Wolfline

The Wolfline is an area bus service serving the students, staff, faculty, and general public on and around North Carolina State University's campus in Raleigh, North Carolina. As of Fall 2017, Wolfline is operated by Transdev, after being operated by First Transit between 2007 and 2017, under contract with NC State's Transportation department. The Wolfline was the first mass transit organization in the state to exclusively use 'clean' diesel engines. Wolfline access is unrestricted to the public and is a zero-fare service. The preceding contractor was Veolia Transport. The Wolfline began operating in August 1980 with one route.

Currently, the Wolfline operates 11 routes on and between Main, Centennial, and the Veterinary School campuses. These routes often coincide with those operated by GoRaleigh and GoTriangle, facilitating movement about Raleigh, Cary, and the entire Research Triangle by bus.

Of the 11 campus-area routes, 10 run on weekdays from 7:00am to 10:00pm or 1:00am, depending on the route. Three of the ten routes (30, 41, and 52) operate on weekends. One route, the RS Shuttle, is a special route only run on days after university breaks. Over the summer, regular service is roughly cut in half. During student breaks, the Wolfline runs limited-service routes, focused on moving faculty and staff around. The Wolfline does not run on federal holidays.

After the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wolfline switched its routes significantly, changing its numbering to only include two-digit route numbers, though many of the new routes resemble the pre-pandemic routes.

Fleet

Active Fleet Fleet numberBuilder andmodel nameYear builtLengthSeatsNotes 1700–1729 New Flyer IndustriesXD-40 2017 36 Entered service in August 2017. 1940–1944 New Flyer IndustriesXD-40 2019 36 Entered service in August 2019 at a cost of $450,000 per bus. Former Fleet Fleet numberBuilder andmodel nameYear builtExited ServiceLengthSeatsNotes unknown Blue BirdXcel 102 2007 2014 unknown unknown Replaced by 4325–4330 in 2014. 1384–1387 El-Dorado NationalE-Z Rider II BRT 35' 2013 2017 unknown Owned by FirstTransit and transferred to various bus services after Transdev won the Wolfline contract. 1492–1512 New Flyer IndustriesD40LF 2007 2017 35 Owned by FirstTransit and transferred to various bus services after Transdev won the Wolfline contract. 4274–4281 El-Dorado NationalXHF 32' 2007 2017 unknown Owned by FirstTransit and transferred to various bus services after Transdev won the Wolfline contract. 4325–4330 El-Dorado NationalArrivo 40' 2014 2017 unknown Owned by FirstTransit and transferred to various bus services after Transdev won the Wolfline contract. 1730–1739 New Flyer IndustriesXD-40 2017 2021 36 NC State Wolfline downsized in 2021 after COVID-19 to reduce costs, selling 10 buses in the process.

Routes

Route Name Major DestinationsHours 20 Spring Hill Spring Hill Park & Ride Mon - Fri:7 am - 10 pm Talley College of Textiles Wolf Ridge 30 Main Campus East-West Connector Wolf Village Mon - Fri:7 am - 1 am Sat - Sun:8:30 am - 1 am North Campus E.S. King Village Talley 40 Main-Centennial Express College of Engineering Mon - Fri:7 am - 10 pm Talley 41 Main-Centennial Connector Centennial Campus Mon - Fri:7 am - 1 am Sat - Sun:8:30 am - 1 am D.H. Hill Library Talley Wolf Ridge Fringe Lots 42 Centennial Campus Circulator College of Textiles Mon - Fri:7 am - 1 am College of Engineering Hunt Library Gorman St. Avent Ferry Rd. 43 Village Link Wolf Village Mon - Fri:7 am - 10 pm Centennial Campus Varsity Lot 50 Avent Ferry Greek Way/Food Lion Mon - Fri:7 am - 10 pm Avent Ferry Rd. Talley 51 Varsity Varsity Lot Mon - Fri:7:15 am - 9:45 pm Wolf Village E.S. King Village D.H. Hill Library 52 Gorman Street Gorman St. Mon - Fri:7 am - 1 am Sat - Sun:8:30 am - 1 am Avent Ferry Rd. Greek Village Talley D.H. Hill Library 60 Carter-Finley Carter-Finley Park & Ride Mon - Fri:7 am - 10:45 pm Vet School Hillsborough St. D.H. Hill Library Red Terror Carter-Finley/Lenovo Center Gate B at Murphy Center GAMEDAY ONLY Witherspoon Student Center

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