Deacon Station Shuttle Operation Announcement

Deacon Station Shuttle Service will be discontinued on Friday, May 9, 2025. Please make necessary adjustments to transportation plans.

 


 



Winter Break and Exam Week 2024-2025

Winter Break 2024
Shuttle Schedule & Parking Information


Lobby & Office Hours

Friday, December 20

  • 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Saturday, December 21 – Sunday, January 5

  • All services paused in observance of Winter Break.


Normal parking rules are in effect during exam week.  Transportation and Parking Services has provided the below recommendations for loading your vehicle for Winter Break.

Tips for loading your vehicle to go home: 

  • To expedite the loading process, packing your personal items before moving your vehicle to your Resident Hall to load will save time.
  • Using headlights and emergency flashers while parked will indicate you are actively loading your vehicle.
  • Special-use parking spaces, such as fire lanes, and handicapped or reserved spaces should be avoided to ensure they are available for their designated purpose.

  • Vehicles with off-campus permits and vehicles parked in faculty/staff lots will be given 1- hour to load your vehicle. If there is no activity around the vehicle after 1-hour, the vehicle is subject to being cited.

Parking Information

Resident upperclassmen who have registered vehicles and are not driving home for the break should leave their cars parked in Lots R1, R2, or Q.

  • Sophomore students can relocate vehicles to campus after 4:00 p.m. Friday, December 13, and park in lots R1, R2, or Q. If a vehicle needs to be relocated to campus before 4:00 p.m. Friday, December 13, please email Transportation and Parking Services at parking@wfu.edu. Do not bring your vehicle on campus to park for break until you are physically leaving campus.
    • Vehicles must be relocated to the sophomore student lot by Monday, January 13, at 8:00 a.m.
  • First-year students leaving their vehicle during winter break can relocate vehicles from parking lot Z5 to the Reynolda Campus and park in Lot J. Vehicles can begin to be relocated to campus on Friday, December 13 after 4:00 p.m. Do not bring your vehicle on campus to park for break until you are physically leaving campus. If you need to relocate your vehicle to campus before Friday, December 13, please email Transportation and Parking Services at parking@wfu.edu .
    • Vehicles must be relocated to the first-year student lot by Monday, January 13, at 8:00 a.m.

Transportation Information

First-Year Transportation Services:

  • Shuttle service to/from the first-year student parking lot and campus will operate on a regular schedule until Friday, December 13 at 9:00 p.m.

  • Shuttle service to/from campus and the first-year student lot will resume on Sunday, January 12 at 3:00 p.m.

Sophomore Transportation Services:

  • Shuttle service to the sophomore parking lot & first year student lot will continue to operate through Friday, December 13 until 9PM.

  • Gray Line Shuttle service will resume Monday, January 13 at 7:00 a.m.

Off-Campus Students:

  • If you do not live in WFU off-campus housing and desire to leave your vehicle on campus during winter break, contact Transportation and Parking Services with the vehicle and your contact information at parking@wfu.edu and only park in general parking lots.

  • Beginning Friday, December 13 at 4:00 p.m., all commuter students (including students who ride the Gold and Black Lines) that have a vehicle, registered or not registered with Transportation and Parking Services, that will be frequenting campus to work, study, exams, etc., during the winter break, can park their vehicle in general lots only for the duration of time needed to do so. (Including Law and MBA students who are completing final exams) Do not park in Faculty/Staff lots, visitor or reserved spaces. This on-campus parking exception will be valid through Monday, January 13 at 8:00 a.m., at which time, vehicles must be parked in the correct parking location based on the permit type.

  • The Black and Gold Lines will operate through Friday, December 13 and resume normal schedules Monday, January 13. Students residing in apartment complexes that are served by the Gold or Black Line as well as Deacon Station that need a ride to/from campus during the week of Dec. 16 -20 can request a ride between 7:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. by calling 336-283-1091 for a ride.

  • Students who purchase a permit and will be going abroad in the spring, or graduating in December, must return the permit by December 13 to receive a partial refund (1/2 the purchase price).