NCRTD News:

• • • • • Taos Chile Line service hours reduced; Turquoise Trail, Route reinstated with new updated route and number

Beginning Monday, Oct. 16, the Blue Bus will operate the all-new 275 Turquoise Trail Route, providing service to Madrid, Los Cerrillos, N.M. 599 Rail Runner Station, Santa Fe Outlets and Santa Fe Place Mall. The new fare-free service will offer four round trips Monday through Friday.

In a related change, Route 270, previously branded as the Turquoise Trail route will now be re-named as the N.M. 599 Station Route. The free weekday service includes three round trips Monday through Friday and serves the N.M. 599 Rail Runner station, the Oñate Military Complex and the State Penitentiary Complex.

Taos area Blue Bus passengers need to be aware that effective Monday, Oct. 16, service hours on the popular 340 Chile line have been reduced, starting later in the morning and ending earlier in the evenings. Northbound buses will now run between 7:30 a.m. and 4:53 p.m. and southbound buses run between 8:15 a.m. and 5:29 p.m. The Chile line serves the Taos Pueblo, the Town of Taos and Ranchos de Taos.

For more details, visit the Blue Bus website at https://www.ncrtd.org/service-changes/ or call 866.206.0754.

About NCRTD:

The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) connects communities and pueblos across 10,000 square miles throughout north central New Mexico, including Los Alamos, Española, Santa Fe and Taos. The signature Blue Bus™ provides service on 28 Fixed and Flex routes (26 of which are fare-free), two Demand-Response routes and one Dial-a-Ride service. Coming soon: MyBlue™, an app-based on-demand transit service for Taos and Española.