Lextran Earns Health and Safety Commitment Seal

Lextran earned the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Health and Safety Commitment (HSC) seal by fulfilling the highest industry commitments for keeping transit safe during COVID-19. APTA asked more than 2,200 passengers what would make them feel safe riding public transportation. Based on those responses, the industry identified four key areas that transit systems need …

Lextran announces departure of General Manger Carrie Butler

Lextran announced today that General Manager Carrie Butler will depart the organization on Sept. 16. Butler will continue her career in public transportation as the Executive Director of the Transit Authority of River City (TARC) in Louisville, KY. Jill Barnett, Lextran’s current assistant general manager, is expected to be named acting General Manager. Barnett has …

Labor Day Service Info

Lextran will operate on a Sunday schedule on Monday, Sept. 7 in observance of Labor Day. The following routes, which normally operate on Mondays, will not operate on Labor Day: Route 16 – Southland Drive Route 17 – Northside Connector Route 18 – Centre Parkway Connector Route 22 – Mercer Road Route 27 – UK …

July 4th Service

On Friday, July 3, Lextran will operate regular weekday service. The Loudon Administrative Office will be closed. Saturday, July 4, Lextran will operate an extended Sunday schedule in observation of Independence Day. You can find the individual details for each route below. The following routes which normally operate on Saturday will not operate on July …

Free Shuttle to Primary Election Polls

Lextran will offer a free shuttle from the Downtown Transit Center to Fayette County’s sole polling location, Kroger Field, for the Primary Election on June 23. The first shuttle will depart Bay 6 of the Downtown Transit Center at 6:00 a.m. It will depart thereafter every 15-20 minutes. The last shuttle will depart Kroger Field …

Interactive Voice Response System (IVR) To Be Discontinued

The IVR (Interactive Voice Response system, 244-2020) will no longer be active as of Monday, June 29th. The number will be redirected to Customer Service during business hours and will play an automated message outside of those hours. To obtain schedule information customers can use our app (MyStop Mobile), Text for Next (LX+stop number to 321-123), …

South Upper at Winslow Closure

The sanitary sewer replacement project underway by the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government will cause the closure of South Upper at Winslow St. This closure will last from Friday, March 13 at 7:00pm to Monday, March 16th at 6:00am. During that the following detours will be in place. Route 5 – Nicholasville Road Outbound will turn …

City Sewer Project to Affect Bus Service on Avenue of Champions

The sanitary sewer replacement project underway by the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government is advancing further into the University of Kentucky campus area. Starting Monday, March 9, a portion of Avenue of Champions will be reduced to one lane. This will impact service for Route 14 – UK Blue and Route 27 – UK Yellow. Route …