TransIT

Transit Services
of Frederick County

Parent	Frederick County
Headquarters	1040 Rocky Springs Road
Locale	Frederick, Maryland
Service area	Frederick County
Service type	bus service, paratransit, commuter services, travel training
Routes	15
Fleet	33 buses
Website	Transit Services

Transit Services of Frederick County is a public transportation agency in Frederick County, Maryland, that is operated by the county government. The agency currently operates 9 Connector bus routes, mostly in the city of Frederick, 6 shuttles, and demand-response for seniors and persons with disabilities.¹ Transit provides connections to other public transportation services in the region, including the MTA Maryland's routes 204 and 515 commuter bus and MARC Train service. According to the agency's homepage, the service had approximately 928,650 riders in FY 2025.²

Transit Services is the result of merging the former Trans-Serve Frederick County shuttles and the Frederick City Transit lines in 1992.

Connector bus routes operate weekdays with reduced Saturday services. The agency does not operate on Sundays or federal holidays. Most routes provide midday service (every 30 minutes) in addition to hourly service on weekdays.

In April 2014, the fare for a one-way trip using Transit for the general public was $1.25 with a monthly pass costing $45.00. In June 2014, the one-way trip fare for the general public increased to $1.50. At the same time, the fare for TransIT Plus also increased.³

If the bus needs to deviate from its normal route for a stop, an additional $1.50 is charged to the passenger and 24 hours heads up must be given.⁴ In March 2020, Transit became free to ride on all Connectors and Shuttles.

Transit Services routes are ten based, with the first digit designated to the part of the city/county the bus runs outbound to.

One anomaly in the routing system is the Route 65 - Walkersville Connector, which was designated as an in-fill route because all available route numbers in the ten-based system were already in use and the route began in 2011. In 2021, the Route 85 Shuttle was officially numbered as the number 85.

During peak hours, starting in 2014, several routes run every half-hour. These buses are designated with a P after the route number denoting it is a peak hour, extra bus. Example, the number 50 bus may show as the 50P.

In the spring of 2024, the Route 40 connector was renamed the Golden Mile Connector to better reflect the service area. Then in the summer of 2025, the Route 50 Connector was renamed to Waverley via Prospect Boulevard and the Route 51 Connector was renamed to Waverley via 7th Street due to the change of the transfer hub from Boscov's.

From 1992 until 2025, Transit Services has used their simple green TransIT logo on buses and company brand.

Transit currently has a fleet composing of full length buses for their connector routes as well as cut-away para transit vehicles used for shuttles and TransIT+ services. Fleet subsets are replaced and returned on average every 14 years, the maximum service life for a bus permitted by Maryland law. There are 24 buses and 35 para-transit cut-away buses on the active fleet, along with several minivans, and passenger cars used for various TransIT special needs services.

In late 2019, Transit began receiving four new K7M thirty-foot buses from Chinese builder BYD. As of December 2020, all four buses are in service.⁷

Year	Image	Make	Model	Fleet number
2010		Gillig	Low Floor 29'	981–986
2011			Low Floor 35' HEV	157–158
2009-2010		New Flyer	DE40LFR	40225-40227
2012			XDE40	40228
2018-2024		ENC	E-Z Rider II 32'	956–958 122–124 39652-39653
2018		Champion	Frieghtliner M2	959
2020		BYD	K7M 30'	364–367
2025		Gillig	Low Floor 35' CNG	40003-40004 40389–40390

The original Frederick City Transit bus system utilized several former Frederick County Public School buses fitted with rear exit doors and painted white.

Year	Image	Manufacturer	Model	Fleet series	Total
1976		Superior	Pioneer 40	101–102	2
1981		Transportation Manufacturing Corporation	Citycruiser	200–203	3
1987		Orion	Orion I	204	1
1994		Orion	Orion V	322–325	4
1997		Champion Bus Incorporated	Breadbox	246–248	3
1998				872–874	3
2002		Thomas Dennis	SLF-230	917–921	5
2003		Orion	Orion V	922–928	7
2004				060–066	7
2016		Complete Coach Works/Gillig	Advantage Low Floor ZEPS	779–783	5