The Luzerne County Transportation Authority (LCTA) is the operator of mass transportation in the city of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and portions of surrounding Luzerne County.

History

Services provided by the LCTA replaced previously offered services of the White Transit Company and Wilkes-Barre Transit Corporation, under a purchase-of-service agreement in 1972.

The LCTA is governed by a nine-member board, appointed by the Luzerne County Council.

August 1, 2019, LCTA was renamed the Northeast Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (NEPTA). However, on August 26, the name change was reverted due to concerns regarding the removal of the county's name and the board's ability to change the name without the county's permission.

On November 11, 2024, 3 new Microtransit zones were added, under the name LCTA CONNECTS

As of July 6, 2010, LCTA routes originate at the James F. Conahan Intermodal Transportation Center on Washington Street near Public Square. The LCTA shares the bus boarding platforms with Martz Trailways. Before the move, the LCTA began trips at Public Square, as it had since its inception in 1972.↵As of November 11, 2024, the bus routes had a redesign in which some bus routes will drive in different areas and replace old bus routes stops.

Routes

LCTA operates Weekdays and Saturdays

Connections

LCTA of Luzerne County and COLTS of Lackawanna County accept each other's fares. For example, a day pass, transfer, monthly pass, etc bought with LCTA can also be used on COLTS; and vice versa. However, LCTA has one payment system that COLTS does not have: SmartPay (mobile payment system).

HPT of Hazleton does not accept LCTA's fares, nor does LCTA accept HPT's fares.

This is a list of non-LCTA bus routes that connect to the LCTA network:

Operating Fleet

LCTA operates 38 transit buses in its fleet of 35 foot GILLIG LOW FLOOR CNG buses

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