Bustang adds daily Sterling-to-Denver service from Logan County courthouse
Bustang’s Sterling-Denver line now runs daily from the Logan County Courthouse, linking Sterling to DIA and Denver Union Station on a year-round schedule.
Bustang Outrider now gives Logan County residents a direct daily ride from the Logan County Courthouse in Sterling to Denver International Airport and Denver Union Station. Effective Saturday, Feb. 7, the Sterling-Denver route began operating every day of the week, including Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, turning the courthouse stop at 315 Main St. into a practical departure point for regional travel.
The route’s stop list runs through Brush, Fort Morgan, Wiggins and Keenesburg before reaching the Denver International Airport Transit Center at 8300 Peña Blvd. and Denver Union Station at 1701 Wynkoop St. The current schedule says the line operates 365 days per year, but service can be canceled for inclement weather, and the holiday schedule excludes New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
For Logan County, the airport stop changes the value of the route. A county document said the Denver International Airport stop launched on Oct. 7 and connected riders directly to the airport via the Sterling-Denver route, when the service still ran weekdays only. Bustang later added the same airport service to its state marketing materials as one of the route’s most requested additions.
The line also fits into a larger transportation system that Colorado has spent years building. Bustang began service on July 13, 2015, with three routes. By its 10th anniversary in 2025, the state said the network had expanded to 20 routes and had boarded nearly 2.1 million passengers. Bustang Outrider launched in 2018 as the rural arm of that system, designed to provide essential connections between rural communities and larger urban centers.
That matters in Logan County because the courthouse stop is not just symbolic. It sits alongside other local transportation resources, including County Express Public Transportation listed on the county’s website and Sterling Prairie Express, giving riders a way to connect local trips with the regional Bustang line. Bustang’s trip planner says the system is built to connect transit systems throughout Colorado, and the agency’s FAQ says the Sterling-Denver Outrider route now includes DIA service, while other Denver routes can connect to RTD’s A Line at Denver Union Station.
Colorado’s statewide map places the Sterling-Denver route alongside other Outrider lines such as Lamar-Colorado Springs, Pueblo-Trinidad, Craig-Denver and Crested Butte-Denver. For Sterling and the surrounding towns, the route offers something rare in rural Colorado: a direct, state-supported link from the county courthouse to the airport and downtown Denver, with a daily schedule that now covers the full week.
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