Private company
CamTran
Bus service operator in Pennsylvania, US
CamTran, originally called the Cambria County Transit Authority operates mass transit bus service within Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Cambria County, and Windber, Pennsylvania, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. CamTran also operates the Johnstown Inclined Plane, taken over in 1983 from Westmont, Pennsylvania borough. The transit system began operation in 1976, from the remnants of the Johnstown Traction Company.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Websitecamtranbus.com
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CamTran, originally called the Cambria County Transit Authority operates mass transit bus service within Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Cambria County, and Windber, Pennsylvania, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. CamTran also operates the Johnstown Inclined Plane, taken over in 1983 from Westmont, Pennsylvania borough. The transit system began operation in 1976, from the remnants of the Johnstown Traction Company. Although the Cambria County Transit Authority (CCTA) began operation on July 20, 1976, service did not begin until December 1, 1976. In June 1999, CCTA became CamTran. In 2025, the system had a ridership of 841,300, or about 2,500 per weekday, as of the second quarter of 2026.2
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Bus Services
CamTran is the urban division, and CamTran+ is the rural division.
CamTran Urban Service
CamTran operates 19 routes 20 on October 24, 2024, of its urban division. Most routes begin and end at the Transit Center on East Main Street in Downtown Johnstown. The transit center was constructed in 1983 and features a snack shop where passes can be purchased as well as public restrooms and a parking garage. Sunday bus service began in 2000 and bicycle racks were added to the urban division buses in 2006. In 2008, the Transit Center was renovated, including improvements to the air-handling system as well as electronic messaging boards. In 2011, seven new Gillig buses were added to CamTran's fleet.
CamTran+ Rural Service
CamTran+ started in 1978. Originally called Cambria County Rural Transportation (CART), it serves the northern half of Cambria County. In 2000, CART introduced Reserve-A-Ride, a service that passengers call in and reserve the bus for wherever they need to go. Reserve-A-Ride will pick up riders at their door, unlike conventional fixed-route services. This service is subsidized 85% by the Pennsylvania Lottery for persons 65 years or older. In 2002, CART became CamTran+. A new transit center was built in 2003 in Ebensburg to better serve CamTran+, and in 2003, the Ebensburg-Altoona Commuter route was added and the other CamTran+ routes were revised. CamTran+ began participating in the PennDOT Persons With Disabilities project in 2008, where on-demand service is provided to riders with disabilities. The rider pays 15% of the Reserve-A-Ride fare.
CamTran+ operates their rural blue and yellow smaller buses out their office in Ebensburg, PA and are located in the same building with the Cambria County Area Agency on Aging. Most transfers on CamTran+ routes are completed at the CamTran+ Transit Center.
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Fleet
CamTran operates a fleet of 51 buses on a rural and an urban fixed route system.
17 Ford
13 Gillig
8 Champion Bus Incorporated
5 Flxible
4 Chance RT-52
4 Freightliner
Service Routes
Urban routes
6-Conemaugh/Franklin (discontinued July 2011 merged into *30 Ebensburg/Johnstown & coming back October 8, 2024)
7-Coopersdale
8-Daisytown (discontinued July 2011 & coming back October 8th 2024)
8 (2nd)-Central City (coming October 24, 2024)
9-Richland Town Centre
10-Dale/Solomon/Oakland
11-Galleria/Scalp Ave
12-Hystone/Westwood
13-Arbutus/Belmont
14-Moxham/Horner Street
15-Oakhurst
16-Prospect
17-Scalp Avenue/Galleria
18-Downtown Shuttle
19-Southmont/Westwood/Laurelwood
20-Westmont/Brownstown
21-Windber
22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 & 29 Tripper AM (Coming October 17, 2024)
38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 & 45 Tripper PM (Coming October 17, 2024)
Rural routes
30-Ebensburg to Johnstown
31-Patton to Ebensburg
32-Northern Cambria Loop
33-Ebensburg/Cresson/Portage
34-Mainline Shopper
35-Patton/Ebensburg Saturday Shopper
36-Ebensburg to Altoona
From Wikipedia’s article on CamTran, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
Timeline
- 1976Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitecamtranbus.com1
- WikipediaCamTran
- WikidataQ5024799
Sources
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- 1WikidataCamTran on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaCamTran on Wikipedia
- 3WikipediaCamTran on Wikipedia (revision used)