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Blacksburg Service Levels

BT adjusts service levels in Blacksburg to correspond with the Virginia Tech academic calendar – “Full Service” when Virginia Tech is in session, e.g. fall and spring semesters, and “Reduced Service” during most other times. The definitions and hours of operation of each can be found below:

  • Full Service - This is our peak service operated during the fall and spring semesters. During Full Service all routes are in operation with the most frequent service, typically every 10-15 minutes during the busiest hours between 7 AM and 7 PM. Buses generally run until after midnight or later, depending on the day.
  • Intermediate Service - There are a total of 12 service days that operate on “intermediate” service. On these days routes operate the same hours as Full Service and Reduced Service routes routes are in service but buses run more frequently. “Intermediate” service days: the week prior to the beginning of the fall semester in August, Labor Day, Virginia Tech's Fall Break Friday in October, the third Thursday and Friday in December, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and the third Thursday and Friday in May.
  • Reduced Service - This service operates during university break periods, e.g. Winter, Spring and Summer breaks. Some routes do not operate, while others are combined. CAS, HWC and TCR provides 15 minute service while other routes provide 30 minute to hourly service.
  • Holiday Reduced Service - This service operates around the holidays, e.g. the day after Thanksgiving and the weekdays leading up to New Years Day. Some routes do not operate, while others are combined. Each route provides 30 minute to hourly service.
 FULL SERVICE & INTERMEDIATE HOURSREDUCED & HOLIDAY REDUCED SERVICE HOURS
Monday - Thursday 7 AM - 12:45 AM 7 AM - 9:45 PM
Friday 7 AM - 2:45 AM 7 AM - 9:45 PM
Saturday 9:30 AM - 2:45 AM 9:30 AM - 9:45 PM
Sunday 9:30 AM - 12:45 AM 9:30 AM - 9:45 PM

* Service ends at 6:45 PM on December 24 and 12:45 AM on March 6.

Christiansburg Service Levels

Christiansburg services operate the same schedule all year.

 GO ANYWHERE! CHRISTIANSBURGTHE EXPLORER
Monday - Friday 7 AM - 5:45 PM 7 AM - 6:40 PM
Saturday 9:30 AM - 4:45 PM 10 AM - 6:40 PM
Sunday No Service No Service

No Service Days

Blacksburg Transit does not operate on the following holidays, applies to all BT services:

  • New Year's Day (January 1)
  • Memorial Day (Last Monday in May)
  • Independence Day (July 4)
  • Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday in November)
  • Christmas Day (December 25)

Please check the service calendar for detailed information, or call (540) 443-1500.



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Calendar

 
Thursday, October 22, 2026
 
Friday, October 23, 2026
 
Saturday, October 24, 2026

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Legend

Green represents Full Service Full Service

Dark Green represents Exam Service Exam Service

Orange represents Intermediate Service Intermediate Service

Yellow represents Reduced Service Reduced Service

Brown represents holiday service Holiday Service

Red represents No Service No Service

Blue represents Events Events

 

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