Brown County - Heartland Express

ATTENTION PROPERTY OWNERS: If you have experienced flooding in your home from the recent rains and your insurance company has deemed your losses to be 50% of your property value or more, you may qualify for a local option abatement. Contact the Brown County Assessor’s office before July 1^st @ 507-233-6606 to speak with an appraiser to request an inspection.

Request a Ride

To Request a Ride

Ride requests should be made between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. weekdays.

Phone: 1-507-359-2717
Toll Free: 1-800-707-2717
TDD: 1-507-359-6598

Rides must be requested one business day prior to day of the ride.

Ride requests can be made up to 14 days in advance.

Same day requests will be honored if our prescheduled routes allow.

Bus Service Hours

Weekdays 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
New Ulm Only 6:15 a.m. – 5:45 p.m.
Sunday New Ulm Only 8:00 a.m.- Noon

Closed on These Holidays

Office Information

Weekdays 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays

Located at 1900 North Franklin St. in New Ulm

Phone:1-507-359-2717
Toll Free: 1-800-707-2717

Email Heartland Express

Title VI Information

Brown County Heartland Express operates with funding from and in partnership with MNDOT

: Departments; Heartland Express Transit

Transit

News:

Hermann Express is now running in New Ulm. For more information, please visit the Hermann Express Website!

Heartland Express Bus

Brown County Heartland Express provides more than 50,000 rides each year in Brown County, including the cities of New Ulm, Sleepy Eye, Evan, Cobden, Springfield, Comfrey and Hanska.

We take people of all ages and abilities to their work places, health care appointments, shopping, places of education and other community services and activities. We help keep people living actively and independently in their communities.

Transit supports local businesses by providing employees transportation to work, expanding the labor pool and transporting customers to their stores.

Using public transit, you have an affordable, clean, safe and dependable ride to your destination. You’ll save money over the cost of driving yourself, hiring someone to drive you or owning a car.

Types of Service:

Demand response service on weekdays and Sundays.
Morning and afternoon deviated fixed route service between New Ulm and Springfield. There is one round trip per day from east to west (five weekdays) and one round trip per day from west to east (five weekdays).

Fare

In Town:

$1.50 or 1 white token, one way

In County:

$3.00 or two white tokens, one way

Nutrition Site:

$.75 or one Blue Token, one way (New Ulm Nutrition Site Only)

Save by Buying a Package of Tokens

Package of 10 white tokens $13 ($15 value) are available at most area banks and grocery stores throughout the county and at the Heartland Express Office.
Packages of 10 blue tokens $6.50 ($7.50 value) are available only at the New Ulm Senior Dining Site and the Heartland Express Office

Tokens Available At:

New Ulm:

Frandsen Bank
Alliance Bank
Citizens Bank
Hy Vee
Cash Wise
Bank Midwest

Sleepy Eye:

Schutz Family Foods
Randy's Family Drug

Springfield:

Springfield Market
Red Rock Bank

Comfrey:

Choice Financial Savings

Hanska:

Alliance Bank

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Mission Statement

Commitment to Excellence through Leadership, Teamwork, and Education

Notice

Data Practices Inventory (Link)

Performance Measures Reports

2022 Performance Measures Report
2021 Performance Measures Report
2019 Performance Measures Report

Contact

Office Hours: 8am to 4:30pm
(most offices)

Main Office Phone: 507-233-6600

Courthouse Address:
14 S State St
New Ulm, MN 56073

Individual Office Hours may vary.