Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) will provide holiday schedule bus service on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 22, 2007. Limited Thanksgiving Day service will be available on the following bus lines:

Line 1 Monterey

Line 2 Pacific Grove

Line 5 Monterey - Carmel

Line 9 Fremont - Hilby

Line 10 Fremont-Ord Grove

Line 11 Carmel

Line 20 Monterey - Salinas

Line 41 East Alisal - Northridge

Line 55 San Jose Express

Line 56 Monterey-Memorial Hospital

All other bus lines will not be in service Thanksgiving Day. Please note, Line 1X Asilomar – Lover Point Express will not be in service Thanksgiving Day, even though it is listed for limited service on page 18 of the MST Rider’s Guide.

In order to provide service to the Forest Hill area of Pacific Grove, Line 2 will operate hourly in the outbound direction only. Once the outbound Line 2 Pacific Grove bus completes its route and reaches Lighthouse & Fountain in downtown Pacific Grove, it will change to a Line 1 Monterey bus and head inbound on Lighthouse Avenue to downtown Monterey. On Thanksgiving Day, neither inbound Line 2 Monterey buses nor outbound Line 1 Pacific Grove buses will operate.

Regular MST bus service will resume on all lines Friday, November 23, 2007 with the exception of Line 55 San Jose Express, which will be running on a weekend schedule that day. Salinas Transit Center customer service along with MST phone lines will reopen Friday, November 23 as well. MST administrative offices in Monterey will be closed Thursday and Friday, reopening Monday, November 26.

For exact schedules and hours of operation, visit www.mst.org or call toll free1-888-MST-BUS1 by Wednesday, November 21, 2007.