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 The MetroLINK Mega Stop at SouthPark Mall in 2023 | |
| Founded | 1970 |
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| Headquarters | 1515 River Dr |
| Locale | Moline, Illinois |
| Service area | Rock Island County, Illinois Henry County, Illinois |
| Service type | Bus service |
| Routes | 14 |
| Fuel type | Diesel CNG Battery electric bus |
| Website | www |
The Quad Cities MetroLINK, officially the Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District, provides mass transportation for the Illinois half of the Quad Cities metro area. Both Iowa cities that make up the region have their own systems, several MetroLINK routes connect with Davenport CitiBus, and Bettendorf Transit. It is the only transit system in the Quad Cities that operates seven days a week. The system has a fleet of 68 fixed route buses that is composed of Twelve 35-foot compressed natural gas buses, Thirty Eight 40-foot compressed natural gas buses [1] As of 2022, they have seventeen all electric buses.[2] Its annual ridership is 3.5 million.[1]
- ^ a b Times Staff (2012-03-22). "MetroLINK has about 10,000 riders per day". Quad-City Times. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
- ^ Proterra. "Battery-Electric Proterra Buses Usher Illinois Quad Cities Closer to Zero-Emission Future". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2017-11-20.