LYNX Announces April Service Proposal

February 9, 2015

UPDATED: Mar. 17, 2015

LYNX has proposed making system-wide efficiencies effective April 19.

The LYNX Board of Directors (BOD) will vote on the service change proposal at their 1 p.m. March 26 meeting in the LYNX Central Station 2nd Floor Board Room.

The major change proposed will be extending the LYMMO Orange Line (Link 31) north via Magnolia Avenue, Marks Street and Orange Avenue to serve the Marks Street Senior Recreational Center and numerous apartments and businesses in the area.

Other major changes will be to add service on Links 10, 37, 56, 104 and FastLink 441.

Additional efficiencies proposed will include routing or time changes on Links 8, 11, 13, 18, 26, 34, 36, 40, 42, 45, 46E, 46W, 51, 55, 56, 57, 62 (LYMMO Grapefruit), 105, 106, 107, 108, 111, 208, 302, 304, 434, 443 and FastLink and 17-92.

 

April 19 Service Proposal*

ADJUSTED SERVICE:

• Link 8 – West Oak Ridge Road/International Drive (Orange County) – Adjustments on Saturday and Sunday/Holiday schedules. Service will be rerouted from Adrianna Avenue and Altamira Drive to Oak Ridge and International Drive in both directions. 
• Link 10 – East U.S. 192/St. Cloud (Osceola County) – A new trip will be added leaving Walmart at 4:25a.m. on weekdays and 4:27a.m. on Saturdays to the LYNX Kissimmee Intermodal Station. Departure times from the LYNX Kissimmee Intermodal Station will move to :00. Additional minor adjustments will be made to weekday and Saturday schedules.
• Link 11 – South Orange Avenue/Orlando International Airport (Orange County) – Minor schedule adjustments.
• Link 13 – University of Central Florida (Orange County) – Minor schedule adjustments.
• Link 18 – South Orange Avenue/Kissimmee (Orange County/Osceola County) – Minor schedule adjustments.
• Link 26 – Pleasant Hill Road/Poinciana (Osceola County) – Minor schedule adjustments. Departure times from the Poinciana Walmart will change to :05 and :35 on weekdays and :05 on Saturdays.
• Link 31 – LYMMO Orange Line (Orange County) – Route will extend north via Livingston Street, Magnolia Avenue, Marks Street, Orange Avenue and back to Livingston Street. The frequency will be every seven minutes during weekday peak and every 15 minutes during off-peak and weekends.
• Link 34 – Sanford (Seminole County) – Minor schedule adjustments.
• Link 36 – Lake Richmond (Orange County) – Minor schedule adjustments
• Link 37 – Pine Hills/Florida Mall (Orange County) – Minor schedule adjustments. An additional weekday trip will be added from Silver Star Road/Hiawassee Road at 7 a.m.
• Link 40 – Americana Boulevard/Universal Orlando (Orange County) – Minor schedule adjustments.
• Link 42 – International Drive/OIA (Orange County) – Service will no longer pull into the Orlando International Premium Outlets. It will operate along Oak Ridge Road. Additional minor schedule adjustments.
• Link 45 – Lake Mary (Seminole County) – Minor schedule adjustments.
• Link 46E – SR 46/Downtown Sanford (Seminole County) – Minor schedule adjustments.
• Link 46W – SR 46/Seminole Towne Center (Seminole County) – Minor schedule adjustments.
• Link 51 – Conway Road/Orlando International Airport (Orange County) – Minor schedule adjustments.
• Link 55 - West U.S. 192/Citrus Ridge (Osceola County) – Minor schedule adjustments. Timepoints No. 3 (U.S. 192/SR 535) and No. 5 (U.S. 192/Formosa Gardens Boulevard) will be removed.
• Link 56 – U.S. 192/Magic Kingdom (Osceola County) – Minor schedule adjustments. New trips from Osceola Square Mall to the LYNX Kissimmee Intermodal Station will be added at 4:07, 4:37, 5:07, 5:37, 6:07, 6:37 and 7:07a.m. Timepoint No. 3 (U.S. 192/SR 535) will be removed.
• Link 57 – John Young Parkway (Orange County/Osceola County) – Minor schedule adjustments. Departure time from Kissimmee Intermodal Station will change to :15 on weekdays and Saturdays. Saturday departure time from the Washington Shores SuperStop will change to :20.
• Link 62 – LYMMO Grapefruit Line (Orange County) – Minor schedule adjustments.
• Link 104 – East Colonial (Orange County) – Minor schedule adjustments. An additional weekday 6:33 p.m. trip from the University of Central Florida Super Stop to LYNX Central Station will be added.
• Link 105 – West Colonial (Orange County) – Minor schedule adjustments. Timepoint No. 3 will be removed from Colonial Drive/Powers Drive.
• Link 106 – North U.S. 441/Apopka (Orange County) – Minor schedule adjustments.
• Link 107 – U.S. 441/Florida Mall (Orange County) – Minor schedule adjustments.
• Link 108 – South U.S. 441/Kissimmee (Orange County/Osceola County) – Minor schedule adjustments. The final daily trip from the LYNX Kissimmee Intermodal Station to Osceola Square Mall will be eliminated. 
• Link 111 – OIA/SeaWorld (Orange County) – Minor schedule adjustments.
• Xpress Link 208 – A.M. trips will be changed to leave Kissimmee Intermodal Station at :00 instead of :30, and from Sand Lake Sunrail at :10 instead of :40.
• Link 302 – Timepoint #7 (Kirkman Rd./Vineland Rd.) will be removed from the schedule.
• Link 304 – Downtown Disney Direct (Orange County) – The afternoon trip from Walt Disney World Resort to LYNX Central Station will be rerouted to exit I-4 at Universal Boulevard and travel along Sand Lake Road before resuming the current routing.
• Link 434 – SR 434 Crosstown (Orange County/Seminole County) – Minor schedule adjustments.
• Link 443 – Winter Park/Pine Hills (Orange County) – Minor schedule adjustments.
• FastLink 441 – Kissimmee/Orlando (Osceola County) - Service will be added to operate all day once every hour. Buses will now depart LYNX Central Station at :30 beginning at 6:30 a.m. with the last trip departing at 6:30 p.m.; and from the LYNX Kissimmee Intermodal Station at :30 beginning at 5:30 a.m. with the last trip departing at 5:30 p.m. Trips will be eliminated from the LYNX Central Station at 6 and 7 a.m., and 4 and 5 p.m.  Trips will be eliminated from the LYNX Kissimmee Intermodal Station at 5:05 and 7:05 am, and 5 and 6 pm.
• FastLink 17-92 – Sanford/Orlando (Orange County/Seminole County) – Minor schedule adjustments.
• NeighborLink 621 – East Colonial Drive/Bithlo (Orange County) – Minor schedule adjustments. Fixed route portion will extend south via Avalon Park Boulevard and back north on Golden Isle Drive and Sunflower Trail. The route will extend to serve the Bithlo Community Center and Bithlo Transformation Village. The NeighborLink service area in Bithlo will increase while; the service area in Wedgefield will decrease.