New changes are coming for the new year!  January Service Changes will take effect on Monday, January 16, 2023.  In addition to major improvements on nine bus routes, many running times are being adjusted to respond to changing traffic conditions. There will be no changes to light rail service.

Bus Route 23: Weekday trips will be added between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. 

Bus Route 25: A weekday westbound trip will be added between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. Saturday trips will be added between 7:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. and service will be extended to midnight. Service between Valley Medical Center and De Anza College will operate every 30 minutes on Sundays, along with a new westbound trip starting at 7:57 a.m.  

Bus Route 44: Service hours will be expanded weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sundays from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday frequency will operate every 40 minutes along with extended service hours to 8 p.m. 

Bus Route 47: Service hours will be expanded weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sundays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday frequency will operate every 40 minutes along with extended service hours to 8:30 p.m. 

Bus Route 60: The southbound trip starting at 1st & Metro at 6:26 a.m. weekdays will be extended to start at Milpitas BART at 6:03 a.m. 

Bus Route 66:  Weekday trips will be added between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., and a later northbound trip leaving Kaiser San Jose at 11:28 p.m. Saturdays will have additional service between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.  Later northbound trips will be added starting at 11:25 p.m. on Saturdays and 10:26 p.m. on Sundays. Sunday will have additional service between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. 

Bus Route 68: An earlier northbound trip will be added weekdays leaving Gilroy at 4:15 a.m. Additional trips will be added between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays, and between 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Sundays. Major early weekday morning schedule adjustments will be made in the northbound direction. A later southbound trip will be added Sundays, leaving Diridon Station at 12:01 a.m. 

Bus Route 70: Major evening frequency improvements will be made 7 days a week. Service hours will be extended to 12 midnight on weekdays and Saturdays, and to 11 p.m. on Sundays. Sunday frequency will operate every 20 minutes between Capitol Station and Berryessa BART and every 40 minutes between Berryessa BART to Milpitas BART during most of the day. 

Bus Route 71: An earlier northbound trip will be added weekdays leaving Eastridge at 5:24 a.m. Service hours will be expanded to operate to 12 midnight on weekdays, from 6:30 a.m. to 12 midnight on Saturdays, and 11 p.m. on Sundays. 

Bus Route 77: Major weekday evening frequency improvements will be made. Service will be expanded to 12 midnight on weekdays and Saturdays, and from 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m on Sundays. Additional trips will be added after 7 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. 

Major Schedule Changes: Bus Routes 51, 51H, 72, 73, 83, 84, 85, and Rapid 568. 

Other Schedule Changes: Bus Routes 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 37, 39, 40, 42, 44, 47, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61, 64A, 64B, 66, 68, 70, 71, 77, 86, 87, 101, 102, 103, 104, 121, and Rapid 522. 

Please visit www.vta.org/servicechange for more information.