headquarters 1108 campbell avenue se roanoke virginia service area roanoke salem vinton and portions of roanoke county . service type bus service hubs campbell court transfer station operator first transit website http www.valleymetro.com valley metro the operational name for the greater roanoke transit company is a local government owned urban suburban bus line based in roanoke virginia with first transit providing the general and assistant general managers . 1 the staff is employed by southwest virginia transit management company a first transit subsidiary . valley metro serves the independent cities of roanoke and salem the town of vinton and limited unincorporated portions of roanoke county . 2 valley metro has a fleet of 44 buses and 7 paratransit vehicles and many lines originate and or terminate at campbell court a central bus station in downtown roanoke which is also served by greyhound . 1 valley metro operates the smart way bus with a route that serves roanoke christiansburg blacksburg and virginia tech . the smart way connector provides smart way passengers with service to bedford and the kemper street amtrak station in lynchburg . 3 route list edit typical valley metro bus interior typical valley metro bus stop signage effective june 1 2010 valley metro buses only stop at designated bus stops as previous to this buses would stop at every corner . 4 many passengers have expressed disapproval of this new policy . valley metro officials state that the changes are necessary to keep buses on schedule as ridership has increased . 4 as of june 2010 . 2 11 12 valley view mall to campbell court via hershberger cove roads 15 16 valley view mall to campbell court via grandview greenland avenues 21 22 crossroads mall to campbell court via williamson road 25 26 crossroads mall to campbell court via hollins hershberger roads 31 32 vinton to campbell court via campbell avenue king street 35 36 vinton to campbell court via dale washington avenues 41 42 southeast roanoke to campbell court 51 52 tanglewood mall to campbell court via avenham avenue jefferson street 55 56 tanglewood mall to campbell court via franklin rd colonial ave 61 62 brambleton red rock to campbell court 65 66 carlton grandin to campbell court 71 72 lewis gale hospital to campbell court 75 76 veterans hospital to campbell court 81 82 salem to campbell court via melrose avenue transfer to bus 91 at goodwill industries to go further into salem 85 86 peters creek to campbell court 91 92 goodwill industries salem location to lewis gale hospital also services va hospital smart way to blacksburg virginia tech maroon express to roanoke college hollins express to hollins university ferrum express to ferrum college references edit a b valley metro . about us . retrieved june 27 2010 . a b valley metro . valley metro system map pdf . retrieved june 27 2010 . valley metro . smart way bus . retrieved june 27 2010 . a b adams mason july 25 2010 . bus route changes draw ire . the roanoke times . external links edit valley metro smart way bus first transit retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title valley metro roanoke & oldid 664802144 categories bus transportation in virginiatransportation in roanoke virginia 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 31 may 2015 at 02 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view