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SW Prime Service - 494/MSP Airport

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SW Prime Expands to Shakopee

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Current Express Bus Schedule

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Saturday SW Prime Service Suspended

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SW Prime Grocery Getter

Discounted SW Prime Rides to Grocery Stores

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New Grocery Getter Service through SW Prime

Need some essential items at the grocery store? SouthWest Transit is now making it a little easier.

"Grocery Getter" service will provide $2 rides (one way) on SW Prime to and from select grocery stores in the SW Prime service area (Shakopee not included).

Use SW Prime Monday - Friday between 9:00am and 12:00pm to go to the following locations - and the ride is only $2.00

Rides must be booked over the phone, so call today and get to:

  • Cub Foods
  • Lunds & Byerlys
  • Target
  • Wal-Mart
  • Aldi
  • Costco
  • Coopers
  • Kowalski's

SW Prime Grocery Getter ... This is not your mom's wood-grain station wagon!

Call today ... 952-797-7463

Note: Passenger must keep all groceries/bags in control while on bus

Reduced Schedule

Click To View Schedules As Of December 2020

The Reduced Service Schedule will be in effect until further notice.

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Service Changes Include:

  • Service from Chanhassen Transit Station remains suspended until further notice.
  • Route 690V provides service to/from SouthWest Station, SouthWest Village, East Creek Station, and Downtown Minneapolis.
  • Route 690T provides service to/from SouthWest Station, SouthWest Village, East Creek Station, Carver Station, and Downtown Minneapolis.
  • Route 698A provides service to/from SouthWest Station, SouthWest Village, East Creek Station, Downtown Minneapolis, and the University of Minnesota.
  • Route 698T provides service to/from SouthWest Station, SouthWest Village, East Creek Station, Carver Station, Downtown Minneapolis, and the University of Minnesota.
  • Reverse commute trips is provided by route 600 in the morning and in the afternoon.
  • Service to Normandale College provided by SW Prime, book your ride up to 3 days in advance. Book here
  • Service to Best Buy Headquarters is suspended.
Eastbound  Carver Station East Creek SW Village SW Station 2nd Ave & 11th St 2nd Ave & Washington Anderson Hall (West Bank) Oak St & Delaware
  AM AM AM AM AM AM AM AM
690V   5:30 AM 5:40 AM 5:50 AM 6:15 AM 6:20 AM    
690V   5:45 AM 5:55 AM 6:05 AM 6:30 AM 6:35 AM    
690T 5:51 AM 6:00 AM 6:10 AM 6:20 AM 6:45 AM 6:50 AM    
690V   6:15 AM 6:25 AM 6:35 AM 7:00 AM 7:05 AM    
698A   6:30 AM 6:40 AM 6:50 AM 7:15 AM 7:20 AM 7:25 AM 7:30 AM
698A   6:45 AM 6:55 AM 7:05 AM 7:30 AM 7:35 AM 7:40 AM 7:45 AM
690V   7:00 AM 7:10 AM 7:20 AM 7:45 AM 7:50 AM    
690V   7:15 AM 7:25 AM 7:35 AM 8:00 AM 8:05 AM    
698A   7:30 AM 7:40 AM 7:50 AM 8:15 AM 8:20 AM 8:25 AM 8:30 AM
698T 7:36 AM 7:45 AM 7:55 AM 8:05 AM 8:30 AM 8:35 AM 8:40 AM 8:45 AM
690V   8:00 AM 8:10 AM 8:20 AM 8:45 AM 8:50 AM    
698A   8:15 AM 8:25 AM 8:35 AM 9:00 AM 9:05 AM 9:10 AM 9:15 AM
690V   8:30 AM 8:40 AM 8:50 AM 9:15AM 9:20 AM    
698A   8:45 AM 8:55 AM 9:05 AM 9:30 AM 9:35 AM 9:40 AM 9:45 AM
690V   9:00 AM 9:10 AM 9:20 AM 9:45 AM 9:50 AM    
698A   9:15 AM 9:25 AM 9:35 AM 10:00 AM 10:05 AM 10:10 AM 10:15 AM
698A   11:15 AM 11:25 AM 11:35 AM 12:00 PM 12:05 PM 12:10 PM 12:15 PM

Westbound  Oak St & Delaware Willey Hall (West Bank) Washington Ave & 1st Ave N Marquette Ave & 4th St SW Station SW Village East Creek Carver Station
  PM  PM  PM  PM  PM  PM  PM  PM 
698A 12:20 PM 12:25 PM   12:32 PM 12:57 PM 1:07 PM 1:17 PM  
698A 2:20 PM 2:25 PM   2:32 PM 2:57 PM 3:07 PM 3:17 PM  
690T     3:28 PM 3:32 PM 3:57 PM 4:07 PM 4:17 PM 4:26 PM
690V     3:43 PM 3:47 PM 4:12 PM 4:22 PM 4:32 PM  
698T 3:50 PM 3:55 PM   4:02 PM 4:27 PM 4:37 PM 4:47 PM 4:56 PM
690V     4:13 PM 4:17 PM 4:42 PM 4:52 PM 5:02 PM  
698T 4:20 PM 4:25 PM   4:32 PM 4:57 PM 5:07 PM 5:17 PM 5:26 PM
690V     4:43 PM 4:47 PM 5:12 PM 5:22 PM 5:32 PM  
698T 4:50 PM 4:55 PM   5:02 PM 5:27 PM 5:37 PM 5:47 PM 5:56 PM
690V     5:13 PM 5:17 PM 5:42 PM 5:52 PM 6:02 PM  
698A 5:20 PM 5:25 PM   5:32 PM 5:57 PM 6:07 PM 6:17 PM  
690V     5:43 PM 5:47 PM 6:12 PM 6:22 PM 6:32 PM  
698A 5:50 PM 5:55 PM   6:02 PM 6:27 PM 6:37 PM 6:47 PM  

Westbound Reverse Commute Schedule

Route Gateway Ramp Marquette Ave & 4th St Southdale Optum Campus (W 62 St.) Flying Cloud Dr. & Shady Oak Rd W 76th St. & Washington Ave Eden Prairie Library SW Station SW Village East Creek
  AM AM AM AM AM AM AM AM AM AM
600 6:25 AM 6:30 AM 6:57 AM 7:11 AM 7:15 AM 7:22 AM 7:32 AM 7:39 AM 7:49 AM 7:59 AM

Eastbound Reverse Commute Schedule

Route East Creek SW Village SW Station Eden Prairie Library W 76th St. & Washington Ave Flying Cloud Dr. & Shady Oak Rd Optum Campus (W 62 St.) Southdale 2nd Ave & 11th St Washington Ave & 4th Ave
  PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
600 3:50 PM 4:00 PM 4:10 PM 4:18 PM 4:27 PM 4:34 PM 4:37 PM 4:48 PM   5:05 PM

SWT Response To COVID-19

Our Commitment Moving forward

As stay-home restrictions begin to be lifted, we look forward to welcoming you back to riding the bus.

We have plans in place to continue doing everything possible to ensure the safety of everyone using our services.

• Cleaning of buses & stations multiple times daily

• Limiting bus capacity/seating to one person per alternated row on large buses, allowing social distancing

• Spare buses will be available and deployed as needed to allow for proper social distancing while keeping buses on schedule

• Floors in our stations are marked with proper social distancing markers

• Additional parking in ramps will be opened as needed

• Drivers are all masked while operating any vehicle

• Cabin air filters routinely changed

The order has come down from the Metropolitan Council, through the Governor. Effective Monday, May 18 riders will be required to wear a face-covering while onboard public transportation. If you do not have a face-covering, please ask the driver, or check with a customer service representative and one will be provided.

Now, More than ever ... We need YOU to do your part!

Complying with the face-covering request is absolutely critical in assuring the continued operation of all SWT Services that many people rely on. If past riders are staying away from riding the bus because they don’t feel safe, they won’t come back until they do.

Please! Out of respect to those around you ... Your family, our family, grandmothers, children, mom, dad, Uncle Tony, the cashier at the store ... Please wear a face covering while in public and especially if taking public transportation.

When you are ready, SWT looks forward to welcoming you back!

COVID-19

Updates On SWT Response and Policy Changes

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 The order has come down from the Metropolitan Council, through the Governor. Effective Monday, May 18 riders will be required to wear a face-covering while onboard public transportation.

If you do not have a face-covering, please ask the driver, or check with a customer service representative and one will be provided.

For Updated SW Prime Policies and Information, Please Click Here.

Message from SouthWest Transit’s CEO Len Simich Regarding COVID-19 and Scheduled Service Suspensions.

The coronavirus pandemic has changed our usual way of life as we know it. Everyday activities like going to the grocery store, eating a meal at your favorite restaurant, getting your haircut, going to a sporting event, and commuting to/from work has been suddenly altered. Social distancing has become the new norm.

As you are probably aware, SouthWest Transit is suspending a good portion of its service beginning Monday, March 23.

Over the past two weeks, over 90% of SouthWest Transit’s daily ridership has been lost due to the coronavirus outbreak.

To better align resources while still providing a level of service that addresses critical commuting needs while maintaining goals related to social distancing, a “temporary” service plan will go into service on the 23rd.

In general, the plan suspends/reduces approximately 65% of the current express service and over 30% of the Prime vehicles currently in daily operation. Express service will operate with 15-minute frequency during the peak hour, and hourly throughout the mid-day. The number of Prime vehicles operating will reduce from 15 to 10 during the peak hours, and from 10 to 5 vehicles during the off-peak.

Besides reduced service frequency, other changes include all express service picking-up and dropping-off at SouthWest Transit’s three stations along the Hwy 212 corridor (SW Station in Eden Prairie, SW Village Station in Chanhassen, and East Creek Transit Station in Chaska). The last run from downtown in the evening would be at 6 pm (currently 9:30 pm).

Express Service to/from SouthWest Transit’s Chanhassen Station, as well as express service to/from the Carver Transit Station, will not operate during the service suspension. Customers using these stations can either drive to one of the 212 stations or use the micro-transit service “Prime”.

I also want to reiterate that economic impacts are not the only reason we are implementing the service suspension.

Heeding the directive from the Governor to minimize person to person interaction/contact, we believe it is in the best interest of our employees to reduce service and keep as many of our staff members at home until the coronavirus can be controlled.

Furloughed staff have been provided 2 weeks of paid leave. Paid leave, along with the personal leave balances (sick and vacation) employees carry, most furloughed employees will have 3-4 weeks of pay available before having to access any unemployment insurance funds should this continue beyond that period.

Until this is over, take care of yourself, your family and your neighbors. Together we will get through this.

Len Simich, 

Chief Executive Officer and General Manager

A New Chapter For SW Prime

This April, SWT added a new chapter to SW Prime. We have expanded the operation to help our local food shelves with food delivery to families in need. We are partnered with PROP food shelf in Eden Prairie and Bountiful Basket in Chaska.  Deliveries for PROP families happen twice per week with the goal of getting food to each family once per month. The operation remains similar to how regular Prime is set up. PROP prepares all the deliveries for the day, then a Prime driver will swing by, pick them up, and bring them to the families. We are running almost the same operation with Bountiful Basket in Chaska, but these deliveries will happen on the first and third Tuesday of each month. We will continue this wonderful service until further notice.

Below is a link from SW News Media regarding the Bountiful Basket operation. Once more details are confirmed for the PROP operation, we will post a link to that as well.

https://www.swnewsmedia.com/chanhassen_villager/news/local/bountiful-basket-food-shelf-offers-delivery-through-southwest-transit/article_0bff5d89-ee60-5b84-ac1a-11fb7fef4bfc.html

Features

SouthWest Transit was recently featured in an article written by the Star Tribune's Tim Harlow. 

 

SW Prime MD

Non-Emergency Medical Transportation

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Take SW Prime MD to your next medical appointment!

What is SW Prime MD? 

SW Prime MD is a public transit service to non-emergency medical services. 

Where does SW Prime MD Operate?

SW Prime MD provides non-emergency medical transportation to any medical facility in Eden Prairie, Chanhassen, Chaska, Carver, and Victoria. Ridgeview facilities in Waconia and Excelsior, as well as medical facilities in select areas of Minnetonka and Edina, are also included in SW Prime MD's service area. 
Riders may be picked up and dropped off in Eden Prairie, Chanhassen, Chaska, Carver, and Victoria. 

How do I request a ride? 

Rides to medical services may be booked up to 14 days in advance. Return rides are on-demand and can be requested once you are ready to return from your appointment. 
To request a ride, call 952-SWPRIME (952-797-7463). Reservationists are available to assist you Monday-Friday 6:30 am to 7:00 pm. 

How much does it cost? 

The cost is $5 each way. However, Ridgeview is providing a $5/ride subsidy, which brings the cost to $0 each way for those riding to and from Ridgeview facilities.  
Children 5 and under ride free. 

What are the service hours?

SW Prime MD operates Monday-Friday, 6:30 am to 7:00 pm. 

SW Prime MD will take you to ANY medical facility in the shaded area - even dental and vision offices! If you're not sure whether or not your clinic falls into the shaded area, call us at 952-949-2287 for assistance. 

SW Prime MD also services St. Francis Hospital in Shakopee. 

1947 GMC Silverside

1947 GMC Silverside

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The History of SouthWest Transit's 1947 GM Silverside Bus:

2001: SouthWest Transit purchased its 1947 GM Silverside from the Twin Cities area. At the time of purchase, the bus was a converted motor home. 

2002: A second 1947 Silverside was purchased for parts from a seller in Ohio. 

2004: The interior was stripped down to the metal, and the engine and transmission were rebuilt. 

2005: The interior was completely restored. Seats and overhead luggage racks were pulled from the parts bus and refurbished. 

2009: The original air conditioner engine was reconditioned and reinstalled. 

2012: The engine bay was repainted and cleaned, and lighting upgrades were made. 

2013-2014: A modern alternator, starter and updated wiring were installed, and the original AC unit was rebuilt. 

2015-2016: Power steering, a new clutch, new speedometer, and rear differential were installed. The transmission was rebuilt. 

Click here to check out the video on our 1947 Silverside from Two Guys and a Ride!

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SW Prime - 494/Airport Service

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Grocery Getter - Discounted SW Prime Rides to Grocery Stores

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Now Serving - Service to Shakopee

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