Rapid Ride - Service

Service

Rapid Ride serves three routes: The 766 ("Red Line") runs along Central Avenue from Unser to Louisiana, then north to the Uptown Transit Center; the 790 ("Blue Line") which runs from the University of New Mexico west down Lomas, north on Rio Grande, west on I-40, and then north on Coors past the Cottonwood Mall to the Northwest Transit Center; and the 777 ("Green Line") runs along Central Avenue from Downtown Albuquerque to Tramway Boulevard.

Stops are about a mile apart at specially designated Rapid Ride stations rather than the normal city bus stops, which are about two blocks apart. Service varies by route. The Red and Green lines operate from 6:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays with buses scheduled every 15 minutes during the week and every 20 minutes on Saturdays, with more limited service on Sundays. The Red Line and Green Line overlap along Central Avenue, and buses are staggered so that they arrive about every 7 minutes during the week. The Blue Line operates from 5:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on weekdays with buses scheduled every 12 to 30 minutes depending on time of day, with more limited service on Saturdays. A special "Rapid After Dark" service (denoted as route 767) runs in the summer along the Red Line, with service every 20 minutes until 3:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights.