Starting Monday, August 20th: STS will be having a vehicle leaving Tremont at 11 AM (Family Dollar-Spring Street) and will travel to Kings Plaza in Minersville; then picking up at Kings Plaza to return back to Tremont at 2 PM to help flood victims. This vehicle will travel on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at NO COST to the passengers from the Tremont area. It will be a direct route from Tremont to Kings Plaza. After the first week; the route will be evaluated. If there are any questions-please contact STS at 570-429-2701.
Dump the Pump Smart Card Winner
Frank Schuettler (Senior Citizen) of Pottsville donates his 30 Day Smart Card prize to Violet Murphy also of Pottsville.
Thank you Frank and Congratulations Violet!
2017 Fixed Route Rider Survey: Final Report
Schuylkill Transportation System surveyed the riders of their fixed route bus service over the period July 5, 2017 to July 11, 2017. The survey was based on a standard survey developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and consists of 15 questions which address customer satisfaction, rider characteristics and patterns in service usage.
AAMCO STOP REMOVED ON #10 SHENANDOAH ROUTE
Effective May 14, 2018
Santa and Mrs. Claus Drive Fixed Route Buses at Union Station
Santa and Mrs. Claus spent some time away from the North Pole on Friday, December 15th to help out the Schuylkill Transportation System by driving two of their fixed route buses for the day.
Local Police receive Transportation Safety Training
The Schuylkill Transportation System sponsored an accident training program for some local police departments. The training took place at Union Station, South Centre Street, Pottsville from September 25th through the 29th.
STS Partners with McCann School of Business and Technology
McCann School of Business and Technology instructor Ms. Karen Damiter and McCann student, Anthony Holmes join STS fixed route driver, Monica Hummel as they take a break from partnering with STS in performing fixed route ridership surveys required by PennDOT. A total of 275 surveys were collected on ten fixed route buses. Many thanks to the passengers, students, drivers, instructor and McCann School of Business and Technology!
Below: McCann students Bobbi Whitenight-(L); Leanna Sementilli-(C) and Jean Sattazahn-(R) review some of the surveys they collected onboard STS fixed route buses. Students participated in collecting the surveys on July 5th, July 6th, July 7th and July 10.
FARE INCREASE AS OF JULY 1, 2017
STS/CACL FINANCIAL BUS WRAPS
The Schuylkill Transportation System and CACL Financial, located in Pottsville, showcase one of their three full size bus wraps. Both STS and CACL Financial are very excited to enter into this new advertising effort. The STS full size bus wrap is the first of it’s kind since the inception of STS transportation services in 1981.
STS Recognizes Ed Darker for Twenty Years of Service
The Schuylkill Transportation System would like to extend congratulations to Ed Darker for his twenty years of dedicated service. Ed holds the position of Maintenance Mechanic Foreman at STS. Congratulations Ed!
