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Sun Metro is making all rides free on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 2019, to provide everyone with transportation to holiday gatherings…

Sun Metro passengers will experience some changes on select routes for this year’s Veterans Parade but service will run on a regular schedule for both Fixed Route and LIFT paratransit services on Veterans Day…

This year’s Día de Los Muertos Parade will require Sun Metro to temporarily modify some of its routes on Saturday, November 2, 2019…

El Paso Streetcar will adjust its hours beginning the week of Sunday, October 13…

El Paso Streetcar will extend its El Paso Strong Ride campaign through the end of October…

Sun Metro will soon introduce two new Brio Systems — Alameda and Dyer — to improve the overall public transit system by providing faster and more effective transportation options that span from the Northeast and Mission Valley to downtown…

Check out all the latest service changes to our routes…

Starting Tuesday, September 3, the fares for the El Paso Streetcar will be waived in order to encourage ridership…

Sun Metro’s fixed-route system will run on a Holiday Schedule on Monday, September 2, 2019 in observance of the Labor Day holiday…

As the summer heat wave rolls in with maximum summer temperatures exceeding 100 degrees over the next consecutive days, riders can enjoy the air conditioning on board with Sun Metro and the El Paso Streetcar service…

Sun Metro's fixed-route system will run on a Holiday Schedule on Thursday, July 4, 2019 in observance of the Fourth of July holiday…

Riding the El Paso Streetcar will be easier starting today, June 17, 2019, when everyone can enjoy free trips thanks to the El Paso Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Management District, and the DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton in downtown…

The El Paso Streetcar has launched a new mobile app to help answer the big question “Where is the Streetcar?”…

Sun Metro has begun installing 27 streetcar shelters along the nearly 5-mile route…

For the fifth consecutive year, Sun Metro is teaming up with non-profit organizations to provide youth with free transportation during the summer months…

Sun Metro's fixed-route system will run on a Holiday Schedule on Monday, May 27, 2019 in observance of the Memorial Day holiday…

Beginning the week of May 13, 2019, the El Paso Streetcar will extend its weekend service hours to meet the needs of summer downtown programming...

The El Paso Streetcar is modifying its service hours starting next week as part of its summer programming which invites residents and visitors to explore downtown and uptown by taking a ride on these historic vehicles…

Sun Metro, in partnership with the Museum & Cultural Affairs Department and El Paso Chihuahuas, invites baseball fans to ditch their cars and enjoy their trip to Opening Day by hopping on the Streetcar…

The El Paso Streetcar is joining the Last Thursdays El Paso fun by extending its hours of operation to accommodate visitors of the Art Walk and Galley Crawl…

High winds in the El Paso area causing Sun Metro paratransit service the LIFT scheduled pickup delays and potential interruptions for regular bus service…

El Paso is the host city for the 2019 South West Transit Association (SWTA) and the Texas Transit Association (TTA) joint annual conferences taking place March 1-6 at the Sun Metro Transit Operations Center and the El Paso Convention Center…

Fans planning to attend the Hyundai Sun Bowl Game on Monday, December 31, 2018 can avoid the stress of traffic and parking by riding Sun Metro and El Paso Streetcar…

Construction has begun on the upgrades to the Nestor A. Valencia Mission Valley Transit Center, at 9056 Alameda…

Destination El Paso and Sun Metro have partnered up to provide residents and visitors a full holiday experience on Sun Metro’s WinterFest Express and the El Paso Streetcar…

The City of El Paso is ready to inaugurate the much-awaited El Paso Streetcar service…

Sun Metro will offer complimentary bus rides to the polls on Election Day…

Sun Metro invites the community to two meetings scheduled to inform the public about proposed changes to the downtown circulators once Streetcar revenue service begins…

The El Paso Streetcar will begin “Pre-Revenue Service” on Tuesday, October 9, 2018…

As preparations related to the the El Paso Streetcar Project continue, the Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority and Sun Metro are planning several testing and training operations in the coming weeks…

A team of Texas A&M urban planning and public health researchers is studying whether a new El Paso, Texas bus rapid transit (BRT) line changes walking habits of residents who live close to the line’s stations…

With record-breaking heat this summer, it can be difficult to “beat the heat” when planning your transportation for the week…

Effective Sunday, July 8, 2018 Sun Metro will implement schedule and service modifications…

The City of El Paso invites the public to the El Paso Streetcar unveiling event…

Sun Metro Department announces a new partnership between Sun Metro and Parks and Recreation departments for the sale of bus passes and tickets…

The City of El Paso invites the public to the grand opening of Sun Metro’s newly constructed Northgate Transit Center…

The City of El Paso Mass Transit Board Meeting for May is cancelled…

The City of El Paso invites the public to celebrate the annual Día de los Niños, Día de los Libros events happening on Saturday, April 28 at various locations across the city…

The City of El Paso Mass Transit Department identified as Sun Metro seeks to commission a professional artist or artist team to display original public art in the Arves E. Jones, Sr. Transit Center at Northgate…

Construction of the Sun Metro Brio Rapid Transit System continues to move forward along the Alameda and Dyer corridors…

The annual NorthEaster Parade will require Sun Metro to detour nine routes and temporarily relocate the Northeast Transit Terminal beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 31, 2018…

An existing pedestrian bridge along the Dyer corridor at Ellerthorpe Avenue will be demolished as part of the Sun Metro Brio Rapid Transit System (RTS) construction project…

An existing pedestrian bridge along the Dyer corridor at Ellerthorpe Avenue will be demolished this weekend as part of the Sun Metro Brio Rapid Transit System (RTS) construction project…

Beginning Sunday, February 18, 2018 Sun Metro will make minor service modifications to numerous routes to include several schedule changes…

Construction of the Sun Metro Brio Rapid Transit System continues to move forward along the Alameda and Dyer corridors…

Sun Metro’s fixed route and LIFT paratransit services will operate on a regular weekday schedule on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 15…

The El Paso Streetcar project will begin testing the route’s overhead power lines in the downtown area on Tuesday, January 9, 2018, at 8:00 a.m.…

Sun Metro will be required to detour 15 routes, including the Mesa Brio, due to the annual Tree Lighting and Celebration of Lights Parade on Saturday, December 2…

Sun Metro unveils a newly Streetcar bus design this Saturday, December 2, during the Celebration of Lights Parade…

Construction of the Sun Metro Brio Rapid Transit System continues to move forward along the Alameda and Dyer corridors…

Come learn about the future of transit in El Paso County…

Sun Metro will recognize its passengers by providing free rides on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 2017, as part of Customer Appreciation Day…

Sun Metro’s Park+Ride service is the best way to get to and from the Sun Bowl stadium to watch the last UTEP Miner Football home game…

Sun Metro joins in the spirit of the winter season as El Paso’s downtown holiday festivities come to life…

Sun Metro will be required to detour various routes due to three separate Veterans Day Parades on Thursday, November 9, and Saturday, November 11…

Construction of the Sun Metro Brio Rapid Transit System continues to move forward along the Alameda and Dyer corridors…

Sun Metro will be required to detour various routes for Saturday, November 4, and Sunday, November 5, due to FOUR different weekend events…

Construction of the Sun Metro Brio Rapid Transit System continues to move forward along the Alameda and Dyer corridors…

Sun Metro will be required to detour various routes beginning Saturday, October 28 through Tuesday, October 31 due to Halloween celebrations…

Sun Metro will be required to detour various routes for the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes downtown event, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of El Paso Walk, and Running of the Bulls 5K Run on Thursday, October 19, and Saturday, October 21…

Construction of the Sun Metro Brio Rapid Transit System continues to move forward along the Alameda and Dyer corridors…

Chalk the Block events in the Downtown area will require Sun Metro to detour Routes 1, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 34, 35, 36, 50 and Brio beginning Friday, October 6, 2017, through Monday, October 9, 2017…

Important notice regarding audio announcements inside our buses.

Sun Metro will be required to detour various routes for the Ysleta, Austin, and Irvin High School Homecoming Parades on Friday, September 29, and Wednesday, October 4…

Sun Metro will be required to detour various routes for the St. Clements School One-Mile Foot Race, First Annual Border Patrol Museum 5K Run and One-Mile Walk, and Royal Run for Hope 5K Run on Friday, September 29, and Saturday, September 30…

Sun Metro will be required to detour various routes for the Trap Festival and 40th Anniversary 4 Wheel Festival on Saturday, September 30, and Sunday, October 1…

Construction of the Sun Metro Brio Rapid Transit System continues to move forward along the Alameda and Dyer corridors…

Sun Metro’s Park+Ride service is the best way to get to and from the Sun Bowl stadium to watch UTEP Miner Football this season…

Construction of the Sun Metro Brio Rapid Transit System continues to move forward along the Alameda and Dyer corridors…

Sun Metro’s fixed-route will run on a Sunday schedule on Monday, September 4, 2017 in observance of the Labor Day holiday…

Construction of the Sun Metro Brio Rapid Transit System continues to move forward along the Alameda and Dyer corridors…

Mass Transit Board Meeting for August 8 Cancelled...

In observance of the Fourth of July holiday, all City of El Paso administrative offices will only be closed on Tuesday, July 4…

The Downtown Street Festival will require Sun Metro to detour routes 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18, 34, 35, 36, 50, 83 and Brio today through Sunday, June 25, 2017…

Beginning Sunday, June 11, 2017 Sun Metro will make minor service modifications to numerous routes to include several schedule changes…

The Street Car Project will require Sun Metro to detour routes in the downtown area and relocate boarding locations effective immediately and will continue for approximately six weeks…

Construction of the Sun Metro Brio Rapid Transit System continues to move forward along the Alameda and Dyer corridors…

For a third consecutive year, Sun Metro will partner with non-profit organizations to provide youth with free transportation during the summer months…

Sun Metro’s fixed-route (all routes, including Brio and the Westside mitigation routes 90, 91, & 92) will run on a Sunday schedule on Monday, May 29, 2017 in observance of the Memorial Day holiday…

Sun Metro will detour eleven routes due to the Neon Desert Music Festival taking place over the Memorial Day holiday weekend…

Beginning June 11, 2017 Sun Metro will make minor service modifications to numerous routes to include several schedule changes…

Construction of the Sun Metro Brio Rapid Transit System continues to move forward along with the Alameda and Dyer corridors…

Construction of the Sun Metro Brio Rapid Transit System continues to move forward along with the Alameda and Dyer corridors…

Construction of the Sun Metro Brio Rapid Transit System continues to move forward along with the Alameda and Dyer corridors…

The El Paso Mariachi Loco Festival will require Sun Metro to detour routes 1, 9, 34, 35, 36 & Brio on Friday, May 5, 2017…

The Street Car Project will require Sun Metro to detour routes in the downtown area and relocate boarding locations starting this week and continuing for approximately eight weeks…

The Spartyka Wounded Warrior 5K run will require Sun Metro to detour two routes beginning at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 30, 2017…

Construction of the Sun Metro Brio Rapid Transit System continues to move forward along with the Alameda and Dyer corridors…

Sun Metro will be required to detour Routes 7, 34, 36, 41, 65, and 66 due to two separate races on Saturday, April 22, 2017…

Construction of the Sun Metro Brio Rapid Transit System continues to move forward along with the Alameda and Dyer corridors…

Sun Metro will be required to detour routes 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 34, 35, 36, 50, and Mesa Brio due to El Paso’s Easter Eggstravaganza and Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 15, 2017…

The annual NorthEaster Parade will require Sun Metro to detour nine routes and temporarily relocate the Northeast Transit Terminal beginning at 8:45 a.m. on Saturday, April 15, 2017…

The Street Car Project will require Sun Metro to detour several routes in the downtown area effective Friday, March 24, 2017…

Construction of the Sun Metro Brio Rapid Transit System continues to move forward along with the Alameda and Dyer corridors…

Six Sun Metro routes in the downtown area that had been impacted by the Streetcar construction zone are returning to their regular route service effective immediately…

El Paso commuters who travel along Piedras Street near Tularosa Avenue to the Robert E. McKee Five Points Transfer Center will see construction crews for Sun Metro’s Dyer Brio RTS (Rapid Transit System) beginning today, March 13, 2017…

Sun Metro reminds the public that it provides a free 90-day bus pass and a one month discounted rate through nonprofit agencies to qualified veterans…

The March for Life movement will require Sun Metro to detour a total of 18 routes from on Sunday, January 29…

The Sun Metro Citizen’s Advisory Committee is giving the public another opportunity to submit nominations for the naming of the transfer center under construction in Northeast El Paso…

The City of El Paso Mass Transit Department invites the public to two community meetings to share construction details for the Dyer Brio project, a high-quality rapid transit system that will connect the community from the Downtown to the future Northgate Transfer Center…

Sun Metro’s fixed route and LIFT paratransit services will operate on a regular weekday schedule on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 16…

The Street Car Project will require Sun Metro to detour routes in the downtown area effective January 16, 2017 through January 31, 2017…

Construction will soon begin on the Alameda Brio which will offer El Pasoans a high-quality rapid transit system, which will connect the Mission Valley to Central and Downtown El Paso…

The 80th annual First Light Federal Credit Union Sun Bowl Parade will require Sun Metro to detour 10 routes and temporarily relocate the Robert E. McKee Five Points Transit Terminal, 2830 Montana, from 5 a.m. to about 4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 24…

Sun Metro will recognize its passengers by providing free rides on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2016, as part of Customer Appreciation Day…

Sun Metro’s Park+Ride service is the best way to get to and from the Sun Bowl stadium to watch UTEP Miner Football this season…

Sun Metro has scheduled two community meetings to share construction details for the Alameda Brio project…

Beginning Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016, Sun Metro will implement service modifications to the following routes: 16, 31, 40, 43, 52, 53, 66, 80, 90, 92 and 93…

A $12 million construction contact for the development of the Dyer Brio route was awarded today by City Council…

Sun Metro will detour route 55 for the Promise Yourself 5K Race and Walk on Saturday, Oct. 22…

Sun Metro will be required to detour routes on Thursday, Oct. 20th, for the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event and on Friday, Oct. 21st, for the Ysleta Homecoming Parade…

Sun Metro routes 12, 16, 17 and 20 may experience some delays due to the upcoming closure of the right lane on North Mesa Street between North Desert Boulevard and Osborne…

The Chalk the Block event in the Downtown area will require Sun Metro to detour several routes beginning Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016…

Sun Metro’s Park+Ride service is the best way to get to and from the Sun Bowl stadium to watch UTEP Miner Football this season…

Sun Metro will be required to detour various routes for the El Paso High Homecoming Parade on Thursday, October 6th and for the El Paso High Centennial and the Virgin of Guadalupe Matachines events on Saturday, Oct. 8th…

City Council awarded a construction contract valued at $11 million dollars to Martinez Bros. Contractors, LLC. for the construction of the Alameda Brio system…

Sun Metro will be required to detour routes near the downtown area starting on Sunday, October 2, 2016, due to street car construction…

Sun Metro will be required to detour various routes for the Eastwood Homecoming Parade and the Wildcat Mile on Thursday, September 29, 2016 and Friday, September 30, 2016…

Sun Metro’s Park+Ride service is the best way to get to and from the Sun Bowl stadium to watch UTEP Miner Football this season…

Sun Metro will be required to detour various routes for the Ruben Orozco 8K and 2 Mile Walk, Trap Fest, Lincoln Day Park Block Party and the Royal Run for Hope 5K starting on Saturday, September 24, 2016…

Today, El Paso City Council awarded a contract valued at approximately $250,000 for program management services of the Northgate Transfer Center to ECM International Inc. of El Paso…

The Street Car Project will require Sun Metro to temporarily detour two Brio stops in downtown along Franklin between Oregon and Santa Fe…

Sun Metro will be required to detour various routes for the Franklin, Bel Air, Irvin and Hanks High School Homecoming Parades on Wednesday, September 21, 2016…

Beginning Saturday, September 17, Sun Metro will be required to detour Route 4 due to the Mother of Pearl Block Party…

The 16th of September Celebration will require Sun Metro to detour routes 34, 35, 36 and 50 in the downtown area beginning today through Sunday, Sept. 18th…

Sun Metro’s Park+Ride service is the best way to get to and from the Sun Bowl stadium to watch UTEP Miner Football this season…

Sun Metro's fixed-route and LIFT services will run on a Sunday schedule on Monday, September 5, in observation of the Labor Day holiday…

Sun Metro is reactivating its express routes to connect students and passengers to El Paso Community College campuses, the University of Texas at El Paso and several transfer centers throughout the City…

Mayor Oscar Leeser, City Rep. Carl L. Robinson of District 4 and City Manager Tommy Gonzalez today joined Sun Metro, Northeast El Paso residents and a member of the Federal Transit Administration to break ground on the Northgate Transfer Center and parking garage…

Sun Metro invites you to celebrate the commencement of construction for Sun Metro’s Northgate Transfer Center and parking garage – the City of El Paso’s component of a unique transit oriented development…

With temperatures expected to be in the triple digits over the next few days, Sun Metro would like remind El Paso’s residents who are struggling to stay cool to step on board our air-conditioned buses and take a cool trip to any popular, air-conditioned destination such as a shopping center, movie theater, recreation center, library or museum…

Sun Metro's fixed-route and LIFT services will run on a Sunday schedule on Monday, July 4, in observation of the holiday…

Due to the ongoing streetcar construction on Oregon St. and for the safety of our patrons and drivers all Southbound and Northbound routes (10,11,14,15, 75 and Brio) will be detoured to Mesa St. from Glory Rd. to Yandell effective Sunday, June 12, 2016, until further notice…

Sun Metro’s fixed-route (all routes, including Brio and the Westside mitigation routes 90, 91, 92 & 92) and LIFT services will run on a Sunday schedule on Monday, May 30, in observance of the Memorial Day holiday…