Express Service — Park Free
PDF version of State Fair Express information
Express buses operate from 15 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
Express buses serve fair gate #20 (on the south side of Como Ave. across from the Coliseum)
All express service is wheelchair accessible. Bike racks are not available on all State Fair buses.
Bus departure times are approximate.
Every Day Aug. 21-Sept. 1
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 – SE corner of lot near 66th and York Ave.
6 Bloomington – 82nd St. & 24th Ave. So. Across from Mall of America East parking ramp
Every Day Aug. 21-Sept. 1
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 – I-94 and Hemlock Lane
Weekends and Labor Day only
11 Maplewood Mall -
Beam Ave. & Southlawn Dr. (at Park & Ride)
Weekends and Labor Day only
Additional Express Service
SouthWest Transit
952-949-2287, swtransit.org
12 Wooddale Church
6630 Shady Oak Rd., Eden Prairie, Weekdays only
13 SouthWest Station
13500 Technology Dr., Weekends & Labor Day
Minnesota Valley Transit Authority
952-882-7500, mvta.com
14 Burnsville High School (Weekdays only), Burnsville Transit Station (Daily)
Hwy. 13 & Nicollet Ave.
Hourly on weekdays, 30 minutes on weekends
15 Eagan Transit Station
Yankee Doodle & Pilot Knob Roads at I-35E
Every 30 minutes on weekends only
