Grand Traverse & Leelanau County Service

Do you carry a mobile device?  Find your bus using the Transit App or Google Maps Transit.  You may also visit www.batabustracker.com to follow the GPS tracker on your bus as it moves along the route to your stop. To add convenience, you may pay for your ride using your phone with the Journey App.  Please download   today! 

 

 

Village Loops have the flexibility for deviations and flag stops along the BATA bus route.  This means that riders can call BATA at (231) 941-2324 to schedule a pickup or drop off up to ¾ of a mile off the normal route path. Plus, riders can simply wave the bus down along the route and board the bus or ask the driver to stop anywhere along the loop transportation route to depart the bus. 

 

Route Map & Schedules Effective: 6.26.23

 

Grand Traverse & Leelanau County BATA Bus Routes & Schedules

 

Route 10 - Suttons Bay    

Bike-n-Ride runs between Saturday, May 27th through October 14th, 2023!

 

Riders to Empire, Glen Arbor, Maple City, Cedar, Leland, Lake Leelanau, Omena, and Northport should request a ride using BATA Link.  

 

 

 

Route 12 - Traverse City to Interlochen

 

* 2023/2024 School Year -  Route 12 will arrive at Traverse City West Middle School's bus loading area each school day at approximately 2:39pm to travel outbound to GT Mall, Chum's Corners, & Interlochen then again at 3:07pm inbound to Downtown Traverse City Hall Street Transfer Station.  Morning service and early release is by deviation request only.

 

 

 

 

 

Route 13 - Traverse City to Kingsley

Riders to Fife Lake should request a ride using BATA Link.  

 

Service Alert: Starting Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, City Loop Route 2 and Village Loop Route 13 - Kingsley will have a modified route path due to construction at the Cass and 8th Street intersection in Traverse City. Both the Inbound and Outbound stop at Cass and Lake Streets for Route 2 (#205/275) and 13 (#1302/1303) as well as the Route 2 stops at 8th and Lake (#207/273) will be closed throughout the construction project, which is slated to last until mid-October. Please visit www.bata.net or call 231.941.2324.

 

* 2023/2024 School Year -  Route 13 will arrive at Traverse City East Middle School each school day at approximately 2:45pm to travel inbound to Downtown Traverse City Hall Street Transfer Station.

 

 

* Indian Trails travels directly between BATA's Hall Street Station in Traverse City to Kingsley seven days a week, departing TC at 10:40am and arriving Kingsley Laundromat at 11:10am.  Visit Indian Trails' updated schedule here.    

* Indian Trails travels directly between BATA's Hall Street Station in Traverse City to Kingsley seven days a week, arriving in TC at 7:05pm after departing Kingsley Laundromat at 6:35pm.  Visit Indian Trails' updated schedule here.   

 

 

 

Route 14 - Traverse City to Acme (including Cherry Capital Airport)

*Alert* The MDOT Carpool Park-n-Ride stop in Acme between M-72 and Huffman Road is no longer in service.  In the meantime, flag a driver down for inbound trips from a safe location on Huffman Road in front of The Acme Township Hall until a temporary stop can be put in place nearby.  Riders may also catch Route 14 from the Meijer in Willamsburg. 

 

* 2023/2024 School Year -

Route 14 will arrive at Traverse City High School each school day at approximately 2:50pm to travel inbound to Downtown Traverse City Hall Street Transfer Station.  TCHS students may request a morning outbound or inbound deviation to school. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please visit the Student Seasonal page for Route 16, Route 31, or BATA WEST to WSH/TCH

 

If you have questions or to schedule deviations, please call BATA at: 231.941.2324.  Google Maps, Apple Maps, the Transit App, and www.batabustracker.com will all provide live bus schedule information for BATA's Village Loops.