Category: Rider Alerts

Free Local Transit Rides During Cowboy Festival

April 12 and April 13

During the Cowboy Festival held on April 12 and 13^th, Santa Clarita Transit is offering free local transit rides for anyone wearing Western attire! Festival goers can take advantage of this free and stress-free mode of transportation on any routes that service the Newhall area, including Routes 4/14, 5/6, and 12!

Any amount of western clothing is accepted and includes but is not limited to jeans, jeans shorts, boots, plaid shirts, jean shirts, button-up shirts, vests, blouses, dresses, skirts, bolo ties, scarfs, cowboy hats, straw hats, belt buckles, and sunglasses. Tell the bus driver you want to redeem the free ride and they’ll let you on free-of-charge!

Route Information:

Routes 4/14, 5/6, and 12 run all weekend long from 7:30am to 8:00pm depending on the specific route taken.

• Click Here to view the specific timetables for each Route.
• Click Here or download the Santa Clarita Transit mobile app from the Apple or Android App stores for detailed trip planning tools and live bus tracking.

Each Route has multiple all-day trips that can drop festival goers off with just a short walk from Hart Park. Depending on the bus route taken, the closet bus stops to the festival are:

• Route 5/6 and 4/14:
  • Market St & Walnut St (#17253)
• Route 12:
  • From Valencia: Railroad Ave & Newhall Metrolink Station (#11898).
  • From Newhall and Canyon Country: Railroad Ave & Market St (#13310)

LOCAL AND COMMUTER SCHEDULE CHANGES

EFFECTIVE MARCH 8TH

Santa Clarita Transit is implementing a schedule change in its local and commuter bus schedules. Please see a summary of the changes below.

Please see here to download the schedules and review the changes in detail: https://santaclaritatransit.com/routes-schedules/new-schedules/

Local Route Changes:

Route 501 and 502

• Some weekday trip start times have changed and some weekday travel time improvements have been made for better connections to/from Metrolink trains.

Route 12

• Changes have been made to the weekday schedule with all-day travel time improvements.

Route 5 and 6:

• Changes have been made to the weekday schedule with all-day travel time improvements and the last two trips have been shortened.

Commuter Route Changes:

Route 797:

• AM trip start time change.

Route 792:

• AM trip start time change.

BUS STOP CLOSURE ON SOLEDAD CANYON RD AND DEEP CREEK DR

Impacting Routes 6 and 632

Due to a construction project, there will be a 3-month bus stop closure on Soledad Canyon Rd & Deep Creek Dr (#17063). This closure is in effect until April 14, 2025. Riders are being directed to board at the bus stop on Soledad Canyon Rd & Anne Freda St (#17059).

For any questions related to this closure, please contract Transit at (661) 294-1287.