The Beaver County Transportation Authority (BCTA) is the operator of mass transportation in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Seven routes are provided, all of which serve the southern and central portions of the county, which are incorporated into suburban Pittsburgh.
The agency provides three commuter services to Downtown Pittsburgh and four local routes to benefit area employees and shoppers.
1 Blue Line- Chippewa, Big Beaver, Beaver Falls, New Brighton, Rochester, East Rochester, Freedom, Conway, Economy, Baden, Harmony, Ambridge to Downtown Pittsburgh (weekdays, plus Saturday service that does not travel to Pittsburgh)
2 Orange Line- Rochester, Monaca, Center, Hopewell, Aliquippa, Ambridge (Mon-Sat)
3 East Green Line- Rochester, Economy to Downtown Pittsburgh (weekday rush hour)
4 West Green Line- Chippewa, Center to Downtown Pittsburgh (weekday rush hour)
6 Yellow Line- Rochester, Monaaca, Center, Aliquippa, Hopewell (Mon-Sat)
8 Red Line- Midland, Industry, Vanport, Brighton, Beaver, Rochester (Mon-Sat)
11 Purple Line- Industry, Vanport, Beaver, Rochester (Mon-Sat)
The BCTA Fleet consists of the following...
15 MCI D4500 coaches
6 Gillig low floor buses
1 International Condor small transit bus
3 New Flyer SR600 low floor buses
3 New Flyer SR604 low-floor transit buses
Let's look at a few, shall we?
Old Neoplan Metroliner...Well before PAT got theirs.
61 is part of the DART Access system, run by BCTA.
MCI D4500 321.
Gillig BRT 226 in Rochester.
D4500 323 leaving Transportation Center.
Old New Flyer 223 in old paint scheme.
New Flyer 221 in Rochester.
Gillig BRT at the Transportation Center.
310 pulling into the Transportation Center.
D4500 311 and New Flyer 221 at Ambridge Park N Ride.
314 on the beginning layover section of the PAT East Busway.
320 on Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh.
BCTA 311 VS PAT Gillig...On Liberty Ave in Pittsburgh.
318 on Liberty Ave, headed toward layover.
BRT 228 on a layover.
Metroliner 307 on Liberty Ave.
318 on Liberty Ave. Headed outbound.
320 sitting at the BCTA garage.
402 in the garage, waiting to go out for a new day.
404 running up Liberty Ave, downtown Pittsburgh.
318 at the light at Liberty and 11th, next to the Greyhound station in Pittsburgh.
405 boarding a new rider at unknown location.
Neoplan 304 when it arrived at the authority.
MCI coach 602 outside the garage. Nice, new and shiney!
Gillig 224 sitting on a break at the travel center.
309 on Liberty Ave.
317 on Liberty Ave.
404 crossing over Grant St, onto the Easy Busway.
501 headed onto the East Busway.
502 on Liberty Ave.
601 with a strange headsign.
605 crossing Grant onto Liberty.
605 on Liberty Ave.
606 loading on Liberty Ave.
More to come!
