MTA Bus Company
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The MTA Bus Company (MTA Bus for short), a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, is a public benefit corporation created to operate those bus routes formerly operated by private companies in the New York City area. The privately operated bus routes were taken over on a staggered schedule, beginning with Liberty Lines Express in January 2005 and ending with Triboro Coach Corp. in February 2006. The legal name of the corporation is the MTA Bus Company. There exist preliminary plans for the company to also take over bus operations of New York City Transit and Long Island Bus.[1]
MTA Bus started to operate the former Liberty Lines Express bus routes on January 3, 2005, Queens Surface Corporation bus routes on February 27, 2005, New York Bus Service bus routes on July 1, 2005, Command Bus Company bus routes on December 5, 2005, Green Bus Lines bus routes on January 9, 2006, and Jamaica Buses bus routes on January 30, 2006. Triboro Coach Corporation, the final remaining company, ceased operating and its routes have been operated by MTA Bus since February 20, 2006.
About 2/3 of the MTA Bus fleet is still in the colors of the previous operators; however, repainting of these buses into standard MTA livery is in progress.
See also: Transportation in New York City
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[edit] Routes
MTA Bus currently operates the following routes:
[edit] Local
- B100 - Fillmore Avenue
- Q6 - Sutphin Boulevard
- Q7 - Rockaway Boulevard
- Q8 - 101 Avenue
- Q9 - Lincoln Street/Jamaica via Liberty Avenue
- Q9A - Lincoln Street/Jamaica via Linden Boulevard
- Q10 - Lefferts Boulevard
- Q11 - Woodhaven Boulevard
- Q18 - 30 Avenue
- Q19 - Astoria Boulevard
- Q19A - 21 Street/Ditmars Boulevard
- Q19B - 35 Avenue
- Q21 - Cross Bay Boulevard
- Q22 - Rockaway Beach Boulevard - Beach Channel Drive
- Q22A - Bayswater Shuttle
- Q23 - 108 Street
- Q25 - 127 Street/Kissena Blvd
- Q29 - Dry Harbor Road/80 Street
- Q33 - 82/83 Streets/LaGuardia Main Terminal
- Q34 - Union Street/Kissena Boulevard
- Q35 - Flatbush Avenue/Newport Avenue
- Q37 - 111 Street
- Q38 - Eliot Avenue/Penelope Avenue
- Q39 - 48 Avenue/58 Street/Forest Avenue
- Q40 - 142 Street
- Q41 - 127 Street/111 Avenue/Cross Bay Boulevard
- Q45 - 69 Street
- Q47 - 73/74 Streets/LaGuardia Marine Air Terminal
- Q60 - Queens Boulevard
- Q65 - College Point Boulevard/164 Street
- Q65A - Jewel Avenue
- Q66 - Northern Boulevard (West)
- Q67 - Borden Avenue - Maspeth
- Q72 - Junction Boulevard
- Q101 - Steinway Street
- Q102 - 31 Street/Roosevelt Island
- Q103 - Vernon Boulevard
- Q104 - Broadway
- Q110 - Jamaica Avenue (East)
- Q111 - Guy R. Brewer Boulevard/147 Avenue
- Q112 - Liberty Avenue
- Q113 - Guy R. Brewer Boulevard/Rockaway Turnpike
- QBx1 - Flushing/Pelham Bay/Co-Op City
[edit] Limited Stops
- B103 - Canarsie/Downtown Brooklyn Limited
- Q10 - JFK Airport Limited
- Q53 - Woodside/Rockaway Park Limited
- Q101R - Rikers Island Limited
- Q113- Jamaica/Far Rockaway Limited
[edit] Express
- BM1 - Mill Basin - Midtown via Madison Av
- BM2 - Canarsie/Spring Creek - Midtown/Downtown via Church St/Madison Av
- BM3 - Sheepshead Bay - Midtown via Church St / Madison Av
- BM4 - Gerritsen Beach - Midtown via Church St / Madison Av
- BM5 - Spring Creek - Midtown via Madison Av
- BxM1 - Riverdale - East Midtown via 3 Av
- BxM2 - Riverdale - West Midtown via 7 Av
- BxM3 - Yonkers - Midtown via 5 Av
- BxM4A - Bedford Park - Midtown via 5 Av
- BxM4B - Woodlawn - Midtown via 5 Av
- BxM6 - Parkchester - Midtown via 5 Av
- BxM7 - Co-Op City - Midtown via 5 Av
- BxM7A - Pelham Bay - Midtown via 5 Av
- BxM7B - City Island - Midtown via 5 Av
- BxM9 - Throgs Neck - Midtown via 5 Av
- BxM10 - Williamsbridge/Morris Park - Midtown via 5 Av
- BxM11 - Wakefield - Midtown via 5 Av
- BxM18 - Riverdale - Downtown via Bway
- QM1 - Fresh Meadows - Midtown / Downtown
- QM1A - Glen Oaks / Lake Success - Midtown / Downtown
- QM2 - Bay Terrace - Midtown
- QM2A - Bay Terrace - Midtown via Clearview
- QM3 - Little Neck - Midtown
- QM4 - Electchester - Midtown
- QM10 - Lefrak City - Midtown
- QM11 - Forest Hills - Lefrak City - Downtown
- QM12 - Forest Hills - Midtown
- QM15 - Howard Beach / Lindenwood - Midtown
- QM16 - Rockaway Park - Midtown
- QM17 - Far Rockaway - Midtown
- QM18 - South Ozone Park - Midtown
- QM21 - Rochdale Village - Midtown
- QM22 - Jackson Heights - Midtown
- QM23 - Brooklyn Manor - Midtown
- QM24 - Glendale - Midtown
[edit] Currently operated MTA Bus depots
MTA Bus currently operates out of eight bus depots, all of which were formerly used by private companies, in The Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn:
- Baisley Park Depot, formerly Jamaica Buses
- College Point Depot, formerly Queens Surface Corp.
- Eastchester Depot, formerly New York Bus Service
- Far Rockaway Depot, formerly Green Lines
- John F. Kennedy Depot, formerly Green Lines
- LaGuardia Depot, formerly Triboro Coach Corp.
- Spring Creek Depot, formerly Command Bus Company
- Yonkers Depot, formerly Liberty Lines Express
[edit] External links
| MTA Bus/MaBSTOA/NYCT Surface Transit | ||
| MaBSTOA garages | Bronx Division: Gun Hill • Kingsbridge • Mother Clara Hale • West Farms Manhattan Division: 100th Street • Manhattanville • Michael J. Quill | |
| MTA Bus garages | Baisley Park • College Point • Eastchester • Far Rockaway • John F. Kennedy • LaGuardia • Spring Creek • Yonkers | |
| NYC Transit Authority Garages | Brooklyn Division: East New York • Flatbush • Fresh Pond • Jackie Gleason • Ulmer Park Manhattan Division: 126th Street Queens Division: Casey Stengel • Jamaica • Queens Village Staten Island Division: Castleton • Yukon | |
| NYC Transit Central Maintenance Facilities | East New York • Zerega Avenue | |
| Other Information | Bus models • MetroCard • Other NYC transit | |
| Metropolitan Transportation Authority |
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Bus: Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority | MTA Long Island Bus | MTA Bus Company | MTA New York City Transit buses |
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Heavy rail: NYC Transit Authority subways | Staten Island Railway |
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Commuter rail: Long Island Rail Road | Metro-North Railroad |
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Roads: MTA Bridges and Tunnels |
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Other information: MetroCard | New York City Transit Authority | NYC Subway fleet | NYC Subway History | NYC Transit and MTA Bus fleet |
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Official website: www.mta.info |
