Monterey Transit Plaza

Monterey Transit Plaza

The Monterey Transit Plaza is the main transit center in Monterey, California. It is operated by Monterey-Salinas Transit, but also served by Amtrak Thruway buses and the Monterey/Salinas Airbus.

It is located at Jules Simoneau Plaza, a city park formed by the intersection of Munras Avenue, Pearl Street, and Tyler Street near the southern end of Alvarado Street in downtown Monterey. The site is named to commemorate Simoneau's friendship with Robert Louis Stevenson.

The Transit Plaza is not staffed and offers no facilities besides a bicycle rack and drinking fountain. However, payphones and public restrooms are located nearby, and MST operates a customer service center at its "Bus Stop Shop" two blocks away.

In lieu of gate numbers, boarding locations are identified simply by the street name bordering the side of the Plaza at which the bus boards. Pearl Street has an additional "Ordway Gate" opposite the Plaza at Ordway Drugs.

The Plaza can accommodate nine buses, plus one at Ordway Gate. Most departures follow a 15-minute "pulsed" schedule to allow for timed transfers.

Transit Service

Service	Boarding Location	Other Notes
MST Trolley—Monterey	Ordway Gate
Line 1 Monterey–Pacific Grove	Tyler Street Gate	Eastern terminus
Line 1X Asilomar–Lovers Point Express	Tyler Street Gate	Eastern terminus
Line 2 Monterey–Pacific Grove via Forest Hill	Pearl Street Gate	Eastern terminus
Line 2X Pebble Beach–Salinas Express	Pearl Street Gate
Line 5 Monterey–Carmel	Munras Avenue Gate	Northern terminus
Line 7 Monterey–Carmel via CHOMP	Munras Avenue Gate
Line 7 Monterey–Carmel via CHOMP	Munras Avenue Gate
Line 9 Fremont-Hilby	Munras Avenue Gate	Western terminus
Line 10 Fremont-Ord Grove	Munras Avenue Gate	Western terminus
Line 12 Monterey–The Dunes via NPS	Tyler Street Gate	Western terminus
Line 13 Ryan Ranch–Monterey	Tyler Street Gate	Western terminus
Line 14 NPS–Monterey via La Mesa	Tyler Street Gate	Western terminus
Line 16 Marina–Monterey	Munras Avenue Gate	Southern terminus
Line 20 Monterey–Salinas via Marina	Tyler Street Gate	Western terminus
Line 21 Monterey–Salinas via Highway 68	Tyler Street Gate	Western terminus
Line 22 Big Sur	Pearl Street Gate
Line 24 Carmel Valley Grapevine Express	Munras Avenue Gate
Line 38 Laguna Seca–Monterey	Pearl Street Gate
Line 55 Monterey–San Jose Express	Pearl Street Gate	Southern terminus
Line 69 Cannery Row–Del Monte Center via Presidio	Munras Avenue Gate (outbound to Cannery Row); Pearl Street Gate (inbound to Del Monte Center)