The service, which stops in Durango, Mancos, Cortez, Dolores, Rico, Telluride, Placerville, Ridgway, Montrose, Delta and Grand Junction, is the result of a partnership between Southern Ute Community Action Programs, the Colorado Department of Transportation and Greyhound Lines. In 2015, it received $286,000 in subsidies from the federal government.
In the last year, it has ferried more than 4,504 riders to their destinations, providing more than 4,430 hours of service and travelling a distance of 171,237 miles.
According to a Road Runner Transit news release, service began July 15, with the 7:00 a.m. departure of the first bus, northbound to Grand Junction through Cortez, from the Durango Transit Center, delivering passengers to their destination at 12:43 p.m.
Since then, the southbound bus has departed from the Greyhound Station in Grand Junction daily at 1:45 p.m., returning to Durango at 7:44 p.m.
The news release notes that passengers can complete the Durango-Denver trip in one day in either direction without staying in Grand Junction. Whereas one-way airfares from Durango to Denver range from $253 to $396, a one-way ticket on Road Runner Stage Lines costs just $81 to $108.
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