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| Founded | September 1985[1][2] |
|---|---|
| Locale | Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Service area | 180 square miles[3] |
| Service type | bus service |
| Routes | 94 (June 2024) |
| Stops | 4,061[3] |
| Fleet | 374 |
| Daily ridership | 31,500 (weekdays, Q3 2024)[4] |
| Annual ridership | 8,986,900 (2023)[5] |
| Fuel type | Diesel, Diesel-electric Hybrid |
| Operator | Transdev |
| Website | fairfaxcounty.gov/connector |
Fairfax Connector is a public bus service provided by Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, and is managed by the county government.[3][6] The bus system provides service within Fairfax County, and connects to Metrobus, Metrorail stations, Virginia Railway Express, and other local bus systems. Fairfax Connector serves all of Fairfax Metrorail Stations, the city of Alexandria, the city of Fairfax (weekday middays only), the Washington Dulles International Airport, and the Pentagon Metrorail station (weekdays only, mostly during morning and evening peak periods).[2] In 2023, the system had a ridership of 8,986,900, or about 31,500 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.
Fairfax Connector, or simply "The Connector", is operated under contract by Transdev, and is the third largest bus fleet in the D.C. area.[7] The Connector provides a fixed-route bus service within Fairfax County on 93 routes and carries about nine million passengers annually. The Connector's goals is to supplement the regional rail and bus service provided by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), providing reliable local bus service, and to improves the safety of the community of Fairfax County.
- ^ Lynton, Stephen J. (1985-09-27). "Fairfax Bus Service to Begin". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
- ^ a b "Fairfax County Transit Development Plan Fiscal Year 2016 – Fiscal Year 2022" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-03-31.
- ^ a b c "Fairfax Connector Facts at a Glance". Archived from the original on 2015-09-01. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
- ^ "Transit Ridership Report Third Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. November 20, 2024. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
- ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ "Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)". www.fairfaxcounty.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
- ^ "Fairfax County to sign $200M Connector bus service contract". 30 March 2009. Retrieved 2018-10-22.