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The MTA Regional Bus Operations bus fleet is a fleet of buses in fixed-route service in New York City under MTA New York City Bus (New York City Transit) (including Select Bus Service) and MTA Bus. As of September 2018, it comprises 5,811 buses.[1]

A roster of the fleet is shown below. Not included below are buses and vans not open to the general public (Access-A-Ride vans, taxicabs, and employee shuttle buses), or demonstration buses. This list also does not include buses formerly operated by MTA Long Island Bus (now Nassau Inter-County Express) that are now operated under contract to Nassau County by Transdev.

Past fleet

Main article: Retired MTA Regional Bus Operations bus fleet

All buses not listed on this page have been retired. Refer to the link above for the retired fleet.

Current fleet

All buses are fully compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and are 102 inches (2.59 meters) wide, and have semi-low floors (excluding RTS-06s and D60HFs).[2][3]

Local and Limited bus fleet

Image Builder and model name Model year Length Numbers
(Total ordered) 		Amount in service Energy source Operator
Nova Bus
RTS-06 		1998-1999 40 ft (12 m) 4900-5249
(350 buses) 		212 Diesel NYCT
New Flyer
D60HF
(articulated) 		2002 60 ft (18 m) 100-103, 110-139
(34 buses) 		17
2003 5600-5769
(170 buses) 		37
DaimlerChrysler
North America
Orion VII 		2003-2004 40 ft (12 m) 6365-6489
(125 buses) 		117 Diesel-electric hybrid
2004 7785-7819
(35 buses) 		15 CNG
2004-2005 6490-6689
(200 buses) 		200 Diesel-electric hybrid NYCT & MTA Bus
2006-2007 3500-3783
6690-6905
(500 buses) 		497
DaimlerChrysler
North America
Orion VII NG 		2008 41 ft (12 m) 3800-3959
(160 buses) 		160 NYCT
2009-2010 3960-4278
4330-4702
(692 buses) 		692 NYCT & MTA Bus
Nova Bus
LFS Artic
1st Generation
(articulated) 		2010 62 ft (19 m) 1200-1289
(90 buses) 		89 Diesel NYCT
Nova Bus
LFS
3rd Generation 		2011 40 ft (12 m) 8000-8089
(90 buses) 		90
DaimlerChrysler
North America
Orion VII EPA10 		41 ft (12 m) 7000-7089
(90 buses) 		90
New Flyer
Xcelsior XD40 		4810-4899
(90 buses) 		90
New Flyer
Low Floor C40LF 		2011-2013 185-672
(488 buses) 		488 CNG NYCT & MTA Bus
Nova Bus
LFS Artic
1st Generation
(articulated) 		62 ft (19 m) 5253-5363
5770-5986
(328 buses) 		327 Diesel NYCT
New Flyer
Xcelsior XD60
(articulated) 		2012-2013 61 ft (19 m) 4710-4799
(90 buses) 		90
New Flyer
Xcelsior XD40 		2015 41 ft (12 m) 7090-7483
(394 buses) 		393 NYCT & MTA Bus
Nova Bus
LFS
4th Generation 		40 ft (12 m) 8090-8503
(414 buses) 		413 NYCT
New Flyer
Xcelsior XD60
(articulated) 		2016 61 ft (19 m) 5364-5438
(75 buses) 		75 MTA Bus
2017 5987-6125
(139 buses) 		139 NYCT & MTA Bus
New Flyer
Xcelsior XN40 		41 ft (12 m) 673-810
(138 buses) 		138 CNG NYCT
New Flyer
Xcelsior XE40
(Xcelsior CHARGE) 		2018 0011-0015
(5 buses) 		5 Battery electric
Proterra
Catalyst BE40
[4]: 45  		40 ft (12 m) 0016-0020
(5 buses) 		5
New Flyer
Xcelsior XN60
(articulated)
[4]: 46  		61 ft (19 m) 1000-1109
(110 buses) 		107 CNG
New Flyer
Xcelsior XDE40
[4]: 47  		41 ft (12 m) 9500-9509
(10 buses) 		8 Diesel-electric hybrid
Nova Bus
LFS Artic
2nd Generation
(articulated) 		2018-2019 62 ft (19 m) 5439-5602
(164 buses) 		122 Diesel
New Flyer
Xcelsior XD40
[4]: 47  		41 ft (12 m) 7484-7850
(367 buses) 		220

Express bus fleet

All express buses in the fleet are diesel-powered 45 ft (14 m) long commuter coaches.[5]

Image Builder and
model name 		Model year Numbers
(Total ordered) 		Amount in service Operator Notes[6]
Motor Coach Industries
D4500 		2001 2200-2209
(10 buses) 		2 MTA Bus
2002 2805-2924
(120 buses) 		32 NYCT & MTA Bus
Motor Coach Industries
D4500CL 		2004-2007 3000-3474
4300-4329
(505 buses) 		499
Motor Coach Industries
D4500CT 		2008 2210-2250
(41 buses) 		41
Prevost
X3-45 		2011 2400-2489
(90 buses) 		90 NYCT
Motor Coach Industries
D4500CT 		2013 2251-2304
(54 buses) 		54
Prevost
X3-45 		2015-2016 2490-2789
(300 buses) 		299

Select Bus Service fleet

See also: Select Bus Service

The following table lists the buses used on each route.

Photo Builder and
model name 		Model year Length Amount in service Energy source Routes
DaimlerChrysler
North America
Orion VII NG 		2009 41 ft (12 m) 34 Diesel-electric hybrid
  • Staten Island: S79
Nova Bus
LFS Artic
1st Generation
(articulated) 		2010 62 ft (19 m) 50 Diesel
  • Manhattan: M15
2011-2013 56
  • Bronx: Bx12, Bx41 (phasing out)
  • Brooklyn: B44
  • Manhattan: M15
New Flyer
Xcelsior XD40 		2015 41 ft (12 m) 12
  • Queens: Q70
New Flyer
Xcelsior XD60
(articulated) 		2017 61 ft (19 m) 109
  • Brooklyn: B44
  • Manhattan: M23, M34, M34A, M60, M79, M86
  • Queens: Q44, Q52, Q53
New Flyer
Xcelsior XN60
(articulated) 		2018 16 CNG
  • Bronx: Bx6
New Flyer
Xcelsior XD40 		41 ft (12 m) 70 Diesel
  • Brooklyn: B46, B82
Nova Bus
LFS Artic
2nd Generation
(articulated) 		2018-2019 62 ft (19 m) 122
  • Bronx: Bx12, Bx41
  • Manhattan: M23, M34, M34A, M60, M79, M86

Future fleet

All future non-express buses have semi-low floors.

Builder and
model name 		Model year Length Numbers
(Total to be ordered) 		Energy source Operator Notes
Nova Bus
LFS
4th Generation
[4]: 48  		2019 40 ft (12 m) 8504-8754
(251 buses) 		Diesel NYCT
  • Delivery to begin February-March 2019.
  • To replace some Orion VII Hybrids.
  • About 34 units will be assigned to the S79 SBS.
New Flyer
Xcelsior XDE
[4]: 52  		2020 41 ft (12 m) 9510-9784
(275 buses) 		Diesel-electric hybrid
  • To be awarded in 2019.
  • To replace all remaining Orion VII Hybrids.
  • Order may be split between New Flyer and Nova Bus.
Nova Bus
LFS HEV
[4]: 52  		40 ft (12 m)

See also

References

  1. ^ 2018 Top 100 Transit Bus Fleets Survey Metro Magazine September 25, 2018
  2. ^ "0000108873 NOTICE -OF- ADDENDUM ADDENDUM # 3" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2015. p. TS-2. Retrieved December 25, 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ "Facts and Figures". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved December 25, 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. January 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  5. ^ Aber, Judah (May 2016). "Electric Bus Analysis for New York City Transit" (PDF). columbia.edu. p. 8. Retrieved December 25, 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  6. ^ "MTA/NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT Roster". angelfire.com.
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