Express Service — Park Free
PDF version of State Fair Express information
Express buses operate from 17 Twin Cities locations. To find the express site nearest you, use the State Fair Park & Ride Finder. For automated State Fair transit information, call 612-373-3333.
$5 round-trip for all customers
Cash Only - Please have exact fare.
Children age four and under ride free.
Buses operate 8 a.m. – midnight daily; departure times are approximate.
Express buses serve fair gate #20 (on the south side of Como Ave. across from the Coliseum)
All express service is wheelchair accessible.
Every Day Aug. 27-Sept. 7
Service every 15 minutes
1 Northtown Mall – Blaine
University Ave. & Hwy. 10
2 Brookdale Shopping Center – Brooklyn Center, Shingle Creek Pkwy. & Bass Lake Rd.
3 I-394 & Co. Rd. 73 Park & Ride – Minnetonka, SW corner of I-394 & Co. Rd. 73
4 Dunwoody College of Technology – Minneapolis, I-394 & Dunwoody Blvd.
5 Southdale Shopping Center – Edina, 69th and York Ave.
6 Bloomington – 82nd St. & 24th Ave. So. Across from Mall of America East parking ramp
Every Day Aug. 27-Sept. 7
Service every half hour
7 Oakdale Center Park & Ride – Oakdale
West of I-694 on 10th St.
8 Signal Hills Shopping Center – West St. Paul
South Robert St. & Butler Ave. (near Kmart)
9 Cottage Grove Park & Ride – Cottage Grove
Along Hwy. 61 on West Point Douglas Rd. between 80th St. and Jamaica Ave.
Service every half hour, weekends and Labor Day only
10 Maple Grove Transit Station – Maple Grove
I-94 and Hemlock Lane
11 Foley Park & Ride -
Coon Rapids
Off Hwy. 610 near E. River Rd.
Additional Express Service
SouthWest Transit
952-949-2287, swtransit.org
(Hours of service vary)
12 Wooddale Church
6630 Shady Oak Rd., Eden Prairie, Weekdays only
13 SouthWest Station
13500 Technology Dr., Eden Prairie, Weekends & Labor Day
14 SouthWest Village
Hwy. 212 & Hwy. 101, Chanhassen, Weekends & Labor Day
Minnesota Valley Transit Authority
952-882-7500, mvta.com
15 Burnsville High School (Weekdays and Labor Day), Burnsville Transit Station (Weekends and
Labor Day)
Hwy. 13 & Nicollet Ave., Hwy. 13 & Nicollet Ave
Hourly on weekdays, 30 minutes on weekends & Labor Day
16 Eagan Transit Station
Yankee Doodle & Pilot Knob Road at I-35E
Every 30 minutes on weekends & Labor Day
