community network gmcn bus at the gmcn bus terminal 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 and the purple line with weekday service to williamstown massachusetts and the emerald line with weekday service to wilmington . 1 the emerald line is a partnership between west dover based southeast vermont transit s the moover and gmcn . 2 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 . 3 they now have an annual ridership of about 135 000 . 4 there are 22 wheelchair accessible vehicles in gmcn s fleet . contents 1 history 2 route list and fare schedule 2.1 bus passes 3 references 4 external links history edit 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 . 5 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 . 6 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 . 7 8 as of january 19 2015 trip planning via google maps is also available for gmcn bus routes . 9 route list and fare schedule edit information is current as of july 1 2016 children under 5 years of age ride free upon boarding with a paying adult as do mount anthony union high school bennington college ccv northeast baptist college and southern vermont college students . all local one way fares are 0.50 unless indicated otherwise . slightly discounted 10 ride 22 ride and 44 ride passes are also available for local routes . bus passes for the orange line between bennington and manchester are also available and fares vary on the orange and purple routes depending on the boarding passenger s origin and destination . as the orange line and purple lines are out of town commuter routes featuring a zone based fare structure travel between one or two towns one zone is 0.50 with an additional 0.50 tacked on to each additional town passed through . the local passes mentioned above may also be used on those routes . one ride is deducted from such passes per zone traveled on these two routes . bus to bus transfers are available as well between the three local route the red blue and brown lines but are not valid for round trips or when traveling northbound from bennington on the orange line . as of august 2016 there is no discount fare schedule for seniors the disabled or medicare cardholders on fixed deviated routes . route serves fare notes connections to other bus routes red line weekdays 8 00 am 6 00 pm 30 minute single direction loop wal mart k mart price chopper state office building gmcn bus terminal 0.50 blue line weekdays 7 45 am 5 45 pm 30 minute single direction loop southwestern vermont medical center united counseling service benmont ave main st depot st gmcn bus terminal 0.50 brown line weekdays 7 35 am 6 05 pm southern vermont college bennington college north bennington gmcn bus terminal 0.50 green line saturdays 11 00 am 4 55 pm shopping areas southern vermont college 0.50 light green line saturdays 11 17 am 5 12 pm shopping areas bennington college 0.50 orange line bidirectional to manchester weekdays 6 25 am 10 10 am 1 00 pm 3 05 pm 5 15 pm ; saturdays 6 25am & 3 10pm base fare from bennington 0.50 travels via vt route 7a . goes as far as stewart s and battenkill health center in arlington on 1 00 pm trip . yankee trails to albany ny via hoosick falls ; vermont translines to albany and burlington south shaftsbury 0.50 arlington 1.00 sunderland 1.50 manchester 2.00 mvrtd the bus to rutland purple line bidirectional to williamstown ma weekdays 7 00 am 8 50 am 10 15 am 12 10 pm 2 00 pm 3 05 pm base fare from bennington 0.50 travels via us route 7 . goes as far as svmc pownal campus on 10 15 am and 12 10 pm trips . pownal center 0.50 williamstown 1.00 berkshire regional transit authority brta to north adams and pittsfield ma ; peter pan lines to boston and new york city emerald line bidirectional to wilmington weekdays 7 40 am 9 00 am 3 20 pm 5 00 pm winter ; 7 20 am 9 00 am 4 00 pm summer grace christian school during the school year wilmington free travels via vt route 9 . morning routes operated by southeast vermont transit s the moover . dvta the moover to brattleboro and the rest of southwestern windham county bus passes edit 4 per 10 ride pass on local routes 10 per 22 ride pass on local routes 20 per 44 ride pass on local routes 60 per 40 ride pass on orange line between bennington and manchester references edit bus schedules green mountain community network inc. dvta bennington route starts july 9th deerfield valley transit association . retrieved 2013 09 16 . 2012 vermont public policy plan vermont agency of transportation . retrieved 2013 06 19 . sanders praises bennington transit center zeke wright bennington banner october 29 2012 . retrieved 2013 08 17 . green mountain express adds bus routes neal goswami bennington banner . retrieved 2014 08 18 . sanders praises bennington transit center zeke wright bennington banner october 29 2012 . retrieved 2013 08 17 . bennington vt bus service yankee trails world travel . retrieved 2014 12 10 . bus service vt nh ny vermont translines . retrieved 2014 12 10 . cities covered google maps . retrieved 2015 01 19 . external links edit gmcn website v t e mass transit in the state of vermont regional transit buses addison county transit resources actr chittenden county transportation authority ccta connecticut river transit crt deerfield valley transit association dvta green mountain community network gmcn green mountain transit authority gmta marble valley regional transit district mvtrd advance transit at rural community transportation rct stagecoach transportation services sts intercity buses vermont translines rail transportation ethan allen express vermonter champlain flyer defunct montrealer defunct since 1995 green mountain railroad vermont railway new england central railroad related organizations vermont public transportation association vpta retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title green mountain community network & oldid 734301744 categories bus transportation in vermontbennington vermontpublic transportation in vermont navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 august 2016 at 11 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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