SMU Express Shuttles

Offering complimentary transportation around the SMU campuses, shopping, and dining for SMU faculty, staff, students, and guests.

Take an easy ride to class, shopping and fun on DART with a DART Transit Pass. Request your pass through the SMU Parking and ID Card Services Office, and you have unlimited access to DART Rail and buses. 

Red Shuttle (DART 440)

The SMU Express Red Shuttle takes you to campus, popular student apartment areas and nearby stores, services and restaurants. And you can connect to the DART Rail Red, Blue or Orange Line and other buses at SMU/Mockingbird Station.

In Session Service schedule operates when classes are in session in the Fall and Spring Semesters. 

Out of Session Service schedule operates at a reduced frequency and number of buses during the summer and winter break. Please view the "Weekend" column for schedule times. 

 

Get Red Shuttle schedules and map

Blue Shuttle (DART 442)

The SMU Express Blue Shuttle offers complimentary transportation around the SMU main and East campuses for SMU faculty, staff, students and guests. The new Blue Route significantly increases the number of stops on the main SMU campus while also serving additional parking areas on the East campus.

  • The shuttle operates in a clockwise loop, originating on Dyer Street on the East Campus and encircling the Main Campus every half hour from 5:30 a.m. until 11:30 p.m. Monday through Friday (with the exception of University holidays). No weekend service.

Get Blue Shuttle schedules and map

New Shuttle Tracking App 

New for 2024-25 SMU has partnered with Passio Go for tracking of the SMU Express Shuttle red and blue routes. The new Passio GO! app is free and available now to download in the App Store or Google Play (or through the QR codes below). Once you locate the Passio GO! app, download it to your device and select “Southern Methodist University (SMU)” as the transit agency. This app replaces TransLoc, which is no longer available at SMU.

You can also view the tracker on your desktop computer on this website. (select “SMU”as the transit agency)

 

SMU Mustangs - Game Day Shuttle Info 

Game Day Football Shuttle Route and bus drop off and pick up

 

 

Out of Session Service

SMU Express

The Out of Session Service Schedule

The Out of Session Service Schedule operates when regular undergraduate classes are not in session: Winter Break, Spring Break, Summer Break, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and major holidays Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year, Good Friday, etc.  Out of Session service is the same as the Weekend Schedule on DARTs printed and online schedule. 

Fall /Winter 2025 - 

Thanksgiving Week Shuttle Service

  • November 24: Regular schedule in effect
  • November 25–26: Out of session schedule in effect
  • November 27–28: No service (University closed)

Winter Break Shuttle Service

  • Through December 20: Regular schedule in effect
  • December 22-23: Out of session schedule in effect
  • December 24-25: No service (University closed)
  • December 26-30: Out of session schedule in effect
  • December 31-January 1: No service (University closed)
  • January 5: Regular schedule in effect

 

Schedules for SMU non-session weekday service

Rider Alerts

Community members can sign up for Rider Alerts. This will allow them to stay up-to-date with any new developments regarding this issue as well as any DART service alerts and/or disruptions that may occur at any time.

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