From Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority
The South Central Transit Authority (SCTA) approved route and schedule changes for the Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority (BARTA) to be implemented on Monday, Jan. 5.
A route-by-route description of the changes is as follows:
Route 1 – Temple via 5th Street:
Approved to eliminate the time point outbound and inbound at 5th Street and Crescent Avenue.
Approved to adjust the time points to improve on-time performance.
Route 8 – Reiffton/Shelbourne Square/Birdsboro:
Approved to add four trips to Birdsboro in the afternoon between 12:50 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Approved to not serve the Boscov’s Distribution Center on the 5:15 a.m. trip, instead to serve it on the 7:15 a.m. trip to better serve employee shifts.
Approved to adjust the time points to improve on-time performance.
Route 9 – Grill/Kenhorst:
Approved to provide service to Berks Nature, 575 St. Bernardine St., Reading, inbound and outbound.
Route 10 – Brookline:
Approved to serve the Shillington Plaza in the evening after 6:30 p.m., inbound only.
Route 14 – Wernersville via Sinking Spring:
Approved to not serve the Wernersville State Hospital from Womelsdorf on trips marked with “A” note on the schedule.





