Kern County offers a wide variety of local and commuting public transit services. Amtrak serves the Central Valley, Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area with daily train service.

The Golden Empire Transit District (GET) provides daily bus services throughout the Bakersfield area.  GET has an active fleet of 80 buses plus 14 GET-A-Lift buses which are all fueled with clean burning, compressed natural gas (CNG). All buses are equipped with wheelchair lifts and bike racks.  With low bus fares, use GET to travel to work, school, to reach appointments, to go shopping or visit with friends. . . wherever you need to go. With a little planning and preparation you can hop on board one of GET's convenient routes to nearly any destination. 

Number of Bus Routes: 18
Days of Operation: 7 days a week
Number of Bus Stops: 1,600

Call 869-2GET for customer service and bus schedule information or visit their website at www.getbus.org

Kern Regional Transit (KRT) provides public transit service for the outlying areas of Kern County with local dial-a-ride service, community fixed routes, and intercity service.  The intercity service provides connections between Bakersfield, Delano, McFarland, Wasco, Shafter, Lost Hills, Taft, Frazier Park, Lamont, the Kern River Valley, Tehachapi, Mojave, Ridgecrest, California City, Boron, Rosamond, and Lancaster/Palmdale.

Kern Commuter Connection offers free carpool-matching services and information about commute alternatives. For travel destinations outside Kern County, Airport Bus of Bakersfield provides service from Bakersfield to Los Angeles International Airport seven times daily, and the Greyhound Bus Lines offers daily departures to Los Angeles, Fresno and Tehachapi.

Information Compiled by Kern Economic Development Corporation