OCCK Transportation
OCCK Transportation is announcing slight changes to the timed stops at both Casey’s and the courthouse in Belleville for 81 Connection, the fixed route bus service from Belleville to Salina, starting on Monday.
The Northbound Link No. 1 will arrive at the Belleville – courthouse stop at 11:30 a.m. before heading to the Belleville – Casey’s stop at 11:35 a.m.
The Northbound Link No. 2 will arrive at the Belleville – courthouse stop at 5:45 p.m. before heading to the Belleville – Casey’s stop at 5:50 p.m.
The Northbound Link No. 3 will arrive at the Belleville – courthouse stop at 3:21 p.m. before heading to the Belleville – Casey’s stop at 3:26 p.m. The Southbound Link No. 3 will not go back to the Belleville – Courthouse stop but will leave the Belleville – Casey’s stop at 3:41 p.m. and head south to Concordia.
All other stops and times will remain the same.
The 81 Connection bus service has three bi-directional trips each day, Monday through Friday. The first route starts in Belleville at 6:45 a.m., then heads south on Highway 81 to four stops in Concordia, a stop at the Highway 24/Highway 81 junction, a stop in Minneapolis and stop at Seventh and Walnut and at Walmart in Salina and then heads back north to the same stops. This route does this loop twice and finishes in Belleville around 5:50 p.m. each day.
A second route leaves Salina at 1 p.m. and heads north on U.S. Highway 81 to the same stop in Minneapolis, the stop at the Highway 24/Highway 81 junction, four stops in Concordia and two stops in Belleville, before heading back to Salina with the same stops. The bus finishes in Salina around 6 p.m. each day.