BlueGO is a service of the South Tahoe Area Transit Authority. BlueGO provides fixed route, demand response, ski shuttles, seasonal trolley service and commuter express routes on the south shore of Lake Tahoe and to the Carson Valley. Follow the links on the left for more details.

Nifty Fifty Trolley

See the South and West Shore the Easy Way!

The Summer 2010 Season

The BlueGO Nifty 50 Trolley has finished its 2009 Summer Season. Thank you for your patronage. Service will resume again on Route 30 between South Y Transit Station and Tahoma via State Route 89 and Camp Richardson Resort starting Saturday, May 22, 2010.

During the winter season, there is no public transit options available between the north shore and the south shore via State Route 89 in California or State Route 28 in Nevada. A public transit connection between TART and BlueGO along State Route 89 will not be available until Saturday, May 22, 2010.

Nifty 50 Trolley Route 30 operates every 60 minutes between South Y Transit Station via Tahoe Valley Campground, Camp Richardson Resort and State Route 89 to Tahoma ending at PDQ Market with two trolley vehicles. U.S. Forest Service facilities served includes Camp Richardson Resort, Pope Beach, Kiva Beach, Tallac Historic Site, Valhalla, Baldwin Beach, U.S. Forest Service Visitor Center, Camp Richardson Horse Corrals, Eagle Falls Trailhead, Vikingsholm, Inspiration Point, Meeks Bay Campground and Meeks Bay Resort.

Connections are available to TART in Tahoma for continued travel to Truckee, Tahoe City and Incline Village, including west shore communities between Tahoma and Tahoe City. At the South Y Transit Station, connections to other BlueGO and Amtrak California routes are possible.

Route 30 will operate every hour, with two trolleys between 9:00 am and 7:00 pm, seven days a week from Saturday, May 22, 2010 to Monday, September 6, 2010 and then every Saturday and Sunday from September 11, 2010 to October 3, 2010 for 115 days.

Route 30 will depart South Y Transit Station every hour starting at 9:00 am, until the last departure at 6:00 pm. The trolley will depart Tahoma every hour starting at 10:00 am until the last departure at 6:00 pm. The trolley will end its service day by 7:00 pm in South Lake Tahoe. Regular BlueGO fares will apply on this route. Please see below for links on the route map, schedule and fare chart.

For more information on the BlueGO Nifty 50 Trolley, please call (530) 541-7149 (TDD/TTY users: 711).

Sponsor the trolley to help defray operating costs. Please contact BlueGO at (775) 589-5284 or email info@bluego.org to see how you can help!

Advertise on the trolley in summer of 2010! Please contact Bob Stowe at City Bus Advertising by calling (707) 544-2115 or email bobstowe@sonic.net. You can click here to visit our interior advertising page.

Click Here to view the BlueGO Nifty 50 Trolley Show with the Rappin Ratz and Blanca Children Studios.

BlueGO Nifty 50 Trolley

BlueGO Nifty Fifty Trolley Riders Guide

Emerald Bay Connection Flyer

Route 30 – South Y Transit Station to Tahoma via State Route 89 Schedule and Map