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Greater Portland Transit District METRO
A METRO bus in August 2010
Founded1966
HeadquartersMETRO Pulse-downtown Portland hub location, 21 Elm Street. METRO's business office is 114 Valley Street
LocalePortland, Maine
Service areaPortland, Westbrook, Falmouth and the Maine Mall area of South Portland
Service typebus service,
Routes8
Chief executiveGreg Jordan (as of September 2013)
WebsiteMetroBus

The Greater Portland Transit District (METRO) is a regional public transportation system in Southern Maine, serving the communities of Falmouth, Freeport, Portland, South Portland, Westbrook and Yarmouth. METRO was formed in 1966. Metro's Board of Directors includes representatives from the communities of Falmouth, Portland and Westbrook.

METRO is Maine's largest public transportation agency. The transit system's annual ridership is projected to exceed 1,750,000 in 2016.

In 2015, Portland Public Schools ended yellow school bus transportation for all of Portland's high school students and entered into an agreement with METRO to provided an unlimited access transit pass program. The program has generated 250,000 boardings for the agency while allowing Portland Public Schools greater flexibility with school bell times and repurposing staff and equipment resources to other priorities.

The METRO BREEZ Express Bus Service started in June 2016 which connects Portland, Falmouth, Yarmouth and Freeport.

As of 2016, METRO operated a fleet of 18 Compressed Natural Gas buses and 14 diesel buses. METRO operates and maintains the only CNG fuel station in the state of Maine.

Route list

All routes leave from the METRO Pulse

Route 1 (Congress Street) - Portland Peninsula, Munjoy Hill, Portland Transportation Center

Route 2 (Forest Avenue) - Portland Peninsula, University of Southern Maine, Woodford's Corner, Riverton

Route 4 (Brighton Avenue/Main Street) - Portland Peninsula, University of Southern Maine, Westbrook, IDEXX

Route 5 (Outer Congress) - Portland Peninsula, Portland Transportation Center, Portland Jeport, Maine Mall

Route 7 (Falmouth) - Portland Peninsula, Falmouth

Route 8 (Portland Circulator) - Portland Peninsula, West End, Arts District, Commercial Street, Casco Bay Lines

Route 9 (Washington Street/Stevens Avenue) - Portland Peninsula, Allen's Corner, West Falmouth, University of New England, Casco Bay High School, Deering High School, Portland High School.

METRO BREEZ - Express bus service between Portland, Falmouth, Yarmouth and Freeport.

Active Fleet Roster

Manufacturer/Model Order Year Series
(Qty.)
Powertrain Notes
Gillig Phantom 40' 1996 9604-9605, 9609,9616-9617, 9659,9665
(7)
Detroit Diesel 50/ Allison B400R
  • Ex-DART First State 416, 404, 445, 405, 409, 417, 424; purchased in 2009
  • Most units are retired and are used as parts
  • 9665 sold to Lewiston Auburn Transit Committee Maine in 2013
Gillig Phantom 40' 1996 9624, 9645
(2)
Detroit Diesel 50/ Allison B400R
  • Active
  • Ex-DART First State 465, 467; purchased in 2009.
Orion VII 35'CNG 2005 0530-0542
(13)
John Deere 6081H/ Vioth D864.3E
  • Active
Gillig LF 35' 2011 1101-1107
(7)
Cummins ISL9/ Allison B400R
  • Active
Gillig LF 35' CNG 2014 1401-1405
(5)
Cummins Westport ISL-G/ Allison B400R
  • Active
  • The Transmission is set into load base shift Schedule (LBSS) Mode
Gillig LF 35' TBD TBD Cummins ISL9/Allison B400R?
  • Piggybacked from TRANSPO's share of a joint procurement with LexTran.
  • 7 diesel-powered buses to be delivered in 2016-2017

References

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