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weekends. People Mover will
take passengers as far north
as Eagle River. Within the
Mat-Su Borough, Mat-Su
Community Transit (MASCOT)
operates buses around Wasilla
and Palmer. Valley Mover
runs services between Wasilla
and Anchorage. With a day’s
notice, Anchor Rides provides
door-to-door transport for
disabled or eld erly passengers.
Metropolitan Area Commuter
System (MACS) covers the
White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad depot, Skagway Fairbanks area. Capital Transit
in Juneau links the downtown
and Whittier to Anchorage, trip. This includes a rail ride area with the Mendenhall Valley
Denali National Park, and to the glacier on the Kenai and Douglas Island. The Bus in
Fairbanks, many trains have Peninsula with a gentle raft trip Ketchikan connects the down-
special double-decker domed past icebergs on the lake and town area, the North Tongass
obser vation cars owned by then down the Placer River. Highway, and Saxman village.
Princess Cruise Line and
Holland America Line (see
pp256–9). Accessible only to City Public Transport Tickets and Bookings
tour mem bers, these offer Only Anchorage, Juneau, the For trains and buses, it is
onboard guides and other Mat-Su, Fairbanks, and Ketchikan advisable to book tickets well
amenities. In addition, the have regular public bus serv ices, in advance as this ensures
railroad has its own luxurious but Barrow, Kodiak, Sitka, and availability, confirms the place
“Goldstar” railcars with open-air Skagway have limited services to meet the bus, and provides
viewing platforms. A number or shuttles. In Anchorage, assurance that the service is
of seasonal day trips are also People Mover cov ers most parts operating – bus lines cancel
offered by the Alaska Railroad of the city from the Downtown trips if there is insufficient
from Anchorage and other Transit Center. Services run from interest. Buses leave from the
cities. Especially popular is the 6am to 10pm from Monday to bus company’s offices or from
all-day Spencer Glacier float Friday, with limited routes on a centrally located landmark.
DIRECTORY
Bus Companies Interior Alaska Rail Companies Mat-Su Community
Bus Lines Transit
Alaska-Yukon Trails PO Box 501, Anchorage. Alaska Railroad Tel 864-5000.
PO Box 84608, Fairbanks. PO Box 107500, ∑ matsutransit.com
Tel (800) 770-7275. Tel (800) 770-6652 Anchorage. Tel 265-2494, Metropolitan Area
∑ alaskashuttle.com (Anchorage). (800) 544-0522. Commuter System
∑ alaskadirectbusline. ∑ alaskarailroad.com
Green Tortoise com Fairbanks. Tel 459-1011.
Tel (415) 956-7500, (800) White Pass and Yukon ∑ co.fairbanks.ak.us/
867-8647. Kennicott Shuttle Route Railroad transportation
∑ greentortoise.com PO Box 65, Glennallen. 231 2nd Ave, Skagway. People Mover
Gray Line Alaska Tel 822-5292. Tel (800) 343-7373. Tel 343-6543.
800 5th Ave, Suite 2600, ∑ kennicottshuttle. ∑ wpyr.com ∑ peoplemover.org
Seattle, WA 98104. com The Bus
Tel (888) 425-1737. City Public Ketchikan. Tel 225-8726.
∑ graylinealaska.com Park Connection Transport ∑ borough.ketchikan.
Motorcoach ak.us /145/Transit
Greyhound Canada PO Box 22–1011, Anchor- Anchor Rides
877 Greyhound Way SW, age. Tel (800) 266-8625. Anchorage. Tel 343-7433. Valley Mover
Calgary AB T3C 3V8. ∑ alaskacoach.com ∑ muni.org/ Tel 892-8800.
Tel (800) 661-8747. departments/transit/ ∑ valleymover.org
∑ greyhound.ca Seward Bus Lines anchorrides
Homer Stage Line 3333 Fairbanks St, Capital Transit
Homer. Tel 235-2252, Anchorage. Tel (888) 420- Juneau. Tel 789-6901.
868-3914. ∑ stageline 7788, 224-3608. ∑ juneau.org/
inhomer.com ∑ sewardbuslines.net capitaltransit

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