Greater Portland Metro

Greater Portland METRO
	A METRO bus in 2023
Founded	1966
Headquarters	114 Valley Street, Portland, Maine
Locale	Greater Portland, Maine
Service area	Portland, Brunswick, Gorham, Falmouth, Freeport, South Portland, Westbrook and Yarmouth
Service type	Bus service, express bus service
Routes	11
Hubs	METRO Pulse at Elm St. and Congress St. on the Portland Peninsula; ; Westbrook Hub at Mechanic St. in downtown Westbrook;
Fleet	31
Operator	Greater Portland Transit District
Chief executive	Greg Jordan (as of September 2013)
Website	Greater Portland METRO

The Greater Portland METRO is a regional public transportation system, established in 1966, in Southern Maine. Operated by the Greater Portland Transit District, a transit district comprising Portland, Westbrook, Falmouth, Yarmouth, Freeport, and Brunswick, the system also covers Gorham and The Maine Mall portion of South Portland.

METRO is Maine's largest public transportation agency. The transit system's annual ridership was 1,850,686 in 2017.

As of 2016, METRO operated a fleet of eighteen compressed natural gas (CNG) buses and fourteen diesel buses. It operates and maintains the only CNG fuel station in the state of Maine.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.