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LakeXpress

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LakeXpress
Founded2007
Headquarters1300 S. Duncan Drive
LocaleTavares, Florida
Service areaLake County, Florida
Service typebus service
Routes8
Fuel typeDiesel
OperatorRATP Dev[1]
Websiteridelakexpress.com

LakeXpress (officially the Lake County Office of Transit Services) is a public transportation agency in Lake County, Florida. The agency operates fixed-route service throughout the county, and it also provides paratransit under the name Lake County Connection.

The service was instituted in 2007 to relieve traffic congestion along U.S. Route 441.[2] Buses originally used a flag stop system that allowed buses to stop at any point on the route, but this was replaced with designated stops once ridership patterns had been determined.[3]

Routes

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LakeXpress consists of eight bus routes, which operate Monday through Friday.[4] Three routes connect to LYNX, the transit system serving nearby Orange and Osceola Counties.

# Route Other cities served Headway Notes
1 Leesburg to Eustis via US 441 Tavares 1 hour
1A The Villages to Leesburg via US 27/US 441 Fruitland Park 1 hour
2 Leesburg Circulator 1 hour
3 Mount Dora Circulator Eustis 1 hour
4 Umatilla to Zellwood via SR 19/US 441 Eustis and Mount Dora 2 hours Some buses extend further north to Altoona

Lynx (Orlando) Connects to LYNX route 44 in Zellwood

50 Mascotte to Winter Garden via SR 50 Groveland and Clermont 1 hour Lynx (Orlando) Connects to LYNX route 105 in Winter Garden
55 Four Corners to US 192 30 mins. Lynx (Orlando) Connects to LYNX route 55 on US 192
South
Lake
Express
Clermont to Four Corners via US 27 1 hour

References

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  1. ^ "Your Community in Brief". Orlando Sentinel. Tronc, Inc. March 5, 2017 – via NewsBank.
  2. ^ Freeman, Michael (September 9, 2015). "Lucky Lady Lake passenger becomes customer #2 million for LakeXpress". Orlando Sentinel. Tribune Publishing. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  3. ^ Tseng, Nin-Hai (November 27, 2006). "County's buses are set to hit the roads: Commissioners approve the newly named system, Lakexpress, with plans to begin operating early next year". Orlando Sentinel. Tribune Company. pp. F1 – via NewsBank.
  4. ^ "Schedules & Maps". LakeXpress. Lake County Office of Transit Services. January 13, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
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