The Appleton Transit Center is a bus terminus in

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, located at 100 East Washington Street (on the corner of Washington Street and Oneida Street).

History

The transit center had been hoped to have been completed by fall 1986. On August 1, 1986 the Appleton mayor proposed a design with a rooftop

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. The current standalone building was first proposed in April 1989 as a cheaper alternative to plans to renovate and use an existing building. The design included a

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, the attendant from which would be responsible for securing the building. This would reduce staffing costs for Valley Transit. Construction on the center by Valley Transit began on September 12, 1989, and service began on March 1, 1990. 80% of the construction cost was funded by the Urban Mass Transportation Administration. It was the first transit center built in Appleton. The transit center is planned to be replaced in the mid-2020s with a new facility, which would also contain a mixed-use development, similar to Grand River Station in La Crosse.

Facilities

It has climate-controlled waiting rooms, public washrooms, a payphone with free direct line telephones to Valley Transit, and

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s. The north side of the building is the location of the

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office. Additional benches are outside, where there are designated bus boarding bays in a

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-free transfer area. The entire grounds are non-smoking.

Service

The Appleton Transit Center is the center of the Valley Transit system, as most bus routes terminate there. The northwest corner of the property was formerly the boarding place for Greyhound buses, travelling between

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, and

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. This service was withdrawn in 2018. The center also sees service from Lamers Bus Lines. Through ticketing is available from

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; the Amtrak station code for the center is APP.

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