The Heartland Express is proud to announce that Chisago County and the city of North Branch have teamed up to provide North Branch City Bus service starting Jan. 4.  The City Bus will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday (except holidays). 

It covers an area from 410th  Street on the north, Harder Park on the east, 370th Street on the south and the county line on the west.  The fare is $1.50 per one-way trip but passengers 65 and over can ride for $.75 (one-way). People going to senior dining site ride for a free-will donation. 
County Market joins Nelson’s Market as one of the locations where you can purchase tokens in North Branch. 

Other county locations include: Chisago County Government Center Administration Office, Center City, Brinks Market, Chisago City, Main Street Market, Rush City, Heartland Express Transit Center, Cambridge, Walmart and Cub Foods, Cambridge and Riverside Market in Isanti.

There is a new brochure which includes a new map that is color coded to match the tokens.   Tokens come in four colors and are sold in packs of 10. 
Purple (in-city) for 65+ is $.75
Pink (City) $1.50,
Blue (Corridor - city to city) $2.00
Orange (Border Zone) $3.50

Rides between corridor zones will be at the $3.50 fare. (Wyoming – Chisago corridors are consider one corridor and will be at the $2 rate)

The Heartland Express is a rural public transit system which operates Monday thru Friday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. excluding holidays.  Telephones are answered from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. and there is an answering machine for after hour requests and cancellations.   All buses are handicapped accessible and most buses have bike racks. The service is available to everyone; there are no restrictions. 

For more information, call  (763) 689-8131 or toll free at 1-888-234-7840.

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