NMDOT Park and Ride is the name given to a network of intercity buses in

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and

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, operated by the

New Mexico Department of Transportation The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT; es, Departamento de Transporte de Nuevo México) is a state government organization which oversees transportation in New Mexico, State of New Mexico in the southwestern United States. The agency ...

. The network is composed of eleven routes, including eight intercity routes and three local shuttle routes in

Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe ( ; , Spanish for 'Holy Faith'; tew, Oghá P'o'oge, Tewa for 'white shell water place'; tiw, Hulp'ó'ona, label=Tiwa language, Northern Tiwa; nv, Yootó, Navajo for 'bead + water place') is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. ...

. It is the fifth largest public bus transit operation in

based on ridership, with a yearly ridership of 315,738 for 2014.New Mexico Department of Transportation Park and Ride
/ref> Service is provided in the morning and evening peak hours, with no service during midday, and buses operate on weekdays only.

History

NMDOT Park and Ride began service in 2003, operating the Blue, Green and Red routes. Service began on the Purple routethen serving Santa Fe and

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a few months after. In the following years, Park and Ride expanded service even further, opening the Orange, Silver and Turquoise routes. In 2008, the

New Mexico Rail Runner Express The New Mexico Rail Runner Express ( AAR reporting mark NMRX) is a commuter rail system serving the metropolitan areas of Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is administered by the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) and the Ri ...

was extended to Santa Fe, and so the Purple route was rerouted as an express between Los Alamos and the NM 599 Rail Runner station. The most recent route on the system, the Gold Route, was opened in 2009, marking the first extension of the network into Texas. In 2015, Park and Ride launched "P&RealTime", which allows passengers to track real-time bus locations online, which can be set up to give alerts during service disruptions.

Routes

Currently, Park and Ride operates six routes in its northern network, two routes on its southern network, and two local routes in Santa Fe to connect passengers to the Rail Runner.

Northern Routes

Blue Route: serving Santa Fe,

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and Los Alamos Green Route: serving Española and Los Alamos Red Route: serving Santa Fe, Pojoaque and Española Orange Route: serving Santa Fe,

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, San Jose and

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. Purple Route: serving Los Alamos and the

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, as well as one morning trip from Albuquerque. Turquoise Route: serving

, Sedillo,

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and Moriarty.

Southern routes

Gold Route: serving Las Cruces,

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and

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. Silver Route: serving Las Cruces and

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Santa Fe shuttles

South Capitol Station shuttle: connecting destinations in Santa Fe to the Rail Runner at

South Capitol Station South Capitol is a station on the New Mexico Rail Runner Express commuter rail line, located in Santa Fe, New Mexico at 1301 Alta Vista, between St. Francis Drive and Cerrillos Road, near the South Capitol Governmental Complex. It opened to servi ...

. NM 599 Station shuttle: connecting destinations in Santa Fe to the Rail Runner at

. Purple shuttle: connecting from the Purple Route's Albuquerque run to serve South Capitol Station and Santa Fe Depot.

References

{{Reflist Bus transportation in New Mexico