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Route 3 and 3L – University Ave
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Buses run on this route during these times:
- Mondays-Saturdays: 6 a.m.- 10 p.m.
- Sundays: 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
During Peak Hours
Monday – Friday: 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Between DART Central Station and Windsor Heights Walmart (both 3 and 3L buses)
Every 15 minutes
Between Windsor Heights Walmart and Jordan Creek (3L buses only)
About every 30 minutes
All Other Times
Between DART Central Station and Windsor Heights Walmart (both 3 and 3L buses)
Every 30 minutes
Between Windsor Heights Walmart and Jordan Creek (3L buses only)
About every 60 minutes
- Route 2 – MLK Jr Pkwy
- Route 4 – Crosstown
- Route 5 – Merle Hay Rd
- Route 9/9L – 6th Ave
- Route 11 – Hubbell Ave
- Route 12 – Easton Blvd
- Most Routes at DART Central Station
- University Ave.
- Jordan Creek Pkwy. (3L)
From DART Central Station to Windsor Heights Walmart
Beginning at DART Central Station (Platform I)
- LEFT (north) on 6th Avenue.
- LEFT (west) onto University Avenue.
- LEFT (south) to transit platform at Walmart in Windsor Heights.
Route 3 buses will end here.
From Windsor Heights Walmart to Jordan Creek Mall and Stagecoach Dr.
(Route 3L buses only)
- RIGHT (west) on Buffalo Road
- CONTINUES (west) Westown Parkway.
- RIGHT (north) on 31st Street.
- LEFT (west) on University Avenue.
- LEFT (south) on 60th Street.
- RIGHT (west) on Vista Drive.
- LEFT (south) on Jordan Creek Parkway.
- LEFT (east) on EP True Parkway.
- RIGHT (south) on 68th Street
- RIGHT (west) on a frontage road into Jordan Creek Mall.
- From Jordan Creek Mall, LEFT (south) on 68th Street.
- LEFT (east) on Mills Civic Parkway
- RIGHT (south) on Stagecoach Drive, ending at Walmart in West Des Moines.
From Jordan Creek to Windsor Heights Walmart
(Route 3L buses only)
Beginning at Walmart in West Des Moines
- CONTINUES (southwest) on Stagecoach Drive.
- RIGHT (north) on 68th Street.
- LEFT (west) on a frontage road into Jordan Creek Mall.
- From Jordan Creek Mall, LEFT (north) on 68th Street.
- LEFT (west) on EP True Parkway.
- RIGHT (north) on Jordan Creek Parkway.
- RIGHT (east) on Vista Drive.
- LEFT (north) on 60th Street.
- RIGHT (east) on University Avenue.
- RIGHT (south) on 31st Street.
- LEFT (east) on Westown Parkway which BECOMES Buffalo Road.
- LEFT (north) to transit platform at Walmart in Windsor Heights.
From Windsor Heights Walmart to DART Central Station
(Both 3 and 3L buses)
- RIGHT (east) on University Avenue.
- RIGHT (south) on 6th Avenue which BECOMES Ascension Street.
- CONTINUES (south) on 7th Street to DART Central Station.
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