Greater Portland Metro

For the public transit agency for the Portland, Oregon area, see TriMet.
Greater Portland METRO
A METRO bus in 2023
Founded1966 (1966)
HeadquartersMETRO Pulse, 114 Valley Street, Portland, Maine
LocaleGreater Portland, Maine
Service areaPortland, Brunswick, Gorham, Falmouth, Freeport, South Portland, Westbrook, Yarmouth and Bath
Service typeBus service, express bus service
Routes14
Hubs
  • METRO Pulse at Elm St. and Congress St. on the Portland Peninsula
  • Westbrook Hub at Mechanic St. in downtown Westbrook
Fleet31
Annual ridership2,104,150 (2019)
OperatorGreater Portland Transit District
Chief executiveGlenn Fenton (as of July 2024)
WebsiteGreater Portland METRO

The Greater Portland METRO is a regional public transportation system, established in 1966, in Southern Maine. Operated by the Greater Portland Transit District, a transit district comprising Portland, Westbrook, Falmouth, Yarmouth, Freeport, Brunswick and Bath, the system also covers downtown Gorham and South Portland.

METRO is Maine's largest public transportation agency. The transit system's annual ridership was 2,104,150 in 2019, up 13.7% from 1,850,686 in 2017.

As of 2016, METRO operated a fleet of eighteen compressed natural gas (CNG) buses and fourteen diesel buses. It operates and maintains the only CNG fuel station in the state of Maine.

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