Laketran

Founded	1974
Headquarters	555 Lakeshore Boulevard Painesville, Ohio 44077
Service area	Lake County
Service type	Bus
Alliance	Free transfer with Greater Cleveland RTA
Routes	Local Routes:1-9, Park-n-Ride:10-12
Destinations	Madison, Perry, Painesville, Painesville Twp., Fairport Harbor, Concord, Painesville, Mentor, Kirtland, Kirtland Hills, Willoughby, Eastlake, Timberlake, Lakeline, Willowick, Wickliffe, Willoughby Hills, Mentor-on-the-Lake, downtown Cleveland and limited Cuyahoga County medical facilities
Stations	Painesville Transfer Center, Great Lakes Mall Transfer Center, Shoregate Shopping Center, Lakeland Community College Transfer Center, Wickliffe Park-n-Ride, Mentor Park-n-Ride
Fleet	2016, 2004 MCI; 2010 Gillig; 2009, 2021 New Flyer; paratransit buses
Annual ridership	750,000 (2018)
Fuel type	Diesel fuel, propane, battery
Chief executive	Ben Capelle
Website	www.laketran.com

Laketran is the transit agency that serves Lake County, Ohio, the county northeast of Cleveland. It is the third-largest transit system in Northeast Ohio, serving Mentor, Painesville, Willoughby, Wickliffe. Eastlake, Fairport Harbor, Madison and other Lake County destinations.

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 paratransit 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 American Public Transportation Association (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

External links

• Laketran