Front Range Express (FREX)
Front Range Express (FREX - stylized frex) was a commuter bus service operating between the cities of Colorado Springs, Denver, Greenwood Village, Monument, and formerly Castle Rock in Colorado. FREX operates on Interstate 25 except when exiting to make stops at each city. FREX serves the southern portion of the Colorado Front Range and was operated by Veolia Transport. It was a part of Mountain Metropolitan Transit, which serves the Colorado Springs and El Paso County areas. In 2005, annual ridership was 118,389 and daily ridership was 464.
In, 2007, nineteen Gillig BRT suburban buses were bought. Prior to 2007, FREX used many different models of buses including the GMC RTS, MCI 102-C3, MCI 102-D3, MCI 102-DL3 and NovaBus RTS WFD suburban. However, the older buses were prone to breaking down. To provide more efficient service, standard Mountain Metropolitan Transit buses were used from December 2006 until the new Gillig BRT suburban buses entered service in mid-2007.
FREX buses included ameneties such as free Wi-Fi available to passengers throughout the route.
Due to the lack of funding, FREX faced the likelihood of being eliminated after February 12, 2010. As a last resort, FREX put up for sale, nine out of the nineteen Gillig BRT suburban buses. The first two attempts of selling the buses failed. On February 8th, a bid of $1.44 million dollars, an average of $160,000 per bus, was made by York County Transportation Authority in Pennsylvania. York County Transportation Authority bought the nine buses. These funds enabled FREX to continue for the remainder of 2010 with a reduced service, which does not include stops at Castle Rock.
Due to the budget being higher than expected for 2011, the FREX discontinued service on August 31, 2012.
Read more about Front Range Express (FREX): Service Along The Front Range
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