities in the county (all located at the southern end), are also well served. All but the county's smallest, most rural communities have at least rush hour service.
To New York City
Because Westchester County borders on the New York City borough of The Bronx, many of the Bee-Line's routes operate into the Bronx, offering Westchester residents connections to the New York City subway system. Every subway line in The Bronx is served by at least one Bee-Line route. The Bee-Line System also operates an express route from White Plains, Greenburgh and Yonkers along Central (Park) Avenue to Fifth Avenue in Manhattan (return trips operate on Madison Avenue within Manhattan).
2005 Strike
Employees of Liberty Lines went on strike on March 3 2005, after their contract expired on February 28. Their union, the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), made demands regarding retirment age and benefits that Liberty Lines did not want to grant (Liberty Lines did provide a compromise on the retirement age, albeit in trade for other benefit givebacks that the union did not accept). Service was suspended on all Bee-Line routes, except for three routes operated by other companies. On April 19, a tentative agreement was reached between Liberty Lines and the union. On April 20, the striking union members met at the Portuguese-American Communty Center in Yonkers and approved the settlement by a margin of 3 to 1. Bus service resumes Saturday April 23. Fares will be waived for all riders through May 31, and March "Passports" will be honored throughout June. The strike significantly affected school attendance in Yonkers, Mount Vernon and New Rochelle, where Liberty Lines handled a majority of the 3 districts' school busing needs. The strike was very controversial because the greatest economic pain was inflicted not on the management (who still received payments from the county) or the bus drivers (who were being paid from a "strike fund" for the first month of the strike) but on the riders, many of whom are among the county's poorest residents and cannot afford to own cars or take taxis and commuter trains to get to work or school and as a result have missed school or are no longer at their jobs.
RoutesLocal service1C The Bronx-Yonkers-Westchester Medical Center1T The Bronx-Yonkers-Tarrytown1W The Bronx-Yonkers-White Plains2 The Bronx-Tudor Woods4 The Bronx-Yonkers5 Yonkers-White Plains-Harrison6 Yonkers-White Plains-Pleasantville7 Yonkers-Mount Vernon-New Rochelle8 Mount St. Vincent-Yonkers-Tuckahoe9 North Yonkers-Yonkers RR Station12 Yorktown-Purchase-White Plains13 Ossining-Tarrytown-Port Chester14 Peekskill-Yorktown-White Plains15 Peekskill-Yorktown-White Plains16 Peekskill-Yorktown19 Ossining-Katonah20 The Bronx-White Plains23 Yonkers-Alexander Street25 The Bronx-Yonkers26 The Bronx-Yonkers-Bronxville30 Yonkers-Bronxville-New Rochelle32 Yonkers Loop40 Mount Vernon-White Plains-Westchester Medical Center42 The Bronx-Mount Vernon-New Rochelle45 Eastchester-New Rochelle-Pelham Bay45Q Top-of-the-Ridge-New Rochelle52 The Bronx-Mount Vernon-Bronxville53 Mount Vernon-Chester Heights54 Mount Vernon Local55 The Bronx-Mount Vernon-Yonkers60 The Bronx-New Rochelle-White Plains61 The Bronx-New Rochelle-Port Chester63 Scarsdale-White Plains66 Dobbs Ferry-Scarsdale-New Rochelle76 Rye-Port Chester78 Getty Square-Stew Leonard's Drive
Summer service75 Port Chester RR Station-Rye RR Station-Playland Park90 Playland-The Bronx91 Playland-New Rochelle-Mount Vernon-Yonkers92 Playland-White Plains
Bus to rail10 Croton Commuter18 Peekskill Commuter33 Croton Falls Commuter34 Orchard Hill Commuter38 Secor Road Commuter39 Ridge Road Commuter64 Green Knolls Commuter65 Longview Commuter70 Bonnie Briar Commuter71 Larchmont Manor Commuter
Express/limited stops3 The Bronx-White Plains-Purchase11 White Plains-Ossining-Croton17 Peekskill-White Plains21 The Bronx-White Plains (Limited)27 Eastview-Skyline Drive41 The Bronx-Mount Vernon-White Plains-Westchester Medical Center62 The Bronx-New Rochelle-White Plains77 White Plains-Yorktown-BaldwinBxM4C Westchester Manhattan Express
Shuttle ServiceA Loop Westchester Ave.B Loop Westchester Ave.C Loop Westchester Ave.D Loop Westchester Ave.-Red Oak LaneE Loop Manhattanville Rd.F Loop White Plains-Tarrytown Rd.G Loop Westchester Medical CenterH Loop White Plains-King St.T Loop Tarrytown-White Plains Rd.
External linksBee-Line Bus SystemLiberty Lines
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