Greater Portland Metro

For the public transit agency for the Portland, Oregon area, see TriMet.
Greater Portland METRO
A METRO bus in 2023
Founded1966 (58 years ago) (1966)
Headquarters114 Valley Street, Portland, Maine
LocaleGreater Portland, Maine
Service areaPortland, Brunswick, Gorham, Falmouth, Freeport, South Portland, Westbrook and Yarmouth
Service typeBus service, express bus service
Routes11
Hubs
  • METRO Pulse at Elm St. and Congress St. on the Portland Peninsula
  • Westbrook Hub at Mechanic St. in downtown Westbrook
Fleet31
OperatorGreater Portland Transit District
Chief executiveGlenn Fenton (as of July 2024)
WebsiteGreater Portland METRO

The Greater Portland METRO is a regional public transportation system, established in 1966, in Southern Maine. Operated by the Greater Portland Transit District, a transit district comprising Portland, Westbrook, Falmouth, Yarmouth, Freeport, and Brunswick,[1] the system also covers Gorham and The Maine Mall portion of South Portland.

METRO is Maine's largest public transportation agency. The transit system's annual ridership was 1,850,686 in 2017.[2]

As of 2016, METRO operated a fleet of eighteen compressed natural gas (CNG) buses and fourteen diesel buses. It operates and maintains the only CNG fuel station in the state of Maine.

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Performance Statistics | Greater Portland Transit, ME". gpmetro.org. Retrieved 2018-08-31.