Saluki Express
A Saluki Express bus seen on the campus of SIU | |
| Founded | August 1995 |
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| Headquarters | Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
| Locale | Carbondale, Illinois and SIU |
| Service area | Carbondale |
| Service type | Bus service, paratransit |
| Routes | 4 |
| Annual ridership | estimated around 100,000 (2024) |
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| Website | Saluki Express |
Saluki Express is a provider of mass transportation in Carbondale, Illinois. It was created as a way to provide transportation services to the students and staff of Southern Illinois University Carbondale at no cost. Fixed-route transit services are provided to the university and residents of Carbondale. The transportation itself is provided via contraction to local transit providers with JAX Mass Transit serving as the latest provider. Their ridership is lumped with the rest of the transportation data of JAX. They claimed over 200,000 rides in 2024, the year they took over Saluki Express operations, which nearly doubled their ridership number from 2023.