Service Change Goals

Increase frequency and span of service on routes that serve priority populations and key destinations. Increase transit access in areas with new housing developments, especially multi-family and low-income units. Maintain service on existing corridors and

Service Change Highlights by Area

Click on the + to view the proposed service increases or decreases to the bus routes that serve the destinations listed below. Scroll down to view detailed changes by route.

Increases service from about every 90 minutes to once an hour, seven days a week. Realigns Route 50 to Cordata Station instead of Bellingham Station

Increases the number of weekday and Saturday trips arriving from Bellingham Station. Adds earlier and later trips to better align with employee schedules. Adds Sunday service. Maintains one trip per hour arriving from Cordata Station, with routing on Maplewood Ave

Route 4 currently serves St Joseph Hospital. WTA is proposing to create two separate bus routes that serve the Hospital departing from Cordata Station and Bellingham Station.

  • Route 9 Hospital - Downtown
  • Route 18 Maplewood/Hospital - Cordata

This change allows us to increases the frequency of buses arriving from Bellingham Station from every 60 minutes to every 30 minutes on weekdays.


Increases the number of weekday, Saturday and Sunday trips.

Increases the number of weekday and Saturday trips departing from Bellingham Station to twice an hour. Adds Sunday service


Adds Sunday service.



Adds hourly bus service on weekdays and Saturday.

Removes service on Levine Lane and through the Cornwall Park Neighborhood. Both areas have low ridership and are within about a five-minute walk to the nearest bus stop. This enables a frequency increase to St. Joseph Hospital. While some people may need to walk a little further, everyone will have twice as much bus service compared to today.

Proposed route 9 to St Joseph hospital, with removal of Levine Land and routing on Sunset Dr and Cornwall Ave.

Reduces the number of bus trips on East Bakerview Rd between Guide Meridian and Deemer Rd. This enables expansion of service to the King Mountain Neighborhood.

Unfortunately, because several of our new buses can't complete the U-turn at Birch Bay Village, we'll be eliminating up to eight trips to Birch Bay Village.

The total number of Route 75 trips is not proposed to change, only the number of times we go to Birch Bay Village.

Detailed Changes by Route

Click on the + next to the route to view detailed information on the proposed changes.

Where the bus travels through town will not change.

We are proposing to add Sunday service.

Weekdays

No Change.

Saturday

No Change.

Sundays

Add 10 trips departing hourly from Bellingham Station, 8:40 AM – 5:40 PM.

Add 10 trips departing hourly from Cordata Station, 8:25 AM – 5:25 PM.

We are proposing to replace Route 4 with Route 9 Hospital - Downtown and Route 18 Maplewood/Hospital - Cordata.

Increases weekday, Saturday and Sunday service.

A map of WTA Route 46.

Weekdays

16 trips departing hourly from Bellingham Station, 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM.

(Increased from 6 trips)

Saturdays

15 trips departing hourly from Bellingham Station, 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM.

(Increased from 6 trips)

Sundays

13 trips departing hourly from Bellingham Station, 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM.

(Increased from 6 trips)

Increases weekday, Saturday and Sunday service.

A map that shows WTA Route 47.

Weekdays

16 trips departing hourly from Bellingham Station, 6:25 AM – 9:25 PM.

(Increased from 7 trips)

Saturdays

15 trips departing hourly from Bellingham Station, 7:25 AM – 9:25 PM.

(Increased from 7 trips)

Sundays

13 trips departing hourly from Bellingham Station, 7:25 AM – 7:25 PM.

(Increased from 7 trips)


  • Reverts service levels back to pre-June 2024. No change to routing
  • Reallocated revenue hours to expand transit access to the King Mountain Neighborhood near James St and Kellogg St, the fastest growing neighborhood in Bellingham

Bus route 46, serves Bakerview Spur via East Bakerview Road.

Weekdays

Route 48: 5 trips departing from CTS at 7:05 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 1:45 p.m., 6:05 p.m. and 8:05 p.m. 3 trips departing from Bakerview Spur at 6:40 a.m., 11:15 a.m. and 3:50 p.m.

Saturdays

Route 48: 3 trips departing from CTS at 9:32 a.m., 12:32 p.m. and 7:51 p.m. 2 trips departing from Bakerview Spur at 10:12 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Sundays

No Sunday service.

  • Increases the frequency from about every 90-minutes to every 60-minutes, seven days a week
  • The bus would depart from Cordata Station instead of Bellingham Station, enabling access to Cordata area destinations including Whatcom Community College and Winco

A map that shows Route 50 departing from the Cordata Station. A text box say: No changes to the route on the Lummi Reservation.

Weekdays

14 trips departing hourly from Cordata Station, 6:05 AM – 7:05 PM.

(Increased from 9 trips)

Saturdays

11 trips departing hourly from Cordata Station, 8:05 AM – 6:05 PM.

(Increased from 7 trips)

Sundays

10 trips departing hourly from Cordata Station, 8:05 AM – 5:05 PM.

(Increased from 6 trips)

Unfortunately, because several of our new buses can't complete the U-turn at Birch Bay Village, we'll be eliminating up to eight trips to the area shaded in yellow.

The total number of Route 75 trips is not proposed to change, only the number of times we go to Birch Bay Village.

A map of WTA Route 75 that serves Blaine and Birch Bay. The section that serves Birch Bay Village is highlighted in yellow.

  • Increases service to the hospital, replacing Route 4
  • Increases the frequency from every 60 minutes to a bus every 30 minutes on weekdays
  • Increases evening service
  • Adds one bus every hour on Sunday A bus route that starts at the Bellingham Station, travels on James St, Sunset Drive, Ellis St and turns around at St Joseph Hospital.

Weekdays

26 trips departing every 30 minutes from Bellingham Station at :10 and :40 after the hour, 6:40 AM – 7:40 PM

(Increased from 12 trips)

Saturdays

10 trips departing hourly from Bellingham Station at :10 after the hour, 8:10 AM – 5:10 PM

(Number of trips remains the same)

Sundays

Add 10 trips departing hourly from Bellingham Station, 8:10 AM – 5:10 PM

(Increased from 0 trips.)

  • New route to increase service to Bellingham Technical College, Lighthouse Mission and Old Town Urban Village
  • Service along Holly & Eldridge would increase from a bus every 60 minutes to a bus every 30 minutes on weekdays
  • Enabled by the changes to the Hospital route (currently Route 4) through an interlinement
A bus route that travels between Bellingham Station and Bellingham Technical College, along Holly St and Elidridge Ave.

Weekdays

11 trips departing hourly from Bellingham Station, 7:10 AM – 5:10 PM.

(Increased from 0 trips)

Saturdays

This corridor would continue to be served by Route 3.

Sundays

This corridor would be served by Route 3.

  • Maintains hourly service from Cordata Station to the hospital, via Maplewood Ave
  • Adds Sunday service
  • Replaces a portion of the Route 4 Hospital
  • Enabled by the realignment of Route 50 – Lummi Nation, through an interlinement

Weekdays

13 trips departing hourly from Cordata Station, 6:20 AM – 6:20 PM.

(Increased from 12 trips)

Saturdays

12 trips departing hourly from Cordata Station, 7:20 AM – 6:20 PM.

(Increased from 11 trips)

Sundays

11 trips departing hourly from Cordata Station, 8:20 AM – 6:20 PM.

(Increased from 0 trips)

  • Add transit service to the King Mountain Neighborhood six days a week
  • Maintains hourly service to Bakerview Spur and the Irongate Industrial Neighborhood six days a week
  • Serves housing growth including multifamily near Creston Way

Proposed route 45 serving King Mountain Neighborhood.

Weekdays

Route 45: 13 trips departing hourly from CTS, 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Saturdays

Route 45: 13 trips departing hourly from CTS, 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Sundays

No Sunday service.