Rider's Guide
Schedules
While we try to be exact when giving the time the bus will be at a given stop, traffic and other situations may result in slight time variations from the published schedule. Please arrive at your stop at least 3 minutes early to minimize the likelihood of missing the bus.
2021-2022 Holidays
For the period July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022 AppalCART does not operate on New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, the Friday after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the day after Christmas. We will operate limited routes on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Labor Day.
Understanding
AppalCART Schedules
The schedules provided in the system brochure and listed on the maps are the times for the buses.
As a tip, remember to arrive at your stop 3 - 5 minutes before the scheduled stop.
The schedules do not provide times for all stops; if your stop does not have a time, look on the schedule for the nearest stop before it to estimate the bus's arrival.
Below is an example of how to read our schedules using the Red Route schedule.
The first bus that departs is printed in bold, and this indicates that will the bus' first stop/departure on that route. Also, the bus numbers do not indicate the order of the buses; this means, that Bus 1 is not necessarily the first of the red route. The times next to the stops are to be compared to the times listed under the days of the week schedule. For instance, for the Red Route, Bus 1, 3, and 4 leave AppalCART at 7:05 am, 6:35 am, and 6:50 am, respectively. Bus 2 leaves the ASU College of Health Sciences at 6:51 am.
Red Route Bus 1, 3, and 4
Bus Departure Times - First Stop/Departure
Red Route Bus 2
The times at the top of the schedule indicate the times that the bus is running.
For instance, Monday - Friday, AppalCART will run 4 buses that will drive the Red Route from 6:35 am - 6:03 pm, then from 6:04 pm - 10:08 pm, 2 buses will drive the Red Route. On Saturday, the Red Route from 9:05 am - 5:33 pm will run 2 buses. On Sunday, the Red Route runs 2 buses from 12:05 pm - 8:03 pm. When AppalCART is on Break Schedule (such as holidays), the Red Route will run 2 buses on Monday - Friday (depending on the day of the week the holiday is) from 6:50 am - 8:08 pm.
Note: for the Red Route, the schedule continues into another half to list the rest of the stops.
Stops are listed here
Stops are continued here
How do these schedules help you ride the bus?
These schedules are essential in determining when to arrive at your stop!
With AppalCART routes, keep the following in mind:
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Red Route & Wellness District run every 15 minutes.
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Purple Route, Pop 105 Route & Orange Route run every 10 minutes.
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Green Route & Blue Route run every 20 minutes.
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Gray Route, State Farm Route, & Silver Route run every 30 minutes.
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Express Route & Pink Route run every 10 minutes in conjunction with each other.
*Note: These are weekday, daytime routes. Also, the run times are determined by the number of buses that are running per each route.
Example of using the schedule for stops: (Example of weekday, daytime buses)
For instance, you live at the Kingswood Apartments and want to get to the ASU College of Health Science.
The Kingswood Apartments does not have a specific time listed, so you have to estimate and be prepared between the possible times.
The stop listed before Kingswood in the schedule is the NC 105 Ext / Azalea Dr stop which arrives at :02, :17, :32, and :47 minutes after the hour. The stop after Kingswood in the schedule is the ASU College St Station which arrives at :08, :23, :38, and :53 minutes after the hour. You would need to be ready in between these times and be waiting at the stop, ready to alert the driver that you are prepared to board the bus.
After boarding the bus, you are waiting for the College of Health Sciences stop. You will ride for approximately 30 - 45 minutes depending on other passengers boarding and traffic. The arrival at the College of Health Sciences will be :04, :19, :34, and :49 minutes after the hour.
Depending on which time you boarded the bus, you follow that Bus column to determine times for when you will arrive at your desired stop.
If you boarded the bus at Kingswood at approximately :05 minutes after the hour (time determined by an estimate of :02 stop at NC 105 Ext/Azalea Dr), then you would arrive at College of Health Science at :49 minutes after the hour. This example is using the Bus 2 times listed in the schedule.
For a stop with a time listed beside it, look at the listed times and determine which one is closest to the current time that you are wanting to board at that particular stop.