Green Mountain Community Network
GMCN bus at the GMCN bus terminal
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| Slogan | We're Here to Get You There |
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| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | 215 Pleasant St. |
| Locale | Bennington, Vermont |
| Service area | Bennington County, VT and fringes of adjacent counties |
| Service type | bus service, paratransit |
| Routes | 8 (5 local, 3 out-of-town connectors/commuters) |
| Hubs | 215 Pleasant St., Bennington |
| Fleet | 22 |
| Annual ridership | 64,900 (2010) |
| Chief executive | Donna Baker (executive director) |
| Website | greenmtncn.org |
Green Mountain Community Network (GMCN) is a private, nonprofit organization, that owns and operates the public bus transit system in Bennington County in southwestern Vermont called the Green Mountain Express. Their bus service currently has 3 local "fixed deviated" weekday routes in Bennington: the Red, Blue and Brown routes, which can deviate up to 1/4 mile from their alignment upon request. They also have two local Saturday (Green and Light Green) routes, and three commuter routes: the Orange Line, with weekday plus Saturday service to Manchester; the Purple Line, with weekday service to Williamstown, Massachusetts; and the Emerald line, with weekday service to Wilmington. The Emerald Line is a partnership between West Dover-based Southeast Vermont Transit's "the MOOver" and GMCN.
The company also provides paratransit and Medicaid transportation services for Bennington County.
GMCN had an annual ridership of approximately 64,900 in fiscal year 2010, the second fewest of any public bus transit provider in Vermont for that time period when not including the Brattleboro BeeLine (now fully operated by the Current). They now have an annual ridership of about 135,000. There are 22 wheelchair accessible vehicles in GMCN's fleet.
Prior to February 2007 and dating back to 1985, the Green Mountain Chapter of the American Red Cross filled the role of providing the Bennington area's public transportation needs.
On July 9, 2012, GMCN added the Emerald Line to their schedule with weekday service to Wilmington, along with the opening of the renovated Pleasant St office building as their transit center. And as of July 1, 2014, the Yankee Trails Bennington shuttle and Vermont Translines' Albany to Burlington intercity bus route use the transit center as their Bennington stops as well.
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