SUBURBAN TRANSIT ROUTES

ROUTES 819-830

LISLE FEEDER ROUTES

Feeder network originally set up by Village of Woodridge likely early 1974, and known as Ridge Runner. Originally with two feeder routes to the Belmont and the Lisle Metra stations, and a midday shopper route. The Village of Bolingbrook was later added to this network, and service was expanded. Service was generally operated by contract operators, often school bus companies. Early operators of these services probably included Valley Transit and later Wolff's Bus Service. By 1979 operated by Commuter Bus Systems until 1985, operated by Star Transportation during next few years. Eventually operated by by Du Page Motor Coach Co./Westmont, which evolved to First Student. Service suspended effective 4/13/2020 due to covid-19 pandemic.

Pace Contract Operations
Overview of some of the privately owned bus companies, notably school bus operations, which provided bus service for Pace under contract.

819 - Bolingbrook Jewel Lot-Lisle - rush hour feeder route introduced 12/17/79, providing supplemental service along segment of Illinois Highway 53 already served by routes #823-#824-#825. Discontinued 5/14/82 as redundant to the other routes.

819 - Hunters Woods-Lisle - rush hour feeder route introduced 6/29/87. Discontinued 8/17/2001, replaced with extension of route #820.

820 - University Heights-Lisle - rush hour feeder route introduced 9/17/84.

821 - Woodridge-Belmont - rush hour feeder route introduced likely early 1974.

822 - Woodridge-Lisle - rush hour feeder route introduced likely early 1974. Discontinued 2/7/2010, combined into route #821.

823 - Woodridge Shopper - midday shopper route connecting Woodridge with Yorktown Mall, introduced likely early 1974. Discontinued late 1970's.

823 - West Bolingbrook-Lisle - rush hour feeder route introduced around 1978. Discontinued 8/17/2001, partially replaced with extension of route #825.

824 - East Bolingbrook-Lisle - rush hour feeder route introduced around 1978, discontinued 1/21/2019.

825 - Central Bolingbrook-Lisle - rush hour feeder route introduced around 1978.

826 - South Lisle - rush hour feeder route introduced around 1978. Operated by Du Page Motor Coach Co. Glen Ellyn division until around 1995.

827 - Green Trails-Steeple Run - rush hour feeder route introduced 2/5/79. Operated by Du Page Motor Coach Co. Glen Ellyn division until around 1995.

828 - North Lisle - rush hour feeder route introduced 2/5/79. Operated by Du Page Motor Coach Co. Glen Ellyn division until around 1995.

829 - Lisle-Naperville Office Corridor - reverse feeder route introduced 2/5/79, separate route to Corporetum office complex introduced 6/24/85.

830 - Northeast Lisle - rush hour feeder route introduced 7/11/88, discontinued 6/30/89.

Towards the end of the afternoon rush hour and into the evening, there was demand for some feeder bus service from the Metra station, but not enough demand to justify operation of all the separate routes. Evening routes were combined, and around 2016 a separate set of route numbers was assigned to the combined routes. They were #186 (East Lisle) and #187 (West Lisle). The buses only received passengers at the station and did not follow a formal route. But the driver would determine a route based on the passengers' destinations.