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The Bobcat Shuttle’s off-campus routes generally run until 6:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and until 5:30 p.m. on Friday during fall and spring, with no Saturday or Sunday service. In summer, those off-campus routes run Monday through Friday until 5:30 p.m., so late-evening return trips to housing are not part of the listed service.
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- Check whether your trip is in fall, spring, summer, or between-term service before you leave.
- Open the Bobcat Shuttle calendar and live tracker for the day you need.
- If you need transportation after 6:30 p.m. on weekdays or after 5:30 p.m. on Friday, plan another ride instead of assuming a shuttle will still be running.
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If you’re relying on Texas State’s Bobcat Shuttle to get between campus and off-campus housing, the published off-campus route window ends fairly early. For fall and spring semesters, service runs Monday through Thursday from 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Friday from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with no Saturday or Sunday service; in summer, it runs Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The off-campus routes serve San Marcos destinations and student housing areas.
- Off-campus routes include the San Marcos areas on Routes 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 63, 64, and 68 when in service for the term listed.
- Campus routes also stop at student-heavy destinations like Bobcat Village and central campus, but their listed hours are the same early cutoff in fall and spring.
- For the current day’s exact running status, Texas State directs riders to the shuttle calendar, live tracking, and route pages.
Best practical check before you plan a night trip
Texas State says to check the Bobcat Shuttle calendar and the live ETA Transit tracker for current service, since the site posts service alerts and route timing details there. If you need transportation after shuttle hours, the university’s own shuttle page points riders to the City of San Marcos bus information as an additional transit resource.
- Use the shuttle calendar for the exact day and term, because between-term and summer schedules differ from fall and spring.
- Use live tracking if you are trying to catch the last bus from campus back to housing.
- The shuttle site links to City of San Marcos bus information as a backup local transit reference.
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