The Marquette County Transit Authority (MarqTran) is a public
bus
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system located in
Marquette County, Michigan
Marquette County ( ) is a County (United States), county located in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 66,017. It is the most populous county in the Upper Peni ...
, United States, that provides basic transportation needs to people throughout the county. The authority is the county's only mass transit system.
Routes
MarqTran operates almost everywhere in Marquette County.
The daily service routes in Marquette County are:
* Ishpeming/Negaunee/Marquette: service from the Ishpeming Senior Center in
Ishpeming to Marquette with stops along the way in
Negaunee
Negaunee ( or ) is a city in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,627 at the 2020 census. The city is located at the southwest corner of Negaunee Township, which is administratively separate, in the Upper Peni ...
,
Negaunee Township and
Marquette Township.
* Ishpeming Shopper's Shuttle: loop through downtown Ishpeming including stops at the Valente Medical Center.
* Marquette/Sawyer/Gwinn: loop from Marquette down
M-553 to
K.I. Sawyer,
Gwinn and over to
US 41
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through the
Skandia
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Between 2006 and 2015, the financial group underwent major changes. From an insurance company with the main emphasis on non-l ...
area to
Harvey and back to Marquette.
* Negaunee Shuttle: a loop through the downtown and surrounding area of Negaunee with service to the adjacent downtown of Ishpeming.
* Marquette Trowbridge Park: a loop between the MarqTran facility,
Northern Michigan University
Northern Michigan University (Northern Michigan, Northern or NMU) is a public university in Marquette, Michigan, United States. It was established in 1899 by the Michigan Legislature as Northern State Normal School. In 1963, the state designa ...
(NMU),
UP Health System - Marquette (UPHS), and
Trowbridge Park.
* Marquette North/Mall: service between downtown Marquette and the Westwood Mall.
* Marquette North: service between NMU, the Peninsula Medical Center, UPHS and downtown areas.
* Marquette South: service on the south side of town between Econo Foods, the Jacobetti Veterans Facility and neighbors of South Marquette.
* Marquette Shopper Shuttle: provides service between Walmart, Super One Foods/Westwood Mall, Target, and Goodwill.
The following routes do not operate daily:
* Marquette/Gwinn/Palmer: a loop on Fridays only through Marquette, Gwinn and up
M-35 to
Palmer
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* Palmer (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Palmer (surname), including a list of people and f ...
back to Marquette.
* Western Marquette County: a route from Marquette to Koski Korners (corner of US 41/
M-28 and
M-95 and
Republic
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.
Other information
MarqTran buses are unmistakable blue and white buses that travel throughout Marquette County. MarqTran offers rides to students in the Marquette Area for half-fare.
The bus station is located on Commerce Drive behind the Westwood Mall, next to Wright Street. The former bus station in downtown Marquette is home of the Marquette County Historical Society Museum.
MarqTran offers door to door services, at a nominal price.
They also connect to
Indian Trails
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His ...
regional bus transportation, which connects to
Escanaba
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and points north.
Facilities
*Downtown Transfer Center opened in 2012 at 150 West Spring Street, Marquette.
*Marquette Station located at 1325 Commerce Drive in Marquette Township; the facility also serves
Indian Trails
Indian Trails is an intercity bus operator primarily serving the U.S. state of Michigan, with routes also serving Wisconsin and Minnesota. Indian Trails is based in Owosso, Michigan, with offices in Romulus, East Lansing, and Kalamazoo.
His ...
buses.
See also
*
List of bus transit systems in the United States
The following is a list of presently-operating bus transit systems in the United States with regular service. The list excludes charter buses, private bus operators, paratransit systems, and trolleybus systems. Figures for daily ridership, numbe ...
References
External links
*
{{Michigan public transit
Bus transportation in Michigan
Transportation in Marquette County, Michigan