OC Bus

For the public transit authority in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, see OC Transpo.

OC Bus

OC Bus in Orange, California
Parent	Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA)
Founded	August 1972 (1972-08)
Headquarters	550 S. Main St Orange, California, USA
Service area	Orange County
Service type	Public Transportation
Routes	58
Stops	5,483
Fleet	508 buses
Daily ridership	115,500 (weekdays, Q4 2023)
Annual ridership	34,442,800 (2023)
Fuel type	CNG, Hydrogen, Electric
Operator	OCTA Keolis (Anaheim & Irvine) Transdev (OC ACCESS)
Website	octa.net/bus

OC Bus is the transit bus service operated by the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), serving every city in Orange County. Some of the lines serve the Los Angeles County border communities of Lakewood, La Mirada, Cerritos, Hawaiian Gardens, and Long Beach. As of February 2023, there are 52 routes in the system.

The agency is the second-largest public transportation provider in the metropolitan area after the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Its predecessor agencies include not only the prior Orange County Transit District but also such diverse entities as the Pacific Electric Railway and the South Coast Transit Corporation. In 2005, OCTA was judged America's Best Public Transportation System by the American Public Transportation Association, for its record gains in bus and Metrolink commuter trains ridership that it operates or funds.

The Authority's administrative offices are located in the city of Orange and it maintains bus operations bases in the cities of Garden Grove, and Santa Ana. Keolis operates about 40% of OCTA's Fixed Routes out of the Anaheim and Irvine bases, while Transdev operates OCTA's paratransit base for the authority's ACCESS service, also in Irvine.

All OCTA buses are equipped with bike racks and can carry two bikes, and three bicycles on some buses at any time.

South Coast Plaza is the most served location on the OC Bus system, served by five routes (55, 57, 86, 150, 553). The longest is route 1 (Long Beach–San Clemente) which utilizes Pacific Coast Highway for the vast majority of its 40-mile (64 km) route. Trips take an average of 2 to 2.5 hours.

Routes

1-99 (Local Routes)

Routes with numbers less than 100 are fixed routes that cover almost every city in Orange County. Buses operate on most major arterial streets. Route 1 is the only single-digit route, acquiring the number from California State Route 1.

Route	Terminals		via	Operates	Notes
1	Long Beach California State University, Long Beach	San Clemente El Camino Real & Avenida Santa Margarita	Pacific Coast Hwy	Daily	Longest OCTA Bus route
	Newport Beach Newport Transportation Center (short line)
25	Fullerton Fullerton Park and Ride	Huntington Beach Pacific Coast Hwy & 1st St	Goldenwest St, Knott Av	Daily
26	Fullerton Fullerton Park and Ride	Yorba Linda Lemon Dr & Lakeview Av	Commonwealth Av, Yorba Linda Bl	Daily
29	La Habra Beach Bl & La Habra Bl	Huntington Beach Pacific Coast Hwy & 1st St	Beach Bl	Daily	Operates alongside Bravo! Route 529 between Fullerton Park and Ride and Goldenwest Transportation Center
29A	Buena Park Buena Park station
					Also deviates to Goldenwest Transportation Center
30	Cerritos Los Cerritos Center	Anaheim Hills Fairlynn Bl & Esperanza Rd	Orangethorpe Av	Daily
33	Fullerton Fullerton Park and Ride	Huntington Beach Pacific Coast Hwy & Magnolia St	Magnolia St	Daily
35	Fullerton Fullerton Park and Ride	Costa Mesa Triangle Square (Newport Bl & 18th St)	Brookhurst St, Orangethorpe Ave	Daily
37	La Habra 1st Av & Main St	Fountain Valley MacArthur Bl & Hyland Av	Euclid St	Daily
38	Lakewood Del Amo Bl & Pioneer Bl	Anaheim Hills Anaheim Hills Festival Shopping Center	Del Amo Bl, La Palma Av	Daily
42	Hawaiian Gardens Norwalk Bl & Carson St	Orange The Village at Orange	Seal Beach Bl, Los Alamitos Bl, Lincoln Av	Daily
42A	Seal Beach Electric Av & Main St				Deviates to Braille Institute
43	Fullerton Harbor Bl & Valley View Dr	Costa Mesa Triangle Square (Newport Bl & 18th St)	Harbor Bl	Daily	Operates alongside Bravo! Route 543 between MacArthur Bl and Fullerton Transportation Center
46	Long Beach Wardlow Av & Norwalk Bl	Orange The Village at Orange	Ball Rd, Taft Av	Daily
47	Fullerton Fullerton Transportation Center	Newport Beach Balboa Bl / 23rd St	Anaheim Bl, Fairview St	Daily
50	Long Beach California State University, Long Beach	Orange The Village at Orange	Katella Av	Daily
53	Anaheim Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center	Irvine Yale Loop & Alton Pkwy	Main St	Daily
		Santa Ana Main St & MacArthur Bl (short line)			Operates alongside Bravo! Route 553.
54	Garden Grove Chapman Av & Valley View St	Orange Santiago Canyon College (Mon-Sat)	Chapman Av	Daily	Does not operate east of Rancho Santiago Bl on Sundays
		Orange Chapman Av & Rancho Santiago Bl (Sun)
55	Santa Ana Civic Center (Flower St & 6th St)	Newport Beach Newport Transportation Center	Standard Av, Bristol St, Fairview St, 17th St	Daily
56	Garden Grove Chapman Av & Valley View St (early AM / late PM)	Orange Orange Transportation Center	Garden Grove Bl	Daily
	Garden Grove Belgrave Av & Valley View St
57	Brea Brea Mall	Newport Beach Newport Transportation Center	State College Bl, Bristol St, Jamboree Rd	Daily
	Fullerton State College Bl & Orangethorpe Av	Costa Mesa South Coast Plaza			Short line
59	Anaheim La Palma Av & Kraemer Bl	Irvine University of California, Irvine (weekdays)	Kraemer Bl, Glassell St, Grand Av, Von Karman Av	Daily
		Tustin The District (weekends)
60	Tustin Larwin Square	Long Beach Cal State Long Beach University	Westminster Ave, 17th St	Daily	Operates alongside Bravo! Route 560.
	Westminster Main Street & Locust St	Santa Ana Tustin Ave & Fruit Street			Short line serves on weekends and holidays only.
64	Westminster Westminster Mall	Tustin Larwin Square	Bolsa Av, 1st St	Daily
66	Huntington Beach Goldenwest Transportation Center	Irvine, California Irvine Valley College	McFadden Av, Walnut Av	Daily
		Tustin Larwin Square (short line)
70	Sunset Beach Warner Av & Pacific Coast Hwy	Tustin Tustin station	Edinger Av	Daily
71	Yorba Linda Placentia-Linda Hospital	Newport Beach Hoag Hospital	Tustin Av, Red Hill Av, Newport Bl	Daily
72	Sunset Beach Warner Av & Pacific Coast Hwy	Tustin Tustin Metrolink Station	Warner Av	Daily
76	Huntington Beach Talbert Av & Beach Bl	Santa Ana John Wayne Airport	Talbert Av, MacArthur Bl	Weekdays
79	Tustin Larwin Square	Newport Beach Newport Transportation Center	Bryan Av, Culver Dr, University Dr	Daily
82	Foothill Ranch Foothill Ranch Town Centre	Rancho Santa Margarita Plano Trabuco Dr & Alas De Paz	Portola Pkwy, Santa Margarita Pkwy	Weekdays
83	Fullerton Fullerton Park & Ride	Laguna Hills Laguna Hills Transportation Center	I-5, Main St	Daily
85	Laguna Niguel Crown Valley Pkwy & Niguel Rd	Mission Viejo Portola Plaza	Marguerite Pkwy, Crown Valley Pkwy	Weekdays
86	Costa Mesa South Coast Plaza	Mission Viejo Norman Murray Community Center	Alton Pkwy, Jeronimo Rd
87	Rancho Santa Margarita Aventura & Avenida Empresa	Laguna Niguel Crown Valley Pkwy & Niguel Rd	Alicia Pkwy
89	Mission Viejo Portola Plaza	Laguna Beach Laguna Beach Bus Station	El Toro Rd, Laguna Canyon Rd	Daily
90	Tustin Tustin station	Dana Point Dana Point Harbor	Irvine Center Dr, Moulton Pkwy, Golden Lantern St
91	Laguna Hills Laguna Hills Transportation Center	San Clemente Avenida Pico & Calle de Los Molinos	Paseo De Valencia, Camino Capistrano, Del Obispo St

100s (Community Routes)

Routes with numbers in the 100s descended from the old RunAbout service that formerly served residential neighborhoods, or provide service to portions of 1-99 routes that have reduced demand. Three routes (129, 143, 153) were truncated from routes 29, 43, 47, 53, and 59 as a result of March 2010 service change; the 153 was later discontinued in February 2023. These routes are operated by Keolis, although between February 2022 and June 2023 OCTA temporarily operated many of these routes in-house except for the 129, 143, and 177, likely due to contractor driver shortages.

Route	Terminals		via	Operates	Notes
123	Anaheim Anaheim Canyon station	Huntington Beach Goldenwest Transportation Center	Malvern Av, Valley View St, Bolsa Chica Rd	Weekdays
129	La Habra La Habra Bl & Beach Bl	Anaheim Kraemer Bl & La Palma Av	La Habra Bl, Brea Bl, Birch St, Kraemer Bl	Daily
143	La Habra La Habra Bl & Beach Bl	Brea Brea Mall	Whittier Bl, Harbor Bl, Brea Bl, Birch St
150/150A	Santa Ana Civic Center (Flower St & 6th St)	Costa Mesa South Coast Plaza	Flower St, Fairview St	Weekdays	Loop routing. Route 150 operates clockwise, Route 150A operates counterclockwise.
167	Orange The Village at Orange	Irvine University of California, Irvine	Meats Av, Santiago Bl, Wanda Rd, Hewes St, Newport Av, Irvine Bl, Jeffrey Rd, Campus Dr
177	Foothill Ranch Foothill Ranch Town Centre	Laguna Hills Laguna Hills Transportation Center	Lake Forest Dr, Muirlands Bl, Los Alisos Bl	Monday–Saturday
178	Huntington Beach Yorktown Av & Goldenwest St	Irvine University of California, Irvine	Adams Av, Birch St, Campus Dr	Weekdays

400s (StationLink/iShuttle)

Irvine Shuttle (iShuttle), operated by the OCTA at the Irvine Transportation Center in Irvine, California

Routes with numbers in the 400s are "StationLink" and Irvine Shuttle (iShuttle) routes which travel between Metrolink stations and business districts. These routes operate only during weekday rush hours and do not operate reverse peak services. These routes are operated by First Transit.

Route	Terminals		via	Operates
400A	Tustin Tustin station	Santa Ana John Wayne Airport	Von Karman Av	Weekday peak hours	Irvine Shuttle (iShuttle) route.
401B	Tustin Tustin station	Irvine Business Center Dr	Jamboree Rd, Michelson Dr
403D	Irvine Irvine Transportation Center	Irvine Sand Canyon Av & Waterworks Way	Irvine Spectrum Center, Alton Pkwy
453	Orange Orange Transportation Center	Orange St. Joseph's Hospital	Chapman Av, Main St, La Veta Av		Served from/to Metrolink Rail Line Stations
472	Tustin Tustin station	Irvine Fairchild Rd & Jamboree Rd	Edinger Av, Red Hill Av, Campus Dr, Jamboree Rd
473	Tustin Tustin station	Irvine University of California, Irvine	Edinger Av, Harvard Av
480	Irvine Irvine station	Lake Forest Lake Forest Dr & Regency Ln	Alton Pkwy, Bake Pkwy, Lake Forest Dr

500s (Bravo!)

OC Bus on Bravo! Route 543 at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California

Routes with numbers in the 500s are "Bravo!" routes that operate on heavily used routes making limited stops and at transfer points to other routes. It is named according to the parent route it accompanies, for adding the number five to the beginning of the route indicating that it is a Bravo! express route. Bravo! routes use a dedicated fleet of buses and have different color schemes from regular route buses.

Route	Terminals		via	Operates	Notes
529	Huntington Beach Goldenwest Transportation Center	Fullerton Fullerton Park and Ride	Beach Bl	Weekdays	Limited stop service. Operates alongside Route 29/29A.
543	Fullerton Fullerton Transportation Center	Costa Mesa Harbor Bl & MacArthur Bl	Harbor Bl		Limited stop service. Operates alongside Route 43.
553	Anaheim Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center	Costa Mesa Sunflower Av & Bristol St	Main St		Limited stop service. Operates alongside Route 53.
560	Santa Ana Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center	Westminster Main St & Locust St	17th St, Westminster Av		Limited stop service. Operates alongside Route 60.

800s (City Shuttle)

Routes with numbers in the 800s are City Shuttle routes. Route 862, the first and only 800 series route, serving as a circulator route in Downtown Santa Ana and was introduced in October 2019, replacing former StationLink Route 462.

Route	Terminals	via	operates
862	Santa Ana Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center	Civic Center Dr	Daily

Bus fleet

Active fleet

Make/Model	Fleet Numbers	Thumbnail	Year	Propulsion	Assigned Divisions	Notes
New Flyer XHE40	1111-1120		2018	Hydrogen Fuel Cell	Santa Ana	Funded in part by the California Air Resources Board’s Low Carbon Transportation and Air Quality Improvement Program.
New Flyer XE40	1201-1210		2021-2022	Hydrogen Fuel Cell	Garden Grove	To compliment the XHE40's. Unit 1204-1207 is in Bravo! livery.
Gillig Low Floor Plus CNG 40'	2101-2199, 2201-2266, 2301-2366		2021-2023	CNG	Santa Ana, Garden Grove	Buses are equipped with at-seat USB device charging ports, To replace the C40LFRs.
New Flyer C40LFR	5121-5150		2008	CNG	Garden Grove, Irvine	Expected to be retired in 2024.
New Flyer C40LFR	5501–5599, 5601–5674		2007–2008	CNG	Anaheim, Irvine, Santa Ana	5551 and 5552 used for Bravo! service. Expected to be retired in 2024.
New Flyer C40LFR	5675-5678		2008	CNG	Anaheim	Expected to be retired in 2024.
New Flyer XN40	5701-5799, 5801-5858		2015-2017	CNG	Anaheim, Santa Ana, Garden Grove
New Flyer XN40	5861-5866		2018	CNG	Santa Ana	5861–5866 used for Bravo! service
Gillig Low Floor CNG 29'	6381-6392		2020-2021	CNG	Irvine	Used on the iShuttle routes
New Flyer C40LFR	7501–7528		2007–2008	CNG	Anaheim, Santa Ana	Expected to be retired in 2024.
New Flyer C40LFR	7529		2007	CNG	Anaheim	Expected to be retired in 2024.
New Flyer C40LFR	7530-7592		2008	CNG	Anaheim, Santa Ana	7575–7592 used for Bravo! service. Expected to be retired in 2024.
New Flyer XN60	7601–7620		2013	CNG	Santa Ana
New Flyer XN60	7621-7636		2016	CNG	Santa Ana

See also

• Bus stations in Orange County, California
• Bus transportation in California
• Public transportation in Orange County, California topics

External links

Official website