One of the major off-site Laboratory bus routes, the Bancroft run, will be altered beginning next Monday, March 3, to incorporate a stop at the west campus entrance and pick-ups at Buildings 62, 66 and 74.

The changes follow the completion Friday of a trial van route to the West Circle entrance to the Berkeley campus off Oxford Street. The Bancroft bus will continue to leave every 30 minutes at 15 and 45 minutes past the hour from the main Building 65 bus stop. But it will no longer turn from Oxford onto Center and to the downtown BART station. Instead, it will continue on Oxford after the campus stop, turn right at Hearst and proceed to the Laboratory.

The Bancroft bus will actually begin and end its run at Building 74, the life sciences area. Departure times there will be at 10 minutes and 40 minutes past the hour. First departure time is 6:40 a.m., and last departure is 7:10 p.m.

The off-site Hearst bus, which leaves every 10 minutes and has the downtown BART station as one of its destinations, will remain unchanged. Employees at Building 937 downtown can either board the Hearst bus at Oxford and University or the Bancroft bus at West Circle on campus. The West Circle stop will be on the hour and the half-hour.

Here are the new Bancroft bus stops, starting at Building 74: Building 48, Building 65 (downhill), East Gate (Donner) campus, Calvin Lab (campus), Bancroft at Piedmont, Bancroft at College, Bancroft at Bowditch, Bancroft at Telegraph, Bancroft at Ellsworth, Oxford at Kitteridge, West Circle (campus), Hearst at Oxford, Hearst at Euclid, Hearst at Leroy, Building 65 (uphill), Buildings 62-66, and Building 74.

On the uphill stop across the street from Building 65, the Bancroft bus will also pick up passengers who wish to proceed uphill to Buildings 54, 48, 77, 62/66, and 74 (pull cord to signal stop). This is in addition to the regular on-site bus shuttle routes, which remain unchanged.

Comments may be addressed to Tammy Brown at Berkeley Lab's Bus Services, [email protected], or x4165.