Salina, Kansas – OCCK Transportation is announcing slight changes to the timed stops at both Casey’s and the Courthouse in Belleville for 81 Connection, the fixed route bus service from Belleville to Salina, starting on Monday, March 7, 2022.
The Northbound Link #1 will arrive at the Belleville – Courthouse stop at 11:30 a.m. before heading to the Belleville – Casey’s stop at 11:35 a.m.
The Northbound Link #2 will arrive at the Belleville – Courthouse stop at 5:45 p.m. before heading to the Belleville – Casey’s stop at 5:50 p.m.
The Northbound Link #3 will arrive at the Belleville – Courthouse stop at 3:21 p.m. before heading to the Belleville – Casey’s stop at 3:26 p.m. The Southbound Link #3 will not go back to the Belleville – Courthouse stop but will leave the Belleville – Casey’s stop at 3:41 and head south to Concordia.
All other stops and times will remain the same.
The 81 Connection bus service has three bi-directional trips each day, Monday through Friday. The first route starts in Belleville at 6:45 a.m., then heads south on Highway 81 to four stops in Concordia, a stop at the Highway 24/Highway 81 junction, a stop in Minneapolis and stop at 7th and Walnut and Walmart in Salina and then heads back north to the same stops. This route does this loop twice and finishes in Belleville around 5:50 p.m. each day.
A second route leaves Salina at 1:00 p.m. and heads north on Highway 81 to the same stop in Minneapolis, the stop at the Highway 24/Highway 81 junction, four stops in Concordia and two stops in Belleville, before heading back to Salina with the same stops. The bus finishes in Salina around 6:00 p.m. each day.
OCCK, Inc. provides services in north central Kansas to anyone with any type of long or short-term disability, starting as early as birth and following people through their whole lives. OCCK provides an array of supports for success at home and in the community, including independent living skills and supports, employment and career training, Alzheimer’s supports, autism services, assistive technology, children’s services, transportation, specialized therapies, and home health care. For more information about OCCK, Inc., visit www.occk.com.
OCCK is committed to providing transportation services to the general public, seniors, and persons with disabilities, through a variety of programs, including a fixed route service in Salina, CityGo, a regional paratransit service that serves fourteen counties, non emergency medical transportation for people with Medicaid, as well as non emergency medical transportation for clients of Salina Regional Health Center, a regional fixed route service, 81 Connection, KANcycle – the regional bike sharing program, GoAbilene public transportation, and the newest program, GoConcordia.
For more information about OCCK, Inc., visit www.occk.com. For more information about 81 Connection and OCCK Transportation, visit www.salinacitygo.com. Or, contact the OCCK Transportation Center at 785-826-1583.