Harrisonburg Transit is a small bus system designed primarily for transporting students at James Madison University to and from campus and student housing, as well as around town. As such, the routes are very JMU-oriented, with the hub of the system being at JMU's Godwin Hall, in the center of campus. As of winter 2005, the fleet consists primarily of Thomas-Built and Gillig Advantage buses.
Your Webmaster rode Harrisonburg Transit for all four and a half years of his time as a student at JMU, and remembers it fondly.
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Location: Godwin Hall Date: 2000-11-19 Comments: Godwin Hall bus shelter at the JMU campus. Godwin Hall is the main hub of the Harrisonburg Transit system, as all buses terminate here. |
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Vehicle: 42 Service: HDPT Route 11 Location: Godwin Hall Category: Thomas-Built buses Date: 2000-11-19 Comments: Route 11 services Godwin Hall. This particular bus, 42, is now retired. |
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Location: Godwin Hall Date: 2001-09-09 Comments: Godwin Hall bus shelter. |
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Location: thomas-built Date: 2001-10-22 Comments: Thomas-Built bus passes Godwin Hall bus shelter. |
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Vehicle: 51 Service: HDPT Route 9 Location: Godwin Hall Category: Thomas-Built buses Date: 2001-10-22 |
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Vehicle: 68 Service: HDPT Route 5 Location: Godwin Hall Category: DuponTrolley buses Date: 2002-02-09 Comments: The trolley buses were purchased in 2001 to be used as an around-town shuttle for senior citizens, but somehow, one of the two trolley buses ended up seeing service on the regular routes. As of 2005, the trolleys were no longer used in their intended service due to complaints about the seats (they are wooden benches). The trolleys are now used for special events, as well as the Shopper route. |
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Vehicle: 68 Category: DuponTrolley buses Date: 2002-02-09 Comments: "STOP REQUEST" sign. |
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Vehicle: 68 Category: DuponTrolley buses Date: 2002-02-09 Comments: Builder's plate. |
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Vehicle: 68 Category: DuponTrolley buses Date: 2002-02-09 Comments: "STOP REQUEST" sign lit up when the pull-cord is pulled. The lighting up of the sign is accompanied by a bell/buzzer (kind of a cross between the two). |
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Location: Godwin Hall Category: Thomas-Built buses Date: 2002-04-02 Comments: Trolley bus and two Thomas-Built buses at the far end of Godwin Hall's parking lot, near the main bus shelter. Note that the bus to the left in this picture is equipped with flip-dot signs. These buses, numbered in the 60s, were the first buses not to have roll signs. |
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Service: HDPT Route 1, HDPT Route 4 Location: Godwin Hall Category: Thomas-Built buses Date: 2002-04-02 Comments: Buses waiting at Godwin Hall. The bus to the right is unusual because the roll-sign is in a different typeface than any of the other buses in the fleet. |
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Location: Festival Date: 2002-11-14 Comments: Festival (formerly College Center) bus stop along Carrier Drive. This is the main bus station on the eastern side of the JMU campus. |
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Vehicle: 53 Service: HDPT ICS 1 Location: Festival Category: Thomas-Built buses Date: 2002-11-14 Comments: Bus has original roll-signs. |
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Vehicle: 53 Category: Thomas-Built buses Date: 2002-11-14 Comments: Interior of bus 53. |
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Vehicle: 48 Location: Carrier Drive, near CISAT buildings Category: Thomas-Built buses Date: 2003-09-20 Comments: Advertisements on the side of bus 48, which Harrisonburg Transit began running on the buses in the fall of 2003. |
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Vehicle: 49 Service: HDPT Route 9 Location: Godwin Hall Category: Gillig Low-Floor buses Date: 2005-02-18 Comments: #49 is a 2004 Gillig Low-Floor, waiting for riders at Godwin Hall. The Gillig Low-Floor buses are Harrisonburg's first low-floor buses. |
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Vehicle: 53 Location: Hoffman Hall Category: Thomas-Built buses Date: 2005-02-18 Comments: Bus 53 with new LED head sign. Except for the oldest buses, all buses with roll signs were retrofitted with LED signage in February 2003. |
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Vehicle: 56 Service: HDPT Route 8 Location: Hoffman Hall Category: Thomas-Built buses Date: 2005-02-18 Comments: Rear LED sign added in February 2003. |
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Vehicle: 55 Service: HDPT Route 6 Location: Varner House Category: Thomas-Built buses Date: 2005-02-18 |
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Vehicle: 49 Service: HDPT Route 9 Location: Hoffman Hall Category: Gillig Low-Floor buses Date: 2005-02-18 |
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Vehicle: 49 Service: HDPT Route 9 Location: Hoffman Hall Category: Gillig Low-Floor buses Date: 2005-02-18 |
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Vehicle: 49 Service: HDPT Route 9 Location: Hoffman Hall Category: Gillig Low-Floor buses Date: 2005-02-18 |
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Vehicle: 52 Service: HDPT Route 7 Location: Hoffman Hall Category: Thomas-Built buses Date: 2005-02-18 |
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Vehicle: 49 Service: HDPT Route 9 Location: Godwin Hall Category: Gillig Low-Floor buses Date: 2005-02-18 Comments: View from Bluestone Drive, across from D-Hall. |
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Vehicle: 54 Service: HDPT ICS 2 Location: Bluestone Drive, near D-Hall Category: Thomas-Built buses Date: 2005-02-18 Comments: "II" is the designator used on the rear LEDs for the "Inner Campus Shuttle" buses. This bus is running the ICS 2 route, which at that time ran between Duke Hall and Blue Ridge Hall via Godwin Hall. |
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Vehicle: 60 Service: HDPT Route 10 Location: Warren Hall Category: Thomas-Built buses Date: 2005-02-18 Comments: Bus 60, a 2002 Thomas-Built bus, was among the first buses in Harrisonburg's fleet to be manufactured without roll signs. These buses are also the only ones in the fleet to use green flip-dot signs. |
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Vehicle: 60 Service: HDPT Route 10 Location: Warren Hall Category: Thomas-Built buses Date: 2005-02-18 Comments: While the 2002 Thomas-Built buses do have flip-dot signs on the front and sides of the bus, the rear sign is an LED. The rear sign is not original to the bus, and was added in 2004. |
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Vehicle: 44 Service: HDPT Route 4 Location: Bluestone Drive and Duke Drive Category: Gillig Low-Floor buses Date: 2005-02-18 |
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Vehicle: 41 Category: Gillig Low-Floor buses Date: 2005-02-18 Comments: Interior of bus 41. |
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Vehicle: 41 Category: Gillig Low-Floor buses Date: 2005-02-18 Comments: Interior of bus 41. |
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Vehicle: 60 Service: HDPT Route 10 Location: Godwin Hall Category: Thomas-Built buses Date: 2005-02-18 |
