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Badger Bus - Wait here for the Badger Bus at MKE airport. (Walk out of baggage claim door #2 and turn left).

Badger Bus

3.0(37 reviews)
4.8 mi

We arrived at Milwaukee airport and having pre-booked a Badger Bus ticket to Madison, we caught the…read morebus outside the baggage claim area and were dropped off in Madison at East Johnson / East Gorham at N. Pinkney, which was a 10 min walk to our hotel, not far from the State Capitol. The reason I gave 4 stars is that had our flight been delayed, we may have missed the bus (The bus was scheduled for about an hour and 10 minutes after we landed) and being that tickets are non-refundable and that the next bus wouldn't have gotten us to our destination until 10pm-ish, we would have been in a pickle. We were sweating it a bit, but grateful that everything worked out. They should be a bit more flexible knowing that flights are prone to delays and cancellations. To find the bus stop at MKE airport... Walk out of the baggage claim door #2, and turn left. You will see a crosswalk. Proceed to the next island and you'll see the Badger Bus stop. (See my photo attached). Other bus companies also pull up here. Our Badger Bus was bright red and clearly marked, but I read that they can be black unmarked buses. Our bus was running a few minutes late due to traffic, however a bus driver on a different Badger Bus who was dropping off told us it was on its way. That put us at ease. Our driver was really great. We sat up front and the bus wasn't very busy, so after we told him we were visiting from out of state, he kindly gave us a bit of a narration and offered ideas of places to visit. After picking up a few other passengers in Milwaukee, including at the train station, we were on our way to Madison. It was a smooth, comfortable, air conditioned ride. We tipped the driver for handling our luggage and for the narration. Helfpul?

Called them to get a little better information about where the bus was leaving from the Milwaukee…read moreairport so my friend could get to Madison on it. After a couple of AI calls and them telling me that I had to send them an email I gave up and sent them an email. They emailed me back and told me that I would hear from them within two business days. Unfortunately she was coming in that same day. I can't believe people don't answer the phones anymore and they're too cheap to hire someone to answer them!

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Badger Bus - Here comes the Badger Bus!

Here comes the Badger Bus!

Badger Bus - Deranged driver attempted to run me off the road. Badger Bus should discipline this clown.

Deranged driver attempted to run me off the road. Badger Bus should discipline this clown.

Badger Bus - Badger Bus arriving to pick us up at MKE airport.

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Badger Bus arriving to pick us up at MKE airport.

Megabus

Megabus

1.0(16 reviews)
1.7 mi•State-Langdon, Capitol

Megabus does not deserve one star. This company has zero regard for timeliness or customer service…read more I have taken megabus several times due to it being the only affordable bus line out of the Madison campus and have yet to have the bus arrive sooner than 10 min late despite their adamance of having passengers arrive 10 min early. On one occasion, in the middle of the winter, I was forced to wait nearly an hour in the cold because they don't have the common decency to arrive on time. The drivers also drive absurdly slow, even for a coach bus, and I often arrive home nearly two hours later than anticipated which is aggravating both for myself and whomever is picking me up from the station. Megabus is lucky enough to be the only bus line I can afford to take out of Madison otherwise I would refuse to give them my money, however, I simply can not justify spending upwards of $50 elsewhere. If you can afford to do so, do NOT take megabus anywhere. EDIT: on my most recent trip the driver was driving in the wrong direction for THIRTY MINUTES. This company is a joke and I don't care if I have to walk home, I will not take megabus ever again.

Bought a ticket for my sister to go back to college in Madison after a visit. No signs posted about…read morewhere to stand at the shell station. We were there ten minutes early, saw the bus arrive five minutes early and drive around the other side. We saw them do a rolling stop and by the time we got to the other side of this small gas station it was already leaving. We called and tried to get a refund and they said they couldn't do anything if they don't see anyone they don't have to stop. Tried calling again and nothing. We were there early and no where did it say where to stand and that they didn't stop by even fifteen seconds to make it to the doors. It's ridiculous they were so disrespectful on the call and acted like we were idiots and said the bus didn't have to stop if they didn't see anyone. If that's the policy they need to have a clearly marked spot to stand.

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Metro Transit - same passenger different time chatting with driver making everyone late

Metro Transit

1.5(13 reviews)
0.1 mi•Williamson - Marquette

It's a bit head-scratching to try and review a bus service, but Metro Transit has been both…read morepleasantly surprising and downright strange. Having taken public buses in other metropolises where drivers pass right by you or could care less about driving in the same lane as oncoming traffic, Madison Metro drivers are polite in comparison, though there are those fascinating individuals such as the driver who will not pull over to the curb to pick me up, instead stopping in the middle of the street, or the driver who yells at pedestrians and other drivers with little regard or awareness to the passengers who are listening to them. Buses are on time for the most part, though the scheduling can be a bit exasperating (e.g. having the 4 and 6 eastbound buses travel within 5 minutes of each other). Other annoyances include when there is a delay due to a driver change or when a driver stops the bus and goes to get a coffee for 10 minutes. The automated announcement system can be helpful, if you like having your stop announced *after* the bus has passed it, but hey, it's public transport.

Went to take the G bus, westbound, Sunday at around 5:39 pm or so. I had never used the Madison bus…read moresystem before, which I told the bus driver, and was struggling to get the app to work. The driver, some middle-age white man with glasses and beard, was an absolute jerk about the whole thing - telling me "I should have had the app figured out" even though I had *just* told him I hadn't used the Madison bus system before. He even watched me add 2 dollars to the app (so I was clearly going to pay) - then told me it was the wrong one (which I found out later it wasn't) and still wouldn't let me on. I've ridden countless busses in different states and even other countries and haven't had this kind of issue before. I would have understood a simple "sorry, I can't let you on without fare" but this guy was a total *sshole about it. Definitely beware if you need to hop on the G.

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Metro Transit - Driver told me he did not want me on his bus after complaining about a male passenger vaping and who called me a bitch and other names

Driver told me he did not want me on his bus after complaining about a male passenger vaping and who called me a bitch and other names

Metro Transit - Passenger standing behind the line while chatting with driver

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