The Road Runner Stage Lines buses at an open house in 2014.
The Road Runner Stage Lines buses at an open house in 2014.Times file photo by Carole McWilliams

RRSL stops in the following communities on its north- and south-bound runs: Durango, Mancos, Cortez, Dolores, Rico, Telluride, Placerville, Ridgway, Montrose, Delta and Grand Junction. Specific times, schedules and ticket prices can be found at www.roadrunnerstagelines.com. The Denver-Durango trip can be completed in one day, in either direction, with no overnight stay in Grand Junction. One-way fares Durango-Denver range from $81-$108, depending on how tickets are purchased. One-way airfares Durango-Denver range from $253 to $396.

The service is a partnership of SUCAP, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and Greyhound Lines, Inc.. The route is subsidized with federal funds in the amount of $286,000 for 2015. For more information on CDOT’s role, please contact Mike Timlan at CDOT at (303) 757-9648. The service is part of an overall plan for development of inter-city bus services in Colorado. That plan can be found at https://www.codot.gov/projects/intercityregionalbusnetworkstudy.