Green Mountain Community Network
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Green Mountain Community Network is a private, nonprofit organization, that owns and operates the public bus transit system in Bennington County in southwestern Vermont
. Known as the Green Mountain Express, their bus service currently has 2 local weekday routes in Bennington, the Red and Blue routes. They also have a local Saturday route, and a commuter route called the Regional Route with limited weekday service to Manchester and Williamstown, Massachusetts
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Paratransit, Medicaid, Reach-Up and Elderly & Disabled are provided to the general public, along with their community partners. A "FLEX" route is also provided to riders between Southern Vermont College and North Bennington, which can deviate up to 3/4 from this route's alignment upon request. There is an intermediate stop at Bennington College on the FLEX route as well.
Children under 5 years of age ride free upon boarding with a paying adult. All fares displayed below are for one-way travel. GMCN also offers discounted weekly and monthly passes, which are also available by calling the main office. Bus-to-bus transfers are available as well, but are not valid for round trips.
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
. Known as the Green Mountain Express, their bus service currently has 2 local weekday routes in Bennington, the Red and Blue routes. They also have a local Saturday route, and a commuter route called the Regional Route with limited weekday service to Manchester and Williamstown, Massachusetts
Williamstown, Massachusetts
Williamstown is a town in Berkshire County, in the northwest corner of Massachusetts. It shares a border with Vermont to the north and New York to the west. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,754 at the 2010 census...
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Paratransit, Medicaid, Reach-Up and Elderly & Disabled are provided to the general public, along with their community partners. A "FLEX" route is also provided to riders between Southern Vermont College and North Bennington, which can deviate up to 3/4 from this route's alignment upon request. There is an intermediate stop at Bennington College on the FLEX route as well.
Route List and Fare Schedule
(information is current as of January 23, 2010)Children under 5 years of age ride free upon boarding with a paying adult. All fares displayed below are for one-way travel. GMCN also offers discounted weekly and monthly passes, which are also available by calling the main office. Bus-to-bus transfers are available as well, but are not valid for round trips.
| Route | Destination | Fare | Connections to other bus lines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local Red (Weekday) | Wal-Mart, Pleasant St Transfer | $0.50 | |
| Local Blue (Weekday) | Catamount Assoc, Pleasant St Transfer | $0.50 | |
| Saturday Local | Hannaford, Pleasant St Transfer | $0.50 | |
| FLEX Route | Southern Vermont College, North Bennington | $0.50 | |
| Regional, Northbound to Manchester | Base fare from Bennington | $0.50 | Yankee Trails to Albany, NY via Hoosick Falls |
| South Shaftsbury | $1.00 | ||
| Center Shaftsbury | $1.50 | ||
| Arlington | $2.00 | ||
| Manchester | $2.50 | MVRTD "The Bus" to Rutland, VT | |
| Regional, Southbound to Williamstown, MA | Base fare from Bennington | $0.50 | |
| Pownal Center | $1.00 | ||
| Williamstown | $1.50 | BRTA to Pittsfield, MA; Peter Pan Lines to Boston and New York City |