Buses Home
Reserve your ticket now to catch a bus home for winter recess
Follow the steps below to reserve your tickets!
How Buses Home Works;
- Our free bus departs Pitt-Bradford on Friday, December 12 2025, at 11 AM.
- Our free bus arrives at the Pittsburgh campus by 4 PM Friday, December 12.
- Suppose your last stop is Pittsburgh, great! If you want to connect to another city, keep reading!
- Buses to 13 other cities depart the Pittsburgh campus that same day (Friday, December 12) at 5 PM for a charge (list of locations and prices). You must purchase a ticket for these connecting buses via the Transportation Office at the Pittsburgh campus.*
- For a round-trip, buses will pick up in those 13 cities and bring you back to the Pittsburgh campus on Sunday, January 11 2026, with an arrival time of 6 PM. Note: You must also purchase a ticket for these connecting buses via the Transportation Office at the Pittsburgh campus.*
- *Once you reserve your spot on XP for the Bradford to Pittsburgh bus and indicate your final destination, we send your information to the Pittsburgh campus. They will temporarily hold a seat on your connecting bus and contact you directly to process your payment for that ticket. All payment must be made by no later than Thursday, December 4 at 5pm.
- Our free bus departs the Pittsburgh campus at 6:30 PM (or when all other buses have arrived) on Sunday, January 11.
- Our free bus returns to Pitt-Bradford around 10:30 PM on Sunday, January 11.
How to Reserve
Complete these steps in order!
- Reserve your ticket for the free bus from Pitt-Bradford to Pittsburgh. You can select a round trip, a one-way trip to Pittsburgh, or a one-way trip back to Bradford.
Reserve your ticket for the free bus from Pitt-Bradford to Pittsburgh. - If you’re planning to travel beyond Pittsburgh via Buses Home, be sure you provide your phone number when you reserve your ticket on XP. You will be contacted by the Buses Home program staff at the Pittsburgh campus by phone to process payment for that ticket.
- Pick up your bus pass in the Office of Student Affairs, Commons 220, starting at 9 AM Monday, December 8 and no later than noon on Thursday, December 11, or you will forfeit your seat.
Location
Be where you need to be – when you need to be there!
Pickup Location at Pitt-Bradford: Frame-Westerberg Commons Circle
Friday, December 12, 2025
Check-in: 11 AM at Commons Café
Depart: 11:30 AM
Drop-off Location in Pittsburgh: 4390 Bigelow Boulevard
Pickup Location in Pittsburgh: 4390 Bigelow Boulevard
Sunday, January 11, 2026
Check-in: 5:30 PM – 6 PM with Student Leader
Depart: 6:30 PM (or when all other buses have arrived)
Details
The Winter Recess bus departs from campus on Friday, December 12. This is the last day of Final Exams. Check the Final Exam schedule now to make sure you know if you have a final exam scheduled for that day. If your exam is scheduled for the 10am or noon starting time that day, you should reach out to your instructor as soon as possible to discuss possible alternative times for your exam - before reserving a seat on the bus!
Seats are limited. There are 55 seats available for the trips between Bradford and Pittsburgh, and reservations are first come, first served.
If you reserve a seat on the Bradford to Pittsburgh bus and do not show up for either direction, you will be charged $20 per direction. This will be charged to your University account. If you reserved a seat, but no longer intend to use it, let us know at upb.studentaffairs@pitt.edu so that we are able to make that seat available to someone else.
You may reserve one-way tickets on the Pitt-Bradford bus and the buses to other cities. If applicable, please indicate one-way on the Pitt-Bradford reservation form and the direction of travel (one-way from Pitt-Bradford or one-way to Pitt-Bradford).