Laketran is the

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agency that serves

Lake County, Ohio Lake County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 232,603. Its county seat is Painesville, and its largest city is Mentor. The county was established on March 6, 1840, from land given by Cuyahoga a ...

, the county northeast of

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. It is the third-largest transit system in

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, serving

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, Painesville, Willoughby, Wickliffe. Eastlake, Fairport Harbor, Madison 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

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, and Dial-a-Ride, a door-to-door demand response

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service. Laketran is funded by a 0.5%

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, 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.

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* – Painesville, Mentor,

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, 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 * – 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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* Bus transportation in Ohio Transportation in Cleveland Transportation in Lake County, Ohio Transport companies established in 1974 Transit agencies in Ohio 1974 establishments in Ohio {{Ohio-transport-stub

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