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Longest bus route you ever rode

Started by NewFlyer9736BCT, May 28, 2011, 09:29:40 PM

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What is the longest bus route that you ever rode, from end to end? (local city/regional bus routes, not state-to-state like Greyhound, etc)

For me, I won't hesitate in saying Palm Tran's route 1, from Boca Raton to Palm Beach Gardens is over 35 miles long, and the ride took about 2 and a half hours. Other long routes I rode end to end would be WMATA's 36 and R12 (before the Greenbelt restructuring), although I didn't time those rides.
Route Q2. Destination: Silver Spring Station

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Would Egged's intercity routes count?  The 940 nonstop from Jerusalem to Haifa is 160 kilometers (100 miles), the 982 express from Jerusalem to Tzfat is about 315 kilometers (195 miles), and the 444 express from Eilat to Jerusalem is 303 kilometers (188.25 miles) long.  (For the record, Egged operates routes that are longer than those.)

Stateside, my longest is probably the Ride On 90 in its midday to Milestone days.

Going back to the 444, it also has the distinction of being the lowest bus route on the entire planet, it operates alongside the Dead Sea for many kilometers (along with a few other routes that use the exact same road, so it technically isn't the only one to hold the distinction)

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Quote from: NewFlyer9736BCT on May 28, 2011, 09:29:40 PM
What is the longest bus route that you ever rode, from end to end? (local city/regional bus routes, not state-to-state like Greyhound, etc)

CDTA Route 50, 25 miles from downtown Schenectady, NY to Wilton Mall north of Saratoga Springs mostly down two-lane roads. To add to this, the route mostly uses 29' Gilligs that only have forward-facing seats in the last row.

Each time I fanned this route during the time it existed and I lived there, I tied into it then-Route 55 (16 miles from Schenectady to Albany, now replaced by limited Route 905) or rush hour-only Route 63 (19 miles via several suburbs).