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Ride the Beeline for only $1! 

TMACC will reduce fares on the Beeline bus this month to $1 to encourage Chester County residents to find and retain jobs in Malvern.

The $2 base fare of the Beeline will be temporary reduced to $1 and additional zone charges will be waved from June 18 to Sept 3.  The Beeline, which began operations on in 2007, provides service during peak commuting periods from the Coatesville, Downingtown and Exton areas to Malvern and the Great Valley Corporate Center, Monday through Friday.

The fare reduction coincides with the grand openings of a new Wegmans supermarket and Target retail store in the Uptown Worthington complex in Malvern.  Nearly 500 full and part-time positions will be created when the stores open in July.  Many prospective employees will be attending local job fairs, interviewing for available positions at both stores.

The Beeline and SEPTA Routes 205 and 306 will make stops on Foundry Way in the Uptown Worthington complex.

"We have been working with the Pennsylvania CareerLink and the managers of the Wegmans and Target stores to educate and inform them of accessible public transit from western Chester County communities to Malvern,” said TMACC Executive Director Michael E. Herron.  “By lowering the fares, we are hoping that these new employees will discover the Beeline’s reliable and affordable service.”

More importantly, Herron added, the Beeline will able to reduce some congestion along Route 202 and the Route 30 Bypass by offering employees an alternative to driving.

“The highways to Malvern and the Great Valley Corporate Center are very congested today,” he said. “If every Wegmans and Target employee drives to work, commuting to the area could become unbearable.”

Herron said reconstruction and widening of a 5.3 mile stretch of Route 202 between Route 252 to the Route 30 interchange in Tredyffrin and East Whiteland townships are scheduled to begin in 2011.

Presently, the Beeline provides service to the Pfizer Malvern campus, which is adjacent to the Uptown Worthington complex.  Pfizer will transfer most of its employees to its Collegeville facility by the end of June.  The Beeline will cease service to Pfizer and begin service to Uptown Worthington in July.