Santa Cruz County Fair Sept. 15-19

See Route Schedule: 79     See Route Map: 79

Effective: Sep 15 - Sep 19 2021

Ride METRO to the Santa Cruz County Fair at the Watsonville Fairgrounds (September 15-19)

Round trips of a special “Route 79 County Fair” route will depart on the hour:

From Watsonville Transit Center (WTC) at :00, depart the Fairgrounds at :25, and arrive back at WTC at :45.

Fair Service Hours:

Wednesday-Friday: 12pm-10pm
Saturday-Sunday: 10am-10pm.

The route to the fair runs from WTC to West Lake, Rodriguez, West Beach, Lincoln, Hushbeck, East Lake, and College to the County Fairgrounds.

The return trips will run from the County Fairgrounds, to East Lake, Hushbeck, East Beach, Lincoln, East Lake, and Rodriguez to WTC.

The Paracruz service area will be extended to cover service to the Fair.

METRO will operate a booth at the fair in the First Responders section.

We will be offering giveaways to fair goers who visit our booth. We look forward to seeing you there!

Fall Service starting September 16

Major Service changes:

A new route, the Watsonville Circulator, will run one clockwise loop hourly from 12:01pm to 7:01pm, and a counter-clockwise loop hourly from 12:43pm to 7:45pm. The clockwise route runs from Watsonville Transit Center to Main St, Green Valley Road, Freedom Centre, Freedom Blvd, Lincoln St, and E. Lake. The other direction runs the opposite direction along the same route, except it uses E. Beach St instead of E. Lake St.

All UCSC routes have changes for the Fall schedule. With the return of in-person classes at UCSC, Routes 15 and 22, suspended since Spring 2020, will return. Route 22 will again operate from the Seymour Center at the Coastal Science Campus to the UCSC main campus, but will follow a new route: Delaware Blvd, Almar Ave, Mission St, and Bay Dr (Upper Bay). Although Routes 15 and 22 are typically School Term only, or “ST” service, for this Fall, there is no UCSC “ST” service calendar. All UCSC routes will operate throughout the Fall schedule, except for METRO holidays.

On Route 35, the last two trips of the evening will run via Glen Arbor Road instead of Hwy 9/Highlands Park.

Route 55 will return to its previous schedule of three weekend trips.

Routes 35, 42, 69A, 69W, and 71 have minor adjustments of a few minutes to the trip start time or departure times at intermediate timepoints, or both.

Route-specific Schedule Changes between Summer and Fall schedules - Routes not specifically mentioned below will continue to operate the same schedule as Summer 2021 Service.

Route 15 – UCSC via West Gate - Laurel

See Route Schedule: 15     See Route Map: 15

Weekdays: Service will operate every 30 minutes from 7:15am – 9:15pm, plus one supplemental trip at 8:33pm.

Route 19 – UCSC via West Gate – Bay

See Route Schedule: 19     See Route Map: 19

Weekdays: Service will operate every 30 minutes from 6:35am – 12:05am.

Weekends: Service will operate every 60 minutes from 8:05am – 10:05pm.

Route 22 – UCSC via Main Gate – Almar/Bay

See Route Schedule: 22     See Route Map: 22

Weekdays: Service has resumed, but the route has changed. It will operate from the Seymour Center at the Coastal Science Campus to the UCSC main campus, but will follow a new route: Delaware Blvd, Almar Ave, Mission St, and Bay Dr (Upper Bay). Service will depart from the Seymour Center every 60 minutes from 7:03am – 5:03pm. The last trip will depart the Seymour Center at 5:55pm and end at Bay & Mission (McDonald’s).

Route 40 – Highway 1 to Davenport

See Route Schedule: 40     See Route Map: 40

Weekdays: The Mission & Bellevue stop (Stop ID 1621) has been discontinued.

Route 55 – Cabrillo – Rio Del Mar

See Route Schedule: 55     See Route Map: 55

Weekends: Will operate three trips, at 8:30am, 12:30pm, and 5:30pm. All three trips will serve Via Pacifica.

Route 69W – Capitola/Cabrillo

See Route Schedule: 69W     See Route Map: 69W

Weekdays/Weekends: The departure times at numerous timepoints have been adjusted by several minutes.

Route 91X – Cabrillo Express

Weekdays: The last departure from Watsonville Transit Center will be five minutes later, at 4:39pm.