Laketran is the

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agency that serves Lake County, Ohio, the county northeast of

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. It is the third-largest transit system in Northeast Ohio, serving

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, Willoughby, Wickliffe. Eastlake,

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and other Lake County destinations. In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . Laketran was established as the Regional Transit Authority for Lake County in 1974. Laketran's services include local Routes 1–9, Park-n-Ride Routes 10–12, commuter express routes to downtown Cleveland, and Dial-a-Ride, a door-to-door demand response

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service. Laketran is funded by a half of a percent sales tax, fare revenue, Federal aid for capital expenses, and State assistance. Laketran received an Outstanding Achievement Award from the

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(APTA) for systems carrying more than one million passengers annually, twice: in 2000 and 2005. Laketran connects to Greater Cleveland RTA at Shoregate Shopping Center (Route #39) and at East 276th Street and Euclid Avenue (Route #28). With the addition of the New Flyer C35LF, Laketran also operates a fleet of MCI (Motor Coach Industries) D4000's for Park-n-Ride commuter service to and from Cleveland. Laketran also operates a fleet of cutaway buses manufactured by Tesco Bus on light routes and Dial-a-Ride paratransit service. In 2009, Laketran purchased a fleet of New Flyer XN35s and are currently being phased out and replaced with 2021 New Flyer diesel and battery powered buses. Laketran also operates a fleet of smaller size low floor Gillig buses purchased in 2010. In 2017, Laketran introduced propane-fueled paratransit vans to its Dial-a-Ride fleet. In 2021, Laketran became the first transit agency in Ohio to operate all electric buses from New Flyer. Laketran's hours of operation for local routes are Monday-Friday:6am-8pm, Saturday:8am-7pm. Laketran does not operate on Sundays. Laketran is open on Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Columbus Day and Veterans Day and closed for the remaining federal holidays.

Routes

* – Painesville, Mentor, Great Lakes Mall, Lakeland Community College * – Mentor, Willoughby, Wickliffe, Euclid * – Great Lakes Mall, Lakeland Community College, Mentor – Wickliffe * – Madison, Painesville * – Fairport & Painesville Circulators * – Shops of Willoughby Hills, Shoregate, Lakeland Community College, Great Lakes Mall via Vine St. * – Campus Loop * – Mentor, Mentor-on-the-Lake, Mentor Headlands, Painesville Township * – Peak service to Painesville, Diamond Centre, Heisley Rd, Tyler Blvd, Great Lakes Mall, Lakeland Community College * – Mentor Market Street Park-n-Ride * – Madison Park-n-Ride, Lakeland Community College Park-n-Ride * – Eastlake Transit Center, St. Mary Magdalene, Shoregate, Wickliffe Park-n-Ride

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