places together parent tri county council for the lower eastern shore of maryland founded july 2003 headquarters 31901 tri county way salisbury md service area somerset wicomico and worcester counties in maryland service type bus service routes 11 stops over 335 1 fleet 45 vehicles annual ridership 414 042 fy 2012 2 transit director brad bellacicco website shoretransit.org shore transit is a public transit agency that provides commuter bus service on the lower eastern shore of the state of maryland in the united states serving somerset wicomico and worcester counties . the agency comes from the consolidation of somerset commuter worcester county ride and wicomico transit . a major transfer point is located in salisbury maryland where most of the buses gather thirty minutes after every hour . contents 1 history 2 services 2.1 routes 2.2 shore ride 2.3 fares 3 references history edit route 701 of shore transit originated as the somerset commuter a bus service for somerset county . it began running in 1999 with a fare of 1.00 earning it the nickname dollar bus among users . this bus route ran between crisfield and the centre at salisbury connecting to the princess anne transfer point and the salisbury calvert street transfer point . citation needed in october 2002 the tri county council for the lower eastern shore was approached by representatives from somerset commuter wicomico transit and worcester county ride with the desire to merge the three public transit systems . in july 2003 wicomico transit and somerset commuter merged to form shore transit with worcester county ride joining in july 2004 . 3 shore transit continues to expand to this day . as a part of the american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009 shore transit received funding for eight new buses and a new building for its headquarters which will be stationed near wor wic . 4 services edit shore transit has twelve bus lines through the three counties . they mostly operate on the major highways in the region u.s. route 13 u.s. route 50 and u.s. route 113 . shore transit also has several transfer points or hubs to connect to other buses either more of its services or to other transit agencies . calvert street in downtown salisbury . all but one bus routes stop here at one point during the day most of which meet thirty minutes after every hour . the calvert street hub also provides connections to delmarva community transit another commuter transit agency serving dorchester county and is a partner of must a collaborative group of public transit agencies on maryland s eastern shore . 5 ocean city transfer point serves as a transfer point for ocean city transit and shore transit during the winter months . served by routes 431 and 451 . west ocean city park and ride serves as a transfer point for ocean city transit and shore transit during the summer months . served by routes 431 and 451 princess anne transfer point located at somerset plaza . routes 111 431 451 701 south 701 north and 703 serve this hub and the buses usually gather on the hour . westover park and ride serves as a transfer point and is served by routes 111 south 431 451 701 north 701 south and 703 . routes edit route number route name notable stops cities served other notes route 101 downtown salisbury trolley salisbury university university terrace and university orchard to downtown salisbury . salisbury in service thursday through saturday route 114 salisbury & delmar wor wic community college calvert st. centre salisbury target walmart salisbury and rite aid delmar . salisbury delmar route 154 south salisbury the riverside medical center apple drugs walmart fruitland and the milford street medical center salisbury fruitland route 198 east & west salisbury calvert street winterplace parkway food lion pecan square lodges at naylor mill matech twilley center woodbrooke tlc medical center and mva . salisbury route 203e salisbury ocean city shore transit terminal atlantic general hospital walmart berlin and west ocean city park and ride salisbury berlin ocean city route 203w ocean city salisbury white marlin mall walmart berlin willards dash in and the shore transit terminal ocean city berlin salisbury route 252 salisbury princess anne pocomoke shore transit terminal wor wic community college walmart fruitland umes somerset plaza walmart pocomoke salisbury fruitland princess anne pocomoke route 503n pocomoke ocean city walmart pocomoke sturgis park atlantic general hospital walmart berlin west ocean city park and ride . pocomoke berlin ocean city route 503s ocean city pocomoke west ocean city park and ride atlantic general hospital sturgis park walmart pocomoke . ocean city berlin pocomoke route 704n salisbury crisfield princess anne princess anne transfer point kings creek market crisfield high school and somers cove . salisbury princess anne crisfield route 704s princess anne crisfield princess anne transfer point kings creek market crisfield high school and somers cove . princess anne crisfield shore ride edit shore transit also offers a service to those who are not located close to the fixed routes . the service only allows those whose destinations are outside of a .75 miles 1.21 km distance of a fixed route stop to use it and the requests for use must be called in . 6 fares edit fares one way on any bus currently cost 3.00 and there are transfer tickets that cost 1.00 . senior fares are applicable for those over 62 and they are 1.50 one way . children under 42 inches 110 cm ride free . in july 2008 a seven day pass was introduced for all riders . this pass is refillable over seven day periods and can be filled for up to four weeks at a time ; each seven day period costs 25.00 . references edit shore transit bus stop list shore transit annual statistics reports shore transit history & facts . 2011 05 25 . retrieved 2011 05 25 . route 113 dualization phase nearing completion . 2011 . retrieved 2010 02 27 . delmarva community services inc. opening doors to independent living . 2009 . retrieved 2009 11 08 . shore ride & shore access . 2011 . retrieved 2011 05 25 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title shore transit & oldid 688595114 categories bus transportation in marylandtransportation in somerset county marylandtransportation in wicomico county marylandtransportation in worcester county marylandtransit agencies in marylandhidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as 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