Plymouth Metrolink

Plymouth Metrolink is the public transit system that serves Plymouth, Minnesota. Metrolink operates fixed-route bus routes Monday-Friday during peak periods with limited midday service. Most routes serve downtown Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota with one route providing reverse commute service from Minneapolis to employers in Plymouth. Demand-responsive bus service is available seven days a week. Most buses are provided by the Metropolitan Council with First Transit operating the fixed-route service.

Founded1983
Service typeBus service
Routes14
StationsStation 73 Park & Ride
Daily ridership1,800 (Q3 2012)
OperatorFirst Transit
WebsitePlymouth Transit

Prior to 1983, transit service in Plymouth was available from the privately operated but state-subsidized Medicine Lake Lines. Plymouth residents paid property taxes to support the Metropolitan Transit Commission (MTC) but received no transit service from MTC in return. A state law passed in 1981 allowed select cities to "opt-out" from contributing their full share of taxes to the MTC in exchange for providing their own transit service. Plymouth was the first city to opt-out and began managing their own transit service in 1983.

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