Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) will provide holiday schedule bus service on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 27, 2008. 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 41East Alisal - Northridge

Line 55 San Jose Express and Line 56 Monterey - Memorial Hospital will operate a Sunday schedule.

All other bus lines will not be in service Thanksgiving Day.

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 28, 2008 with the exception of Line 55 San Jose Express, which will be running on a weekend schedule that day.

MST phone lines and customer service locations will be closed for the holiday. The Salinas Transit Center, MST Bus Stop Shop and customer service along with MST phone lines will reopen Friday, November 28. MST administrative offices in Monterey and Marina Transit Exchange will be closed Thursday and Friday, reopening Monday, December 1.

For exact schedules and hours of operation call toll free1-888-MST-BUS1 by Wednesday, November 26, 2008.