VIA is committed to getting you where you want to go faster.
VIA’s Better Bus Plan is designed to deliver faster, more direct service on traditional bus routes and expand VIA Link on-demand service by evaluating VIA’s existing services to identify potential changes that could improve our transit system and create more options to get you where you want to go. The Better Bus Plan includes the service improvements listed below that will be implemented on January 12, 2026.
NOTE: Service Changes information, maps and videos are subject to adjustments and will be posted on this page. To find out how these changes might affect your trip call the VIA goLine at (210) 362-2020.
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FREQUENCY IMPROVEMENTS
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 12, 2026
Route 17 IH-35 Express
Service Change:
Increased frequency to 15 minutes, weekdays during morning and afternoon peaks.
Route 20 New Braunfels
Service Change:
Extend late night service until 12:30 at a 60-minute frequency seven days a week.
Service Change:
Increase weekend frequency to 15 minutes.
Extend late-night service until 12:30 a.m. at 60-minute frequency, seven days a week.
Route 102 Primo Military
Service Change:
Increased weekday frequency to 30 minutes between 10:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m.
Route 103 Prímo Zarzamora
Service Change:
Increase weekday frequency to 12 minutes.
Increase weekday late-night service to 30 minutes.
Route 534 Wurzbach
Service Change:
Increased weekend frequency to 20 minutes.
Extended weekday service until 12:30 a.m. with 60-minute frequency.
Route 620 Northwest Vista College / Ingram
Service Change:
Increased frequency to 30 minutes, seven days a week.
FREQUENCY IMPROVEMENTS & ROUTE REALIGNMENTS
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 12
Route 43 Flores
Service Change:
Increased frequency to 30 minutes, seven days a week.
Extended service until 12:30 a.m., 60-minute frequency, seven days a week.
Extended route to Commercial Avenue and Gillette Boulevard.
See changes
Vea los cambios
Route 64 US 90 Express
Proposed Change:
Increase frequency to 30 minutes, weekdays.
Realign the route to provide new service along TX 151 access road and Alamo Ranch Parkway.
Route 620 provides service on Segments along Loop 1604 and along Potranco Road.
Route 612 provides service along Richland Hills Drive.
VIA Link Mainland provides service to SeaWorld employee and main entrances.
Route 93 Roadrunner Express
Proposed Change:
Increased frequency to 15 minutes, weekdays.
Realigned route downtown onto Commerce Street due to construction project completion.
Route 100 Prímo Fredericksburg
Proposed Change:
Increased weekday frequency to 12 minutes.
Increased weekday frequency to 30 minutes between 10:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m.
Realigned route downtown onto Commerce Street due to construction project completion.
Route 603 Medical Center/UTSA
Proposed Change:
Increased weekday frequency to 30 minutes.
Realigned route to continue on Vance Jackson Road to La Cantera Parkway and UTSA Main Campus.
Service along De Zavala continues on Route 97.
Service to the Walmart on Silicon Drive continues on Route 96.
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Route 609 Medical Center/Ingram/Kel-Lac
Proposed Change:
Increased weekend frequency to 30 minutes.
Realigned route from Torasco Street onto Bertetti Drive, Tomar Drive, and Zabra Street to Loop 410 then continues on regular route.
Route 611 Kel-Lac/Valley-Hi/Hidden Cove
Proposed Change:
Increased weekday frequency to 30 minutes.
Realigned route to serve Marbach Road, Hunt Lane, Ray Ellison Boulevard, Medina Base Road, and Old Pearsall Road to Hidden Cove.
Route 616 provides service between the Kel-Lac Transit Center and Loop 410.
Route 619 provides service between Loop 410 at Medina Base Road and the Walmart on Ray Ellison Boulevard.
Route 612 Kel-Lac/Westlakes/Ingram
Proposed Change:
Increased weekday frequencyto 30 minutes.
Realigned route to serve Ingram Transit Center via Lakeside Parkway, Ingram Road, Richland Hills Drive and Loop 410.
Route 619 Kel-Lac/Port SA
Proposed Change:
Increased weekday frequency to 30 minutes.
Realigned route onto US 90 to serve University Southwest Health Center on Southwest 36th Street, Port San Antonio, General Hudnell Drive, Saint Philip’s Southwest Campus, Quintana Road, Southwest Military Road to Briggs Medical Office Park, Five Palms Road, Medina Base Road, to Walmart at Ray Ellison Boulevard.
Route 102 provides service from Kel-Lac Transit Center along W. Military Drive to Whitewood Street.
Route 611 provides service along Ray Ellison between Five Palms and Apple Valley Drive; and the Hidden Cove/Indian Creek area along Old Pearsall Road, War Cloud, Sweet Maiden and Five Palms drives.
Service discontinued on the segment of Route 619 that includes south of Ray Ellison Boulevard along Apple Valley and Vista Valley drives, Spur Valley, Bright Valley, Alpine Valley, Glade Valley and Five Palms drives to Old Pearsall Road.
ROUTE REALIGNMENTS
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 12
Route 501 UTSA/Leon Valley
Service Change:
Realigned route to Mainland Transfer Point and Eckhert Road.
Route 648 Stone Oak/North Star
Proposed Change:
Realigned route off Rough Oak Street and onto Henderson Pass.
See changes
Vea los cambios
SPAN OF SERVICE EXPANSION
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 12
Route 97 West Avenue
Service Change:
Extended service until 12:30 a.m., 60-minute frequency, seven days a week.
SPAN OF SERVICE EXPANSION WITH ROUTE REALIGNMENTS
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 12
Route 44 Pleasanton
Service Change:
Extended service until 12:30 a.m., 60-minute frequency, seven days a week;
Extended route to Texas A&M University San Antonio via SE Loop 410, Zarzamora Street, and Jaguar Parkway.
See changes
Vea los cambios
Route 96 Vance Jackson
Proposed Change:
Extended service until 12:30 a.m., 60-minute frequency, seven days a week;
Extended route to UTSA Main Campus via Hausman Road, Babcock Road, and Loop 1604.
See changes
Vea los cambios
ROUTE RETIREMENTS
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 12
Route 25 Commerce
Service Change:
Service removed between Glenbrook Drive and Regal View Drive to Royal View.
VIA Link Southeast provides service to the impacted areas.
See changes
Vea los cambios
Route 209 Broadway Lineup
Proposed Change:
Late night service is available through existing route 10 Nacogdoches Road.
Service discontinued in the low ridership segment on Broadway between Nacogdoches Road and Loop 410.
See changes
Vea los cambios
Route 243 Flores/Pleasanton
Proposed Change:
Retired Route.
Late night service is available on Routes 43 Flores and 44 Pleasanton Avenue.
See changes
Vea los cambios
Route 296 Vance Jackson 96-97 Lineup
Proposed Change:
Retired Route.
Late-night service available on Routes 96 Vance Jackson and 97 West Avenue.
See changes
Vea los cambios
Route 614 Hidden Cove/Kel_Lac
Proposed Change:
Retired Route.
Primo 102 continues to provide service along W Military Dr.
Route 619 serves Medina Base Road between and Five Palms Drive.
Route 611 provides service along Five Palms Dr to Sweet Maiden Dr and segment along Old Pearsall Road between Ray Ellison Boulevard and Five Palms Drive.
See changes
Vea los cambios
Route 614 Kel_Lac/Rainbow Hills
Proposed Change:
Retired Route.
Service from Kel-Lac Transit Center to Marbach Road and Horal Drive is available on Route 611. Service on Horal Drive to Bertetti Drive is available on Route 609.
See changes
MINOR ADJUSTMENTS
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 12
8, 10, 26, 30, 32, 36, 67, 75, 88, 90, 552, 604, 615, 616, 618
VIA is committed to getting you where you want to go faster.
VIA’s Better Bus Plan is designed to deliver faster, more direct service on traditional bus routes and expand VIA Link on-demand service by evaluating VIA’s existing services to identify potential changes that could improve our transit system and create more options to get you where you want to go. The Better Bus Plan includes the service improvements listed below that were implemented on August 18, 2025.
FREQUENCY IMPROVEMENTS
Service on the Nacogdoches branch will be moved to Route 10. Improves frequency from 40 minutes to 30 minutes on the Broadway branch, seven days a week.
Schedule
Service from Walmart on Crestway Drive to Randolph Transit Center will be moved to Route 502. Weekday frequency will be improved from every 60 minutes to every 30 minutes from 9 a.m.to 3 p.m.
Schedule
90 WOODLAWN
Improves weekday frequency from 60 minutes to 30 minutes, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Schedule
609 MEDICAL CENTER/INGRAM/KEL-LAC
Improve weekday frequency from 60 minutes to 30 minutes from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Extend route south from Ingram Transit Center to Kel-Lac Transit Center, a segment previously served mostly by Route 618, and discontinue service to Mainland Transfer Point. VIA Link Mainland extended along Eckhert Road.
Schedule
618 INGRAM/WESTOVER HILLS/KEL-LAC
Improve weekday frequency from 60 minutes to 30 minutes from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Extend service to Kel-Lac Transit Center by modifying the route to serve Westover Hills and Ellison Drive, continuing a segment previously served by Route 613.
Schedule
NEW ROUTES WITH FREQUENCY IMPROVEMENTS
EFFECTIVE AUGUST 18
10 NACOGDOCHES SKIP
New Skip route to replace Nacogdoches branch of Route 9. Service will operate every day with a frequency of every 15 minutes from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. and every 30 minutes from 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Schedule
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS
EFFECTIVE AUGUST 18
502 THOUSAND OAKS/CONVERSE
Route will be extended from Randolph Transit Center along Toepperwein Road to the Walmart on Crestway Drive — a segment previously served by Route 21.
Schedule
613 HERITAGE NW/KEL-LAC – RETIRED
Route will be discontinued and most service will move to Route 618.
648 NORTH STAR/STONE OAK
Route extended to Rough Oak St. weekdays from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and afternoons from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Schedule
VIA LINK MAINLAND
Service area extended to serve removed segment of Route 609 from Huebner and Eckhert road to Bandera and Eckhert roads.
Map Coming Soon
VIA LINK NACO PASS
Adds new satellite stop at 17150 Jones Maltsberger (formerly Driscoll Middle School).
Map Coming Soon
NEW ROUTE PAIRINGS
EFFECTIVE AUGUST 18
9 BROADWAY – 51 NOGALITOS
New route pair with frequency improvement to 30 minutes 7 days per week.
9 Broadway Schedule | 51Nogalitos Schedule
22 HAYS – 43 S. FLORES
New route pair with 40-minute frequency 7 days a week
22 Hays Schedule | 43 S. Flores Schedule
607 MEDICAL CENTER/INGRAM
610 INGRAM/NW CROSSING
New route pairing with 60-minute frequency 7 days a week
607 Medical Center/Ingram Schedule | 610 Ingram/ NW Crossing Schedule
609 INGRAM/MAINLAND/S TEXAS MED CENTER
618 INGRAM/WEST LAKES
New route pairing with 30-minute frequency weekdays from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
609 Ingram/Mainland/South Texas Medical Center Schedule
618 Ingram/West Lake Schedule
MINOR ADJUSTMENTS
EFFECTIVE AUGUST 18
APRIL 2025
The following improvements were implemented in April 2025.
OTHER ROUTE CHANGES
Schedule
Route will be modified northbound from Flores Street to Cesar Chavez Boulevard, Frio, Houston, Medina, and Travis streets, to serve Centro Plaza. Southbound the route will travel from Centro Plaza along Frio Street to Cesar Chavez Boulevard, Flores Street, then continue regular route.
Schedule
PAIR REALIGNMENTS
Route 14 continues through downtown as Route 66.
Route 20 continues through downtown as Route 68.
Route 26 continues through downtown as Route 44.
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14 PERRIN BEITEL - 66 CERALVORoute 14 will continue through downtown as Route 66
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20 NEW BRAUNFELS FREQUENT - 68 GUADALUPE FREQUENTRoute 20 will continue through downtown as Route 68
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26 MARTIN LUTHER KING - 44 PLEASANTONRoute 26 will continue through downtown as Route 44
MINOR ADJUSTMENTS
