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| address             = 100 East Washington Street
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| owned               = City of Appleton
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The '''Appleton Transit Center''' is a [[bus terminus]] in [[downtown]] [[Appleton, Wisconsin]], located at 100 East Washington Street (on the corner of Washington Street and Oneida Street).

== History ==
The transit centre had been hoped to have been completed by fall 1986.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1985-09-11|title=Major delays seen for transit center|pages=13|work=The Post-Crescent|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96069122/major-delays-seen-for-transit-center/|access-date=2022-02-22}}</ref> The current standalone building was first proposed in April 1989 as a cheaper alternative to plans to renovate and use an existing building.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1989-04-26|title=Cheaper to build new transit center|pages=2|work=The Post-Crescent|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96071325/cheaper-to-build-new-transit-center/|access-date=2022-02-22}}</ref> The design included a [[convenience store]], the attendant from which would be responsible for securing the building. This would reduce staffing costs for Valley Transit.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1989-05-02|title=New, smaller transit centre backed|pages=3|work=The Post-Crescent|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96072964/new-smaller-transit-centre-backed/|access-date=2022-02-22}}</ref>

Construction on the center by Valley Transit began on September 12, 1989, and service began on March 1, 1990. 80% of the construction cost was funded by the [[Urban Mass Transportation Administration]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=1990-06-20|title=Bus transfer center is finally complete|pages=51|work=The Post-Crescent|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96065802/bus-transfer-center-is-finally-complete/|access-date=2022-02-22}}</ref>  It was the first transit center built in Appleton. 

== Facilities ==
It has climate-controlled waiting rooms, public [[washroom]]s, a [[payphone]] with free direct line telephones to Valley Transit, and [[vending machine]]s. The north side of the building is the location of the Greyhound Lines office. Additional benches are outside, where there are designated bus boarding bays in a [[traffic]]-free [[transfer (public transit)|transfer]] area. The entire grounds are non-smoking.

==Service==
The Appleton Transit Center is the center of the Valley Transit system, as most bus routes terminate there. The northwest corner of the property is the boarding place for Greyhound buses, travelling between [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]], and [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]. The center also sees service from Lamers Bus Lines. Through ticketing is available from [[Amtrak]]; the [[List_of_Amtrak_stations|Amtrak station code]] for the center is APP.

==2019 shooting incident==
On May 15, 2019, the Appleton Police and Fire Departments and Gold Cross Ambulance were called to the Transit Center shortly after 5:30 pm for a medical call. After initial treatment, the patient, identified as 47-year-old Ruben Houston, showed a handgun to the response team and began walking towards the Appleton Public Library before firing rounds from the gun, killing firefighter Mitchell F. Lundgaard and injuring a police officer and a bystander.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Karimi |first1=Faith |title=A firefighter is killed and an officer injured while responding to a medical call in Wisconsin|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/16/us/wisconsin-firefighter-killed-medical-call/index.html |accessdate=May 16, 2019 |work=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=What we know about the Appleton shooting|url=https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/2019/05/16/appleton-shooting-what-we-know/3690802002/ |accessdate=23 May 2019 |work=Press Gazette Media |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060721061509/http://appleton.org/departments/transit/1maps/TransitCenter.shtml Official page]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061209075454/http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak%2Fam2Station%2FStation_Page&c=am2Station&cid=1080080551674&ssid=88 Amtrak's page]

[[Category:Buildings and structures in Appleton, Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Bus stations in Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Transit centers in the United States]]


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