Ebus launches Shuswap service today

Ebus is launching its inaugural trip through the Shuswap today, Oct. 7.

The route will allow those living in Salmon Arm, Enderby and Armstrong, along with smaller communities along the Highway 97 and Highway 1 route, to travel to Kamloops or Kelowna by bus. From either, Kamloops or Kelowna passengers can transfer and travel to the Lower Mainland and Vancouver.

The route launches today, leaving Kamloops at 2 p.m. and taking passengers to Kelowna, via Chase, Sorrento, Salmon Arm, Enderby, Amstrong and Vernon, arriving in Kelowna at 4:50 p.m.

Passengers travelling in the opposite direction will see services leave Kelowna at 12:50 p.m. arriving in Kamloops 3:25 p.m.

The cost of a single non-refundable ticket from either Kamloops or Kelowna to Salmon Arm is $23.75.

Those travelling to and from Chase, Sorrento, Enderby and Armstrong have to register in advance for pick-up.

For more information on scheduling and tickets go here.

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