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Jefferson Lines set for Transit Center
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Wednesday, 19 December 2007
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Jefferson Lines will continue making stops in Forest Lake next year. Bus tickets on routes to Duluth and Minneapolis will soon be available for purchase locally, thanks to an agreement between Jefferson Partners, L.P. and Washington County. Jefferson Lines operates bus service to more than 150 rural and urban destinations through the country. Under the agreement, buses will stop daily at the new Forest Lake Transit Center being constructed across the street from the new Washington County Headwaters Service Center - Forest Lake, 19955 Forest Road N. just west of US-61. Buses will leave the transit center for Duluth at 12:10 p.m. and travel to Minneapolis at 7 p.m. daily. Jefferson Lines tickets will be sold at the service center’s front desk and Washington County will receive a 15 percent commission on sales. Currently, there is no local agent in the Forest Lake area, although the bus is stopping in the downtown to allow riders to board. Ticket sales at the service center could start as early as January 2008. County commissioners lauded the agreement as a good example of a public-private partnership that provides valuable transit service to area residents.
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