A list of bus routes and the bus fleet (both current and retired) associated with Memphis Area Transit Authority. The routes cover Shelby County, Tennessee.
Current routes (as of 5/8/2022)
Route
number |
Route name | Branch(es) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Union | The route serves the Binghampton portion of route 53. | |
2 | Madison | Madison/U of M Madison/Mt. Moriah |
The Mt. Moriah branch runs Monday-Saturday, replacing route 21. The U of M branch replaces route 35 on Southern. |
4 | Walker | Walker/Castalia | The route continues on to the Airways Transit Center via Ketchum and Airways |
7 | Shelby & Holmes | Weekdays only:
| |
8 | Chelsea | Highland branch and National branch combined spring 2022, improving headway on Highland branch.[1] | |
11 | Frayser | Serves the Amazon Facility on New Allen Rd. | |
12 | Mallory | No Sunday/ Holiday Service. Serves the Airways Transit Center, replacing route 4 Walker/Alcy. | |
13 | Lauderdale | Lauderdale/Prospect | serves the Majorie/Alice portion of route 4 Walker/Alcy |
16 | Southeast Circulator | Replaces routes 22 and 26. | |
19 | Vollintine | Vollintine/Summer Vollintine/Wolfchase |
No Sunday/Holiday Service. The Wolfchase branch replaces route 44 |
28 | Airport | Replaces routes 28, 64, 99, and 280. The route ends at Memphis Int'l Airport on Sundays | |
30 | Brooks | Brooks/Peebles Brooks/Amer Way Brooks/Holmes Brooks/Shelby |
Serves the Airways TC and American Way TC. New routing partially replaces route 26. New routing extends to Winchester/Riverdale |
32 | Hollywood | Hollywood/Hawkins Mill Hollywood/Airways |
Serves the Airways Transit Center. Hawkins Mill branch replaces route 18. |
34 | Central & Walnut Grove | No Sunday/Holiday Service. Replaces route 5 on Central Ave. Serves Baptist Hospital | |
36 | Lamar | Lamar/Hacks Cross | 36A branch serves Kimball Ave, replacing route 56. 36B branch serves Knight Arnold |
37 | Perkins | Perkins/Raleigh Perkins/Amer Way |
No Sunday Service. Serves American Way Transit Center |
39 | South Third | South Third/Horn Lake South Third/ Weaver |
The Horn Lake branch replaces the southern portion of route 12. |
40 | Stage | All trips end at Berryhill | |
42 | Crosstown | Crosstown/E.Presley Crosstown/Watkins |
|
50 | Poplar | Poplar/Germantown | |
52 | Jackson | Jackson/Raleigh | |
53 | Summer | Summer/Shelby Oaks | |
57 | Park | Park/St. Francis | New routing replaces route 17 on McLemore and Route 35 on South Parkway between Bellevue and Lamar |
69 | Winchester | Winchester/Mitchell Winchester/Amer Way |
No Sunday/ Holiday service. New routing extends through the Boxtown and Westwood neighborhoods |
Former routes
Route
number |
Route name | Branch(es) | Years of
operation |
Replaced by | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | Northaven | -2021 | Ready! service | ||
9 | Highland | -2020 | 8 Chelsea/Highland | ||
17 | Mclemore | -2016 | 57 Park | ||
18 | Hawkins Mill | -2020 | 32 Hollywood/Hawkins Mill | ||
21 | Mt. Moriah | -2021 | 2 Madison/Mt. Moriah | ||
22 | Raines | -2021 | 16 Southeast Circulator | ||
26 | Hickory Hill | -2021 | 16 Southeast Circulator and 30 Brooks | ||
31 | Firestone | -2021 | Groove On-Demand service | ||
35 | South Pkwy | -2020 | 2 Madison/U of M and 57 Park | ||
38 | Boxtown | -2021 | Ready! service | ||
43 | Elvis Presley | -2016 | 42 Crosstown | ||
44 | Goodlett Farms/IKEA | -2020 | 19 Vollintine/Wolfchase | ||
56 | Lamar/Amer Way | -2020 | 1 Union and 36 Lamar | ||
82 | Germantown | Germantown/Exeter
Germantown/Wolfchase |
-2021 | Ready! service | |
99 | Nonconnah | -2020 | 28 Airport | ||
280 | Airport | -2019 | 28 Airport | ||
340 | Walnut Grove Limited | -2019 | 34 Central/Wal. Grove | ||
400 | Wolfchase Limited | -2019 | 40 Stage | ||
500 | Groove Shuttle | 2018-2020 | Groove On-Demand service | Commuter shuttle running between Mud Island and the Medical District operated by MATA and the Memphis Medical District Collaborative. |
Groove Shuttle ran its last service on 31 December 2020.[2] Six terminations in November 2021.[3][4][5]
Fleet
Active
Image | Numbers | Manufacturer &
Model |
Delivered | Length | Notes
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
401-420 | Gillig Low Floor | 2010 | 40 ft (12 m) | ||
421-460 | 2011 | 40 ft (12 m) | |||
3001-3022 | 2011 | 29 ft (8.8 m) | no exit doors. Mostly used on MATAPlus and shuttle service. | ||
4001-4015 | 2012 | 40 ft (12 m) | Diesel-electric hybrid | ||
5001-5005 | 2012 | 35 ft (11 m) | Diesel-electric hybrid | ||
4016-4025 | 2013 | 40 ft (12 m) | Diesel-electric hybrid | ||
4026-4040 | 2014 | 40 ft (12 m) | Diesel-electric hybrid | ||
21701-21715 | 2017 | 40 ft (12 m) | First fleet to use 5 numbers, corresponding to the year it entered service (2[0]17xx) | ||
21801-21818 | 2018 | 40 ft (12 m) | Plain white scheme and frameless windows. New all white livery with green MATA logo. |
Retired
Image | Numbers | Manufacturer &
Model |
Delivered | Withdrawn | Notes
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-MATA (Memphis Transit Authority of the City of Memphis) | |||||
800-840[6] | GM TDH-5301 | 1961 | 1979 | 6 units left after MATA took over operations; Air conditioned fleet; 800 was a demo.[7] 800, 802, 805–807, 809–810, 812–813, 817–819, 822, 824, 826–827, 830–832, 834, 837–838, 840 were sold to Southern California Rapid Transit District in 1976.[8] | |
841-850 | 1962 | 1986 | Originally numbered 42–51; Air conditioned fleet. | ||
700-715 | Flxible New Look | 1962 (700 only), 1964 | 1977 | Built in Alabama; All were sold to Southern California Rapid Transit District in 1977; Air conditioned fleet. Bus 700 was a demo.[9] | |
851-878 | GM TDH-5303 | 1963 | 1987 | Air conditioned fleet | |
879-914 | 1964 | 1988 | Air conditioned fleet | ||
915-989[10] | 1965 | 1990 | Air conditioned fleet | ||
101-114 | 1966 | 1992 | Air conditioned fleet | ||
401-412 | GM TDH-4519 | 1966 | 1991 | Air conditioned fleet, 35 ft buses; several units were repainted as the "Hustle Bus" | |
115-124 | GM TDH-5303 | 1967 | 1992 | Air conditioned fleet | |
125-144 | GM T6H-5305A | 1968 | 1993 | Air conditioned fleet; 40 ft buses | |
413-439 | GM T6H-4521A | 1968 | 1993 | Air conditioned fleet; 35 ft buses | |
440-499 | 1968 | 1993 | Air conditioned fleet; 35 ft buses | ||
Post-MATA (1975 to present) | |||||
200-243 | AM General Metropolitan 9640-8 | 1978[11] | 1994 | 96in buses. Refurbished in 1984 to include air conditioning units and had rear windows removed | |
244-251 | 1978 | 1994 | 96in buses. Refurbished in 1984 to include air conditioning units and had rear windows removed | ||
301-329 | GM RTS-II | 1979[12] | 2000 | Refurbished in 1986 to add new vertically opening windows and new air conditioning units. | |
501-509 | MAN SG-310 | 1983[13] | 2003 | 60 ft articulated buses | |
601-682 | GM RTS-04 | 1985[14] | 2005 | ||
683-694 | 1986 | 2006 | |||
510-519 | MAN SG-310 | 1987 | 2000 | ||
701-724 | TMC RTS-06 | 1988 | 2008 | ||
50-54 | Chance VS-29 | 2003 | 2010 | Trolley-replica buses | |
725-740 | Nova Bus RTS-08 | 1994 | 2011 | ||
55-56 | Chance VS-29 | 1991 | 2011 | ||
57-59 | 1992 | 2011 | |||
800-838 | Nova Bus LFS-40102 | 1998 | 2013 | ||
839-888 | 2000 | 2014 | |||
889-939 | 2002 | 2016 | |||
501-507 | Neoplan USA AN460 | 2004 | 2017 | 60 ft articulated buses |
See also
References
- ^ "Service Update Summary May 2022" (PDF). matatransit.com. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
- ^ "Groove Shuttle Service Ending Soon" (PDF). matatransit.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ "MATA riders fight to keep company from cutting bus routes across Memphis". FOX13 News Memphis. 2021-11-02. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
- ^ "MATA considering route cuts to four communities this fall". Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
- ^ "Summary of the Fall 2021 Service Redesign" (PDF). matatransit.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
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timestamp mismatch; 23 November 2021 suggested (help) - ^ Retired MATA 821 being used as a shuttle in Washington, D.C. in 1978
- ^ GMC TDH-5301 List from OMOT
- ^ from NE Buses
- ^ Flxible New Look list from OMOT
- ^ MATA 968 in Downtown Memphis in June 1978
- ^ "Changes Evaluated As Bus Riding Rises". The Commercial Appeal. April 20, 1978. p. 18.
- ^ "30 New Buses To Add Sleek Look". The Commercial Appeal. August 9, 1979. p. 33.
- ^ Dawson, William (September 28, 1983). "10 accordian-like buses to carry more, cost less". The Commercial Appeal. p. 50.
- ^ "Hail the MATA 83!". The Commercial Appeal. August 23, 1985. p. 24.