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Catch a Bus Home for Thanksgiving
Are you looking to secure a spot through Buses Home for Thanksgiving?
Pitt-Oakland is having technical issues with its mobile ordering site. The link to order your connecting bus ticket from Pittsburgh will most likely be available in a few days, but they are holding seats on each bus for Pitt-Bradford students, so don’t worry.
How Buses Home Works »
- Our FREE bus departs Pitt-Bradford on Friday, November 22, 2024, at 10:30 AM.
- Our FREE bus arrives at the Pittsburgh campus by 3 PM.
- If Pittsburgh is your last stop, great! If you want to connect to another city, keep reading!
- Buses to 14 other cities depart the Pittsburgh campus at 4:15 PM that same day for a charge (locations and prices listed HERE).
- For a round trip, buses will pick up in those 14 cities and bring you back to the Pittsburgh campus on Sunday, December 1, 2024, arriving by 6 PM.
- Our FREE bus departs the Pittsburgh campus at 6:30 PM (or when all other buses have arrived).
- Our FREE bus arrives back at Pitt-Bradford around 10:30 PM.
How to Reserve
Complete these steps in order!
Only purchase a ticket from Pittsburgh to your final city (Step 2) once you have secured your reservation on the Pitt-Bradford bus (Step 1). Steps 1 & 2 must be completed by Wednesday, November 2024, at 9:00 am.
Reserve your ticket for the FREE bus from Pitt-Bradford to Pittsburgh.
STEP 1:
Reserve Your Pitt-Bradford Ticket
If you’re traveling beyond Pittsburgh, purchase your additional ticket for the 4:15 PM departure on Friday, November, 22.
STEP 2:
Purchase Your Additional Ticket (TBA)
3. Pick up your bus pass in the Office of Student Affairs, Commons 220, by 5 p.m. on Thursday, November 21, 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, November 22, 2024
Check-in: 10 AM at Commons Café
Depart: 10:30 AM
Drop-off Location in Pittsburgh: 4390 Bigelow Boulevard
Pickup Location in Pittsburgh: 4390 Bigelow Boulevard
Sunday, December 1, 2024
Check-in: 5:30 PM – 6 PM with Student Leader
Depart: 6:30 PM (or when all other buses have arrived)
Additional Details
The fine print is important - go ahead and keep reading!
- 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.
- When purchasing a ticket to your final destination city, be sure to select only the 4:30 PM Friday departure. Do not purchase a 2 PM, or 6 PM departure bus ticket – these are for Pittsburgh students only. You will not arrive in Pittsburgh in time to board those buses.
- 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).