MarqTran is a public bus

Bus

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 system operated out of Marquette, Michigan

Marquette, Michigan

Marquette is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Marquette County. The population was 21,355 at the 2010 census, making it the most populated city of the Upper Peninsula. Marquette is a major port on Lake Superior, primarily for shipping iron ore and is the home of Northern...

, USA

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. It provides basic transportation needs to people throughout Marquette County

Marquette County, Michigan

-National protected areas:* Hiawatha National Forest * Huron National Wildlife Refuge* Ottawa National Forest -University:Northern Michigan University is a four-year university, established in 1899, located in Marquette, Michigan, on Michigan's Upper Peninsula...

. The MarqTran bus is the county's only mass transit system.

Routes

MarqTran operates almost everywhere in Marquette County.
The daily service routes in Marquette County are:

• Ishpeming
  Ishpeming, Michigan
  Ishpeming is a city in Marquette County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 6,686 at the 2000 census. This is down from a higher population in the 1950s and 1960s when the economically supportive iron ore mines had a much higher employment level...
  
  /Negaunee
  Negaunee, Michigan
  Negaunee is a city in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,576 at the 2000 census. The city is located at the southwest corner of Negaunee Township. The city is home to the Michigan Iron Industry Museum...
  
  /Marquette: service from the Ishpeming Senior Center to Marquette with stops along the way in Negaunee, Negaunee Township and Marquette Township.
• Ishpeming Shopper's Shuttle: loop through downtown Ishpeming including stops at Pamida
  Pamida
  Pamida is a chain of department stores with more than 175 locations in 16 Midwestern and West Central U.S. states. Pamida stores are generally located in smaller communities that range from 3,000 to 8,000 in population...
  
   and the Valente Medical Center.
• Marquette/Sawyer/Gwinn
  Gwinn, Michigan
  Gwinn is an unincorporated community in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is in Forsyth Township at on M-35 near the forks of the east and middle branches of the Escanaba River. Gwinn is a census-designated place for statistical purposes, and the CDP includes the...
  
  : loop from Marquette down M-553
  M-553 (Michigan highway)
  M-553 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The trunkline was originally Marquette County Road 553. It is the main highway connection between the US 41/M-28 corridor and both the Sawyer International Airport and Gwinn.M-553 was given its...
  
   to K.I. Sawyer, Gwinn and over to US 41
  U.S. Route 41
  U.S. Route 41 is a north–south United States Highway that runs from Miami, Florida to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Until 1949, the part in southern Florida, from Naples to Miami, was U.S...
  
   through the Skandia area to Harvey and back to Marquette.
• Negaunee Shuttle: a loop through the downtown and surrounding area of Negaunee with service to the adjacent downtown of Ishpeming.
• Marquette Trowbridge Park
  Trowbridge Park, Michigan
  Trowbridge Park is an unincorporated community in Marquette Township, Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan bordering on the city of Marquette. It is also a census-designated place for statistical purposes, with no legal status as an incorporated municipality...
  
  : a loop between the MarqTran facility, Northern Michigan University
  Northern Michigan University
  Northern Michigan University is a four-year college public university established in 1899 located in Marquette, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. With a population of nearly 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, Northern Michigan University is the Upper Peninsula's largest...
  
  , Marquette General Hospital
  Marquette General Hospital
  Marquette General Hospital is a hospital and regional medical center located in Marquette, Michigan and serving the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The hospital is a Level II trauma center as verified by the American College of Surgeons...
  
  , and the Trowbridge Park area of Marquette Township
  Marquette Township, Michigan
  Marquette Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Michigan:* Marquette Township, Mackinac County, Michigan* Marquette Township, Marquette County, MichiganThere is also the city of Marquette, Michigan in Marquette County....
  
  .
• Marquette North/Mall: service between downtown Marquette, Westwood and Marquette malls.
• Marquette North: service between NMU, the Peninsula Medical Center, MGH and downtown areas.
• Marquette South: service on the south side of town between Econo Foods, the Jacobetti Veterans Facility and neighbors of South Marquette.
• Marquette Shopper Shuttle: provides service between Wal-Mart
  Wal-Mart
  Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. , branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000...
  
  , Super One Foods/Westwood Mall, Target
  Target Corporation
  Target Corporation, doing business as Target, is an American retailing company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the second-largest discount retailer in the United States, behind Walmart. The company is ranked at number 33 on the Fortune 500 and is a component of the Standard & Poor's...
  
  , Goodwill
  Goodwill Industries
  Goodwill Industries International is a not-for-profit organization that provides job training, employment placement services and other community-based programs for people who have a disability, lack education or job experience, or face employment challenges...
  
  , Marquette Mall, Shopko.

The following routes do not operate daily:

• Marquette/Gwinn/Palmer
  Palmer, Michigan
  Palmer is an unincorporated community in Richmond Township, Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a census-designated place for statistical purposes and has no legal status as an incorporated municipality. The CDP population was 449 at the 2000 census.The Palmer ZIP code is 49871,...
  
  : a loop on Fridays only through Marquette, Gwinn and up M-35
  M-35 (Michigan highway)
  M-35 is a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. Running for in a general north–south direction, it connects the cities of Menominee, Escanaba and Negaunee. The southern section of M-35 in Menominee and Delta counties carries two additional designations...
  
   to Palmer back to Marquette.
• Western Marquette County: a route from Marquette to Koski Korners (corner of US 41/M-28
  M-28 (Michigan highway)
  M-28 is an east–west state trunkline highway that almost completely traverses the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan, from Wakefield to near Sault Ste. Marie in Bruce Township...
  
   and M-95
  M-95 (Michigan highway)
  M-95, designated as the Leif Erickson Memorial Highway, is a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. Running from Kingsford to near Champion in Humboldt Township, it is the main connection between Iron Mountain and Marquette along with US 41.M-95 was previously...
  
   and Republic
  Republic, Michigan
  Republic is an unincorporated community in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also a census-designated place for statistical purposes, covering a narrow, roughly crescent-shaped area along several miles of M-95...
  
  .

Other information

MarqTran buses are unmistakable blue and white buses that travel throughout Marquette County. MarqTran offers rides to students in the Marquette Area for half-fare.

The bus station is located on Commerce Drive behind the Westwood Mall, next to Wright Street. The former bus station in downtown Marquette is home of the Michigan State Police Crime Lab and soon to be home of the Marquette County Historical Society Museum.

MarqTran offers door to door services, at a nominal price.

Bob Jackson, MarqTran

MarqTran

MarqTran is a public bus system operated out of Marquette, Michigan, USA. It provides basic transportation needs to people throughout Marquette County...

 owner, is currently in the Marquette County Jail awaiting trial for rape charges on a 12 year old girl.

They also connect to Indian Trails

Indian Trails

Indian Trails is an inter-city bus company based in Owosso, Michigan.- History :Indian Trails was founded in 1910 in Owosso as the Phillips-Taylor Livery Service, whose main business was transporting cargo to and from Durand Union Station and the surrounding Shiawassee County...

 regional bus transportation, which connects to Escanaba

Escanaba, Michigan

Escanaba is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, located in the banana belt on the state's Upper Peninsula. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 13,140, making it the third-largest city in the Upper Peninsula after Marquette and Sault Ste. Marie...

 and points north; and R-TRAN, a regional bus system that covers the central UP, also run by MarqTran, which you can board at this tran station.