On July 14, Road Runner Stage Lines (RRSL) completed one full year of service linking Southwest Colorado communities with Grand Junction and national ground transportation options. Service began July, 15, 2014, with the 7 a.m. departure of the first bus, northbound to Grand Junction through Cortez, from the Durango Transit Center. Buses arrive in Grand Junction at 12:43 PM. The southbound bus departs the Greyhound Station in Grand Junction at 1:45 p.m. and arrives in Durango at 7:44 p.m.
RRSL stops in the following communities on its north- and south-bound runs: Durango, Mancos, Cortez, Dolores, Rico, Telluride, Placerville, Ridgway, Montrose, Delta and Grand Junction. Specific times, schedules and ticket prices can be found at www.roadrunnerstagelines.com. The Denver-Durango trip can be completed in one day, in either direction, with no overnight stay in Grand Junction. One-way fares Durango-Denver range from $81-$108, depending on how tickets are purchased. One-way airfares Durango-Denver range from $253 to $396.
The service is a partnership of SUCAP, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and Greyhound Lines, Inc.. The route is subsidized with federal funds in the amount of $286,000 for 2015. For more information on CDOT's role, please contact Mike Timlan at CDOT at (303) 757-9648. The service is part of an overall plan for development of inter-city bus services in Colorado. That plan can be found at https://www.codot.gov/projects/intercityregionalbusnetworkstudy.
