R-Line (Capital Area Transit)

The R-Line is a circulator bus service that traverses a three-mile loop in the shape of an inverted U through downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. Service runs every 15 minutes from 7 AM to 11:30 PM Monday through Wednesday, 7 AM to 2:15 AM Thursday through Saturday, and 1 PM to 8 PM Sunday.^[1]

Service area	downtown Raleigh
Service type	bus service
Stops	15
Operator	GoRaleigh
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R-Line circulator bus service in Raleigh, NC.

The R-line was suspended in January 2021^[2] and resumed in May 2024.^[3] The service had been zero-fare since inception, but regular fare collection began on July 1, 2024.^[4]

The circulator originally used three green-painted, specially branded hybrid-electric buses that served specially branded bus stops. As of October 2025, however, the circulator uses the generic GoRaleigh branding.

Major Stops

As of October 2025, the list of stops included:

• R1 - Raleigh Union Station and Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh
• R2 - Raleigh Municipal Building
• R3 - Campbell University School of Law
• R8 - William Peace University
• R12 - State Capitol, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and North Carolina Museum of History
• R14 - Raleigh Convention Center, Red Hat Amphitheater, Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts, and Shaw University