Citrus Connection is the public transit system of Lakeland, Florida, operated by the Lakeland Area Mass Transit District (LAMTD). The system operates a fleet of 33 buses on 14 routes in the Lakeland area, including service provided for Winter Haven Area Transit to the neighboring cities of Auburndale, Winter Haven and Bartow.
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 A CC Purple Line bus en route to Winter Haven, Florida in Lakeland, Florida; December 2022. | |
| Service area | Polk and Osceola Counties, Florida |
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| Service type | bus service, paratransit |
| Website | ridecitrus.com/ ccbusinfo.com[1] |
The system also operates paratransit service with 15 Handy buses.
Citrus Connection has operated since 1982. LAMTD is financed by a property tax and by funding from federal, state and city government.
In September 2008, the Polk Transit Authority was established with a view to the eventual consolidation of the LAMTD and Winter Haven Area Transit, and the extension of transit service throughout Polk County.[1][2]
Routes
edit- 1 Florida Ave. Corridor
- 3 Lakeland Hills Corridor
- 10 Circulator
- 12 Lakeland to Winter Haven
- 14 Combee/Edgewood
- 15 Kathleen/Providence/Harden
- 22XL Bartow Express
- 33 South Florida/Carter Rd.
- 39 Bradley
- 45 George Jenkins/Swindell
- 46 10th/Wabash/Ariana
- 47 Duff Rd. Shuttle
- 58 College Connector
- 59 County Line Rd
- 61 US 98 N / Banana Rd
References
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