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Cherriots adds local holiday service, more trips on Polk County express line

Riders board through the rear of Cherriots bus at the downtown Salem transit center (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)

Cherriots is adding two daily trips on its express line to Polk County and beginning holiday service for local buses.

The mass transit agency announced the schedule changes Monday on its website. Cherriots reviews customer and employee feedback and performance data to make schedule adjustments every four months in January, May and September.

The changes mean local buses will run on Memorial Day, May 30 and July 4. Holiday buses will run on the Sunday service schedule.

The new trips are on Route 40X, which runs from the downtown transit center, 555 Court St. N.E., to Independence, Monmouth and Dallas.

On weekdays, that route will now have trips departing downtown Salem at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Weekend service is unchanged. The revised route schedule is in effect as of Monday.

-Rachel Alexander