| Headquarters | 215 Pleasant St, Bennington |
|---|---|
| Service area | Bennington County, VT and surrounding areas |
| Service type | bus service, paratransit |
| Web site | greenmtncn.org |
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 (Green) route, and a commuter route called the Orange (Regional) Route with limited weekday service to Manchester and Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Paratransit, Medicaid, Reach-Up and Elderly & Disabled are provided to the general public, along with their community partners. A Brown route is also provided to riders between Southern Vermont College and North Bennington, which can deviate up to 1/4 from this route's alignment upon request. There is an intermediate stop at Bennington College on the Brown route as well.
(information is current as of December 05, 2011)
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 (Weekdays) 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (30 Minute Loop) | Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Price Chopper, State Office Building, Pleasant St Transfer | $0.50 | |
| Local Blue (Weekdays)7:30 AM - 6:00 PM (30 Minute Loop) | Southwestern Vermont Hospital, Benmont, Main St, Depot St, Pleasant St Transfer | $0.50 | |
| Local Green (Saturdays) 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM (2 Buses Running 30 Minutes Apart) | SVMC, Walmart, K-Mart, Bennington College, Price Chopper, Hannaford, Southern VT College, Pleasant St Transfer | $0.50 | |
| Brown Route (Weekdays) 7:25 AM - 6:05 PM) | Southern Vermont College, Bennington College, North Bennington | $0.50 | |
| Orange Regional Route: (Weekdays) 6:25AM, 10:10AM, 3:10PM, 5:10PM) (Weekends) 6:25AM & 3:10PM) | 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 |