North County Transit District discontinues Route 389

The North County Transit District has discontinued Route 389, which ran between the Escondido Transit Center and Pala Casino with a stop at the park-and-ride by state Route 76 and Old Highway 395.

“We didn’t have enough demand to keep that up for now,” NCTD marketing and communications manager Kimy Wall said.

Route 389 departed every two hours, leaving Escondido Transit Center between 6:03 a.m. and 8:03 p.m. and leaving Pala Casino between 7:06 a.m. and 9:04 p.m. The full trips took between 39 and 42 minutes. From April 2017 to June 2017, Route 389 had an average of 60.56 passengers per day fo...