Sheboygan Transit System
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Shoreline Metro is the bus
system owned and operated by the city of Sheboygan, Wisconsin
. It has been in service since 1972, but traces its formation back to the Sheboygan City Railway Company in 1886. Various private companies have succeeded each other in the area, transitioning from light rail to streetcars to buses. The system changed their name in October 2010 to "Lakeshore Metro", but changed it further to "Shoreline Metro" February 2011 due to a trademark conflict with an already existing private paratransit
company, Lakeshore Transportation.
Shoreline has a total of 10 routes throughout the city, and operates with 15 Gillig
Low Floor Buses, 7 Chance
buses, and 4 Rapid Transit Series
buses. It additionally operates nine "tripper" routes during the school year, which provide transportation from major routes around the city for students to schools in the Sheboygan Area School District
, along with the city's parochial schools, day care centers and YMCA
.
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
system owned and operated by the city of Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
-Airport:Sheboygan is served by the Sheboygan County Memorial Airport, which is located several miles from the city.-Roads:Interstate 43 is the primary north-south transportation route into Sheboygan, and forms the west boundary of the city. U.S...
. It has been in service since 1972, but traces its formation back to the Sheboygan City Railway Company in 1886. Various private companies have succeeded each other in the area, transitioning from light rail to streetcars to buses. The system changed their name in October 2010 to "Lakeshore Metro", but changed it further to "Shoreline Metro" February 2011 due to a trademark conflict with an already existing private paratransit
Paratransit
Paratransit is an alternative mode of flexible passenger transportation that does not follow fixed routes or schedules. Typically mini-buses are used to provide paratransit service, but also share taxis and jitneys are important providers....
company, Lakeshore Transportation.
Shoreline has a total of 10 routes throughout the city, and operates with 15 Gillig
Gillig
Gillig Corporation, formerly Gillig Bros., is a manufacturer of heavy-duty low-floor transit buses located in Hayward, California. Prior to 1993, Gillig had also been a manufacturer of school buses.-History:...
Low Floor Buses, 7 Chance
Optima Bus Corporation
Optima Bus, LLC, formerly Chance Coach Inc., is a brand of small transit buses manufactured by North American Bus Industries. It was established in 1976 in Wichita, Kansas....
buses, and 4 Rapid Transit Series
Rapid Transit Series
The Rapid Transit Series bus is a long-running series of transit buses originally manufactured by General Motors and is currently produced by Millennium Transit Services as the RTS Legend. Millennium had produced the buses from 2006 until it shut down production in 2009, only to be bought back...
buses. It additionally operates nine "tripper" routes during the school year, which provide transportation from major routes around the city for students to schools in the Sheboygan Area School District
Sheboygan Area School District
Sheboygan Area School District is a school district in Sheboygan, Wisconsin that serves that city, the village of Cleveland, and the towns of Centerville, Mosel, Sheboygan and Wilson. It has about 1,500 teachers and other employees and about 10,000 students. Dr...
, along with the city's parochial schools, day care centers and YMCA
YMCA
The Young Men's Christian Association is a worldwide organization of more than 45 million members from 125 national federations affiliated through the World Alliance of YMCAs...
.
Route list
All routes depart from the "Metro Center", more known as the "Transfer Point" located directly south of Sheboygan City Hall off Center Avenue.- Route 1 North (serves the lakefront area, including the Sheboygan County YMCAYMCAThe Young Men's Christian Association is a worldwide organization of more than 45 million members from 125 national federations affiliated through the World Alliance of YMCAs...
, Sheboygan Memorial Medical CenterAurora Health CareAurora Health Care is a not-for-profit health care system headquartered in Milwaukee and serving eastern Wisconsin. The system has 13 hospitals, over 100 clinics, and more than 80 community pharmacies. With 29,000 employees including 3,385 physicians, Aurora is one of Wisconsin's largest...
and Sheboygan North High SchoolSheboygan North High SchoolSheboygan North High School, is a high school in Sheboygan, Wisconsin operated by the Sheboygan Area School District. The school opened in 1938 in what is now Urban Middle School on the city's north side, with the current building opening just northeast of Urban in 1961.The building has undergone... - Route 3 North (serves Michigan Avenue and Calumet Drive businesses, along with Cooper and Pigeon River Elementary Schools)
- Route 3 South (serves South Business Drive businesses and Washington Square Shopping Center, along with Sheridan Elementary School and peak-hour service to Horace Mann Middle School)
- Route 5 North (serves North 8th Street, Urban Middle School, Northgate Commons and Eisner Court)
- Route 5 South (serves Heritage Square, Farnsworth Middle School, Early Learning Center, Wilson Elementary School, and Indian Meadows trailer courtTrailer parkA trailer park is a semi-permanent or permanent area for mobile homes or travel trailers. The main reasons for living in such trailer parks are the often lower cost compared to other housing, and the ability to move to a new area more quickly and easily, for example when changing jobs to another...
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- Route 7 North (serves Superior Avenue, St. Nicholas Hospital, Sheboygan Clinic, Pick 'n Save West, Sheboygan Police Headquarters, and Sheboygan County Job Center/Lakeshore Technical CollegeLakeshore Technical CollegeLakeshore Technical College is a technical and community college located in Cleveland, Wisconsin, which is centrally located between the lakeshore cities of Sheboygan and Manitowoc. It is a member of the 16 schools in the Wisconsin Technical College System...
-Sheboygan Campus) - Route 7 South (serves Blue Harbor ResortBlue Harbor ResortBlue Harbor Resort & Conference Center is a resort, waterpark and conference center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The resort opened in June 2004 after being built by Great Wolf Resorts....
, extreme south side (Sunnyside), Sheboygan South High SchoolSheboygan South High SchoolSheboygan South High School is a public coeducational high school serving approximately 1,600 students in grades 9-12. Located on the south side of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, it is part of the Sheboygan Area School District...
, Farnsworth Middle School, Longfellow Elementary School and Sheboygan County Christian High SchoolSheboygan County Christian High SchoolSheboygan County Christian High School is a Christian school located in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, founded in 1969. It is located on the south side of Sheboygan, a few blocks from Sheboygan South High School....
) - Route 10 Mall (serves Memorial Mall, Memorial Plaza, Taylor Heights, Sheboygan Clinic, Pick 'n Save West, AldiALDIALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG, doing business as ', short for "Albrecht Discount", is a discount supermarket chain based in Germany...
and Tamarack apartment complex) - Route 20 Kohler/Sheboygan Falls (serves KohlerKohler, WisconsinKohler is a village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Sheboygan River. The population was 1,926 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
and Sheboygan FallsSheboygan Falls, WisconsinSheboygan Falls is a city in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States whose population was 6,772 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
, along with Route 10 destinations) - Route 30 Industrial Park (serves southwest side of city, including both Sheboygan Industrial Parks, Sheboygan County Detention Center, Deer Trace Shopping Center, UW-Sheboygan, Sheboygan Lutheran High School, James Madison Elementary School, Horace Mann Middle School, Indian Meadows, Washington Square, Country Village Apartments, and south side Wal-MartWal-MartWal-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...
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