Quad Cities MetroLINK

The Quad Cities MetroLINK, officially the Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District, provides mass transportation for the Illinois half of the Quad Cities metro area. Both Iowa cities that make up the region have their own systems, but one MetroLINK route does connect with Davenport, Iowa. It is the only transit system in the Quad Cities that operates seven days a week and holidays. The system has a fleet of 60 fixed route buses that is composed of twenty-five 30-foot compressed natural gas buses, eight 40-foot compressed natural gas buses and twenty-two 40-foot diesel buses.[1] As of 2019, they have eight all electric buses. [2] Its annual ridership is 3.5 million.[1]

MetroLINK Quad Cities
Headquarters1515 River Dr
LocaleMoline, Illinois
Service areaRock Island County, Illinois
Henry County, Illinois
Service typeBus service
Routes14
Fuel typeDiesel
CNG
Websitewww.gogreenmetro.com
MetroLINK stop at Quad City International Airport

Route list

  • 10 Rock Island to Silvis
  • 20 Moline to Quad Cities Int'l Airport
  • 30 Rock Island to East Moline
  • 40 Rock Island to Milan
  • 45 Rock Island to Jumer's Casino
  • 50 East Moline to Silvis
  • 53 Rock Island to Moline
  • 55 Moline to Colona
  • 57 Moline to Blackhawk College
  • 60 Rock Island to Western Illinois University
  • 70 Rock Island to East Milan
  • 80 Moline to Arsenal Island
  • 90 Moline to East Moline
  • 100 Davenport, Iowa to Tyson

References

  1. Times Staff (2012-03-22). "MetroLINK has about 10,000 riders per day". Quad-City Times. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
  2. Proterra. "Battery-Electric Proterra Buses Usher Illinois Quad Cities Closer to Zero-Emission Future". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2017-11-20.


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