Stevensville company offering bus to Bakken

LOLO, Mont. (AP) — A Stevensville company plans to start a charter bus service to take Montana workers to their jobs in the Bakken Oil Fields.

KECI-TV reports R ‘n’ R Stagelines plans to start its service in April. It would leave Lolo on Sundays and come back on Mondays. The company also plans stops in Butte, Bozeman and Billings.

Stevensville carpenter Jay Bays works in North Dakota, close to a 700-mile drive one way. Bays says the bus service will save wear and tear on his pickup truck, while his wife, Donna, says having him ride a bus instead of drive will give her peace of mind.

Truck driver Bill Hanson says it would be cheaper, too, because the cost of diesel is going up.

The company plans to charge $150 one-way from western Montana.

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