Schedule - Summer Service Preview Fall
18 - UCSC via Main Gate - Mission

Fall Service Change eff. 9/11!

Route 18 & 18B Fall Service (eff. 9/11/25): Weekdays: Service will return to 15-minute frequency including the UCSC loop. Route 18B will operate on weekends only, supplementing 30-minute Route 18 frequency. Trip departure and arrival times have been adjusted along the route.

Fall Service Change eff. 9/11!

Route 16 Fall Service (eff. 9/11/25): Weekdays: School Term service returns, providing additional service to the UCSC campus, with specific Mon-Wed-Fri and Tues-Thurs schedules.

Free Fare to the County Fair!

Santa Cruz METRO is offering free rides on fixed-route and ParaCruz services to the Santa Cruz County Fair, September 10–14, at the Watsonville Fairgrounds. Take Routes 79 or 79F from the Watsonville Transit Center. Wednesday through Friday, departures will run from 10:35am to 9:35pm. On Saturday and Sunday, departures will run from 8:35am to 9:35pm. Return trips from the Fairgrounds will depart hourly, on the hour. Riders may request a voucher from the operator upon arrival at the Fairgrounds for discounted admission. Plan your trip and track your bus in real time using the Transit App. For more information, visit https://scmetro.org/countyfair.

Fall Service Change eff. 9/11!

Route 19 & 19B Fall Service (eff. 9/11/25): Weekdays: Service will return to 15-minute frequency including the UCSC loop. Route 19B will operate on weekends only, supplementing 30-minute Route 19 frequency. Trip departure and arrival times have been adjusted along the route.

Route 18 – UCSC via Main Gate – Mission

ROUTE CHANGE SCHEDULE CHANGE

Weekdays/Weekends: UCSC loop trips will run at 30-minute peak frequency rather than 15 minutes. A variant of the route will run to Bay Dr & High St at the base of campus, also at 30-minute peak frequency. This shorter variant (noted as “18B” on headsigns) will run from River Front Transit Center to Bay & High, then return to River Front Transit Center as Route 19. Riders are permitted to stay onboard to ride Route 19. Similarly, Route 19 trips will start at River Front and end at Bay & High, then return as Route 18. Trip departure and arrival times have been adjusted along the route.

Route 11 – UCSC via West Gate – High

SCHEDULE CHANGE

Weekdays/Weekends: Trip departure and arrival times have been adjusted along the route.

Weekends: Departure times from River Front Transit Center have been adjusted to match weekday departure times.