Four GATRA bus trips no longer stop at Taunton High, including its 4:15, 4:40 and 5:10 p.m. pickups

TAUNTON Four GATRA trips on Routes 7 and 8 stopped serving Taunton High School on Monday, Nov. 9, including the school's latest afternoon pickups, and will skip the school until further notice, the transit agency says.

The four trips still run their regular routes but no longer pull in at the high school, according to a GATRA service advisory posted Nov. 6. Riders who used them at the school can catch Route 8 at the corner of Ingell and County streets and Route 7 at the corner of Longmeadow Road and Route 44, the advisory says.

GATRA trips that no longer stop at Taunton High School, effective Nov. 9, 2026, from GATRA's advisory.

Route	Trip	Was at Taunton High	Board instead at
Route 8, County St/Target	Outbound, 3:50 p.m.	4:15 p.m.	Ingell St. and County St.
Route 8, County St/Target	Inbound, 2:25 p.m.	2:33 p.m.	Ingell St. and County St.
Route 8, County St/Target	Inbound, 4:30 p.m.	4:40 p.m.	Ingell St. and County St.
Route 7, School St/Route 44	Inbound, 5 p.m.	5:10 p.m.	Longmeadow Road and Route 44

GATRA's "Which Bus Do I Take?" flyer for Taunton High students, uploaded in August, lists nine different afternoon trips from the school. By our comparison of the flyer with the advisory, the change takes away the three latest, at 4:15, 4:40 and 5:10 p.m., along with the 2:33 p.m. Route 8 trip toward the Taunton bus terminal. That leaves the flyer's early afternoon trips at the school stop: Route 7 toward the terminal at 2:05 p.m., Route 8 toward the terminal at 2:10 p.m., Route 8 toward Target and Route 6 toward Northwoods at 2:15 p.m., and Route 5 toward Walmart and Target at 2:35 p.m.

The flyer sorts students by neighborhood, and the Route 8 trips that leave the school stop served the Weir Village and Ingell Street areas, Weir Street and the area south of Taunton Green, along with the County Street area, Taunton Gardens and County Village Estates. The Route 7 trip served the Washington Street, School Street and Winter Street areas. The advisory lists no morning trips, and the flyer's morning buses reach the school at 7:15 and 7:17 a.m.

Where to catch the bus instead

GATRA's Taunton High page already tells students who miss a bus at the school where to walk. For Route 8, it says to walk down Williams Street, turn right on County Street and walk to Ingell Street. For Route 7, it says to walk to Dean Street, which is Route 44, cross the intersection and wait on Dean Street at Longmeadow Road.

Route 8 runs between the Taunton bus terminal and Target, with stops including Main and Summer streets, Ingell and Weir streets, Harts Four Corners and County Street at Mozzone Boulevard, GATRA's route page says. Route 7 runs between the terminal and Walmart on Paramount Drive in Raynham by way of School Street, Shaw's and Staples and ALDI. GATRA drivers pull over for riders who wave along the route where it is safe to do so, and students show the driver a pass issued by the high school, the agency's school page says.

Fares, the holiday and questions

GATRA's fixed routes are free to ride through June 30, 2027, with funding in the governor's fiscal 2027 budget, the agency said in July. Wednesday is Veterans Day, and GATRA runs a Saturday schedule that day.

Riders with questions can call GATRA at 800-483-2500, and the advisory offers help in Spanish and Portuguese at 508-823-8828, extension 263.

Label: Reported by us, from the town's posted records.