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Shuttle Service

Student Shuttle Service

To enhance your safety and security, the University operates a Shuttle Service, which provides free transportation for students. Students must produce/display UWI I.D. Cards to access this service.

Additionally, in keeping with established protocols for minimizing the risk of COVID-19 infection, all users of the Student Shuttle Service will be required to sanitize their hands and wear proper-fitting face masks while aboard any shuttle vehicle.

 The Student Shuttle Service provides transportation for students according to the schedules for each respective route outlined below. However, shuttle service transportation will be provided for Nursing and Optometry students, between the main St. Augustine Campus and the Couva Hospital Multi-Training Facility (CHMTF) upon requests from the School of Nursing and the Optometry Unit, respectively.

 

SHUTTLE ROUTE 1:

Student & Visitor (TGR) Car park to JFK Underpass

This shuttle service operates only on weekdays from 6.30 a.m. to 10.00 p.m. at 10-15 minute intervals.

Pick up and drop off points:

  • Chemistry Building
  • Land and Surveying Building

Route:
Student & Visitor (TGR) Car Park >> JFK Underpass via University Drive >> Student & Visitor (TGR) Car Park

Time:
Weekdays
6:30 am to 10:00 pm
Every 10-15 minutes

 

SHUTTLE ROUTE 2:

JFK Underpass/ Student Activity Centre (SAC) Round Trip

Shuttle service on this route has been suspended until further notice.

 

SHUTTLE ROUTE 3:

Department for Creative and Festival Arts / Optometry / St. Augustine (North)

This route serves students attending the Department for Creative and Festival Arts, School of Education, and (after 6:30 pm) residents of the St. Augustine/Santa Margarita/Tunapuna area.

Pick up and drop off points:

  • JFK Underpass
  • Heart Ease Gate
  • School of Education (by request only)
  • Sir George Alleyne Building (HEU)
  • Creative and Festival Arts

Route:

JFK Underpass >> Heart Ease Gate>>Wooding Drive>> School of Education >> Creative and Festival Arts >>

Time:
Weekdays
6:30 am to 10:00 pm 
Every 60 minutes (approximately)

 

SHUTTLE ROUTE 4:

St. Augustine (East)/Tunapuna

This route serves students residing to the east of the main campus, as far as El Dorado Road.

Pick-up/drop-off points:

  • Sport & Physical Education Centre (SPEC) (by request only)
  • Teaching and Learning Complex - by request only
  • Film Unit/Behavioural Sciences Carmody Road (by request only)
  • University Villas (by request only)
  • S.A.C.
  • St. Augustine Villas (by request only)
  • Campus Villas (by request only)

Time: 6:30pm to 10:00pm 

 

SHUTTLE ROUTE 5

Mount Hope/ San Juan Circuit

This route serves the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Joyce Gibson-Inniss Hall of Residence, University Field Station, and (after 7.00 pm) students residing to the west of the campus, as far as the San Juan Bus Terminus.

Pick-up/drop-off points:
(Day - 6:30 am to 6:30 pm):

  • JFK Underpass
  • Curepe Junction
  • Faculty of Medical Sciences Library
  • Joyce Gibson-Inniss Hall of Residence
  • University Field Station (by request only)

Pick-up/drop-off points:
(Night - 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm):

  • SAC East
  • Curepe Junction
  • Faculty of Medical Sciences
  • Joyce Gibson-Inniss Hall of Residence
  • San Juan Bus Terminus

Time:
Weekdays
6:30 am to 6:30 pm then 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm. 
Every 60 minutes (approximately)

 

SHUTTLE ROUTE 6:

Sir Arthur Lewis Hall of Residence (SALHOR)

This route serves students residing at the Sir Arthur Lewis Hall of Residence and St. John’s Road

Pick-up/drop-off points:

  • JFK Underpass (AM)/SAC East (PM)
  • Sir Arthur Lewis Hall of Residence

Route: JFK Underpass (AM)/SAC East (PM)>>University Drive>>SALHOR

Time: 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm

 

SHUTTLE ROUTE 7:

General (East)

This route serves students who require transportation to areas to the east of the campus, as far as El Dorado Road.  Between the hours of 10:00pm to 5:00am, students will be conveyed directly to the entrance of their respective destinations within the route’s circuit, or as close as practicable thereto.

Pick-up/drop-off points:

  • Student Activity Centre (SAC)
  • Sport & Physical Education Centre (SPEC) (by request only)
  • Teaching and Learning Complex - by request only
  • Film Unit/Behavioural Sciences Carmody Road (by request only)
  • University Villas (by request only)
  • St. Augustine Villas (by request only)
  • Campus Villas (by request only)

Route: JFK Underpass (AM)/SAC East (PM)>>University Drive>>SALHOR

Time: 10:00 pm - 5:00 am
Every 60 minutes (approximately)

 

SHUTTLE ROUTE 8:

General (West)

This route serves students who require transportation to areas to the west of the campus, as far as San Juan Bus Terminus.  Between the hours of 10:00pm to 5:00am, students will be conveyed directly to the entrance of their respective destinations within the route’s circuit, or as close as practicable thereto.

Pick-up/drop-off points:

  • Student Activity Centre (SAC)
  • Curepe Junction
  • Faculty of Medical Sciences
  • Joyce Gibson-Inniss Hall of Residence
  • San Juan Bus Terminus

Time: 10:00 pm - 5:00 am
Every 60 minutes (approximately)

 

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