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{{Short description|Public Transit Provider}}
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{{Infobox Bus transit
| name            =
| logo            = Maple Grove Transit logo.png
| logo_size       = 250
| image           = Maple Grove Transit Maple Grove Minnesota 2657845316 o.jpg
| image_caption   = A Maple Grove Transit bus
| company_slogan  =
| parent          =
| founded         = 1990<ref name="10m-rides">{{citation |title=Maple Grove Transit will celebrate providing its 10 millionth ride May 22|author=Alicia Miller|work=Press & News|publisher=Sun Newspapers|date=May 16, 2012}}</ref>
| headquarters    =
| locale          = [[Maple Grove, MN]]
| service_area    =
| service_type    = [[Commuter bus]], [[Dial-a-Ride]]<ref name=aboutMGT>[http://www.ci.maple-grove.mn.us/content/3485/463/default.aspx About the Maple Grove Transit System]</ref>
| alliance        =
| routes          = 8
| destinations    = [[Minneapolis]]
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| stations        =
| lounge          =
| fleet           = 19 x 45-passenger<ref name=aboutMGT /><br>9 x 66-passenger<br>1 x 25-passenger<br>5 x 15-passenger
| ridership       = 2,500<ref name=aboutMGT />
| fuel_type       =
| operator        = [[Metro Transit (Minnesota)|Metro Transit]] and Midwest Paratransit Solutions<ref>{{Cite web| title = Maple Grove Transit Contact information, transit administrator, emergency information line, 763-494-6005| accessdate = October 17, 2018| url = https://www.maplegrovemn.gov/services/transit/maple-grove-transit-contacts/}}</ref>
| ceo             =
| website         = [https://www.maplegrovemn.gov/723/Maple-Grove-Transit-overview Maple Grove Transit]
}}
'''Maple Grove Transit''' is a suburban public transit provider in the [[Minneapolis – Saint Paul]] metropolitan area of [[Minnesota]] serving the city of [[Maple Grove, Minnesota|Maple Grove]]. The service currently operates 5 express routes from Maple Grove to Downtown [[Minneapolis]] in the morning and return from [[Minneapolis]] to Maple Grove in the afternoon. An additional express route runs between the municipality and the [[University of Minnesota]]. One feeder route with timed transfers also connects with the Downtown express routes. Local flex service is provided by the agency, as well.

Maple Grove Transit is one of several "opt-out" public transit operations in the Twin Cities region which run their own services rather than rely on the area's primary provider, [[Metro Transit (Minnesota)|Metro Transit]]. MGT began operations in June 1990.<ref name="10m-rides"/>

==Maple Grove Transit Station==

[[File:Maple Grove Transit Station.jpg|thumb|The Maple Grove Transit Station]]

The Maple Grove Transit Station serves as the primary hub for the Maple Grove Transit System. The station opened for service in December 2003 and contains a 926 stall parking structure, bike lockers and racks and an indoor waiting area with restrooms and a drinking fountain.<ref>{{cite web |title=Maple Grove Transit System|url=https://www.mpta-transit.org/sites/mpta/files/uploads/2019-05/Maple%20Grove%20Transit%20System.pdf|access-date=June 26, 2022}}</ref> As of June 2022, the station serves Maple Grove Transit routes 781 and 789, as well as intercity bus services operated by [[Jefferson Lines]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Maple Grove Transit Express|url=https://www.maplegrovemn.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4364/Maple-Grove-Transit-rider-guide-6-13-22-printable|access-date=June 26, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bus to Minnesota|url=https://www.jeffersonlines.com/bus-stops/minnesota/|access-date=June 26, 2022}}</ref>

==Route list==
[[File:Maple Grove Transit bus 2022.jpg|thumb|Maple Grove Transit Route 781 bus with new livery as of 2022.]]
*780 Shepherd of the Grove Church Park & Ride to Downtown Minneapolis
*781 Maple Grove Transit Center to Downtown Minneapolis
*782 Zachary Lane Park & Ride to Downtown Minneapolis
*783 Crosswinds Church Park & Ride to Downtown Minneapolis
*785 Parkway Station to Downtown Minneapolis
*787 Maple Grove Flex Route
*788 Bass Lake Center to Crosswinds Church Park & Ride
*789 Maple Grove Transit Center to University of Minnesota

==Ridership==

The ridership statistics shown here are of fixed route services only and do not include demand response services.<ref>{{cite web | title=The National Transit Database (NTD) | url=https://www.transit.dot.gov/ntd/data-product/monthly-module-adjusted-data-release | access-date=July 6, 2023}}</ref>

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==See also==
* [[List of bus transit systems in the United States]]
* [[Metro Transit (Minnesota)]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.maplegrovemn.gov/723/Maple-Grove-Transit-overview Maple Grove Transit]
*[http://councilmeetings.metc.state.mn.us/council_meetings/2007/041107/0411_2007_103.pdf Metropolitan Council information on new route 720]
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[[Category:Transportation in Minnesota]]
[[Category:Bus transportation in Minnesota]]


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