Express Service

Express buses operate from 21 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.

Buses operate 8 a.m. – midnight; departure times are approximate. Express buses serve the State Fair Transit Hub, which is located on the west side of the fairgrounds near the West End Market. All express service is wheelchair accessible.

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Service Approximately Every 15 Minutes

1 National Sports Center – 1700 105th Ave. NE

2 NEW! Bottineau Blvd. & 63rd Ave. Park & Ride –  Brooklyn Park, 7000 63rd Ave. N.

3 I-394 & Co. Rd. 73 Park & Ride – Minnetonka, SW corner of I-394 & Co. Rd. 73

4 Parade Stadium/Dunwoody College of Technology – Minneapolis, I-394 & Dunwoody Blvd.

5 Bloomington – 82nd St. & 24th Ave. S., across from Mall of America East parking ramp
 

Service Approximately Every Half Hour

6 Fridley Station – Fridley, 61st Ave. & Main St. NE

7 Marcus Oakdale Cinema – Oakdale, 5677 Hadley Ave. N. – NE corner of lot

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.

10 Maplewood Mall Transit Center – 1793 Beam Ave. (board on Southlawn Dr.)

11 NEW! Newport Transit Station – 250 Red Rock Crossing, Newport

Service Approximately Every 15 Minutes

12 Knox Ave. at Best Buy Park & Ride – Richfield, 7701 Knox Ave.
 

Service Approximately Every Half Hour

13 Maple Grove Transit Station – I-94 and Hemlock Lane
 

Minnesota Valley Transit Authority

14 Burnsville Transit Station – Hwy. 13 & Nicollet Ave., Burnsville
Hourly service on weekdays 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.; service every 30 minutes on weekends and Labor Day.

15 Eagan Transit Station – Yankee Doodle & Pilot Knob Road at I-35E, Eagan
Hourly service on weekdays 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.  Service every 30 minutes from 8 a.m. on weekends and Labor Day.

16 Marschall Road Transit Station – 1615 Weston Court, Shakopee 
Hourly service from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekends and Labor Day.

SouthWest Transit

17 Wooddale Church – 6630 Shady Oak Rd., Eden Prairie
Weekdays only. Service approximately every half hour from 8 a.m.

18 SouthWest Station – 13500 Technology Dr., Eden Prairie 
Weekends and Labor Day. Service approximately every half hour from 7 a.m.

19 SouthWest Village – Hwy. 212 & Hwy. 101, Chanhassen
Weekends and Labor Day. Service approximately every half hour from 7 a.m.

20 East Creek Station - Hwy. 212 & Hwy. 41, Chaska
Weekends and Labor Day. Service approximately every half hour from 7 a.m.

21 Carver Station - Jonathan Carver Parkway & Ironwood Dr.
Weekends and Labor Day. Service approximately every half hour from 7 a.m.