Metro Ride, formerly Wausau Area Transit System (WATS), provides public bus transportation in the Wausau, Wisconsin area.
Metro Ride operates 7 routes in the City of Wausau, which run at 30-minute intervals. The service also provides several express routes to supplement the main routes when school is in session.
Hours of operation are 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on weekdays. Buses do not operate on Saturdays or Sundays. The main transfer facility is located in the downtown area, one block from the Marathon County Courthouse. The Wausau Transit Center at 555 Jefferson Street was upgraded and expanded in 2005. This location also serves intercity buses.
Service to Rothschild, Schofield and Weston ended in 2015, along with weekend service. At the same time, fares were raised.
The Wausau Transit Center is located at 555 Jefferson Street in downtown Wausau, across from the Marathon County Courthouse. The facility replaced a 1976 transit center located on the adjacent lot to the west of the current center. The new facility was built in 2005 and has space for about 10 buses. All routes operate from the transit center, where intercity buses also stop.
1996-2016 data from 2018 Wausau Transit Development Plan. 2017-2020 data from National Transit database.