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| Parent | City of Gardena |
|---|---|
| Founded | January 15, 1940 (as Gardena Municipal Bus Lines)[1] |
| Headquarters | 1700 West 162nd Street, Gardena, California |
| Locale | Gardena, California |
| Service type | bus service, paratransit |
| Routes | 6 |
| Daily ridership | 7,400 (weekdays, Q3 2023)[2] |
| Annual ridership | 1,685,000 (2022)[3] |
| Website | ridegtrans |
GTrans is a municipal transit agency that serves Gardena, California and surrounding Los Angeles County neighbourhoods. It was founded on January 15, 1940, as Gardena Municipal Bus Lines. On the agency's 75th anniversary, the agency was renamed as GTrans.[4] The bus lines complement the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's crosstown routes through the city.[1] In 2022, the system had a ridership of 1,685,000, or about 7,400 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2023.
Routes
As of September 2023, GTrans operates 3 daily routes, 2 school tripper routes, 1 weekday route, and 1 event route. Weekend service is provided on New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.[5]
| Line | Direction | Terminals | via | Days of Operation | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westbound / Northbound | Eastbound / Southbound | |||||
1X |
North-South | South LA Harbor Freeway station |
Redondo Beach Redondo Beach station |
Vermont Av, Gardena Bl, Marine Av | Daily | Serves Harbor Freeway station on the freeway level. Route was shortened to Harbor Freeway Station in 2020 due to changes related to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
2 |
Clockwise / Counterclockwise | Harbor City Normandie Av & Pacific Coast Highway |
Western Av, Normandie Av, Vermont Av | Daily | Serves the Harbor Gateway Transit Center on the Normandie/Vermont route | |
3 |
West-East | Redondo Beach Redondo Beach Transit Center |
Compton Compton station |
Alondra Bl, Gardena Bl, Redondo Beach Bl | Daily | |
| Torrance Bishop Montgomery High School |
Gardena 163rd St & Vermont Av |
School days | Two westbound morning peak & two eastbound afternoon peak trips on school days only | |||
4 |
West-East | Torrance El Camino College |
Gardena Gardena High School |
Van Ness Av, 135th St, Normandie Av | School days | Two eastbound morning peak & one westbound afternoon peak trips on school days only |
5 |
West-East | Westchester Aviation/LAX station |
Willowbrook Willowbrook/Rosa Parks station |
El Segundo Bl | Weekdays | |
7X |
North-South | Inglewood SoFi Stadium |
Gardena Harbor Gateway Transit Center |
I-110, I-105, Crenshaw Bl, Imperial Highway, Hawthorne Bl, East Arbor Vitae St | Sundays only | Line 7X runs on Sundays only every fifteen minutes between 9:30 a.m. & 8:30 p.m., with later hours for evening football games. There is only one stop in between at Hawthorne/Lennox station. |
Decommissioned Routes
| Line | Direction | Terminals | via | Days of Operation | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westbound / Northbound | Eastbound / Southbound | |||||
1X |
North-South | Downtown LA 1st St & Main St |
Redondo Beach Redondo Beach station |
In Downtown LA: Main St Express Portion: Harbor Transitway |
Weekdays | Serves Harbor Freeway station on the freeway level. Service to Downtown LA was discontinued as of April 4, 2020 as part of service changes related to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
4 |
West-East | Lawndale 147th St & Hawthorne Bl |
Gardena Harbor Gateway Transit Center |
Marine Av, Van Ness Av, 135th St, Normandie Av | Weekdays | Regular route suspended as of April 4, 2020 as part of service changes related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Its schedule has also been removed from the GTrans website, although it is still identified on the site's homepage. |
G [6] |
West-East | Manhattan Beach Highland Av at 14th Pl |
Gardena Gardena City Hall |
Manhattan Beach Bl, Van Ness Av, El Segundo Bl, 135th St, Western Av, 162nd St, 158th St | Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays during the Summer. | Line G is a pilot trolley service between the City of Manhattan Beach and Gardena City Hall. Only three stops are serviced as of today: Manhattan Beach, Rowley Park, and Gardena City Hall. Route runs only in the summer. |
Bus fleet
Active fleet
| Make/Model | Fleet Numbers | Thumbnail | Year | Engine | Transmission | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Flyer GE40LF | 705-722 | 2005 | Ford Triton V10 | ISE ThunderVolt TB40-HG
hybrid system |
||
| New Flyer GE40LF | 723-736 | 2009 | Ford Triton V10 | ISE ThunderVolt TB40-HG
hybrid system |
||
| New Flyer GE40LF | 737-739,
760-768, 771-779 |
2010 | Ford Triton V10 | ISE ThunderVolt TB40-HG
hybrid system |
||
| BYD K9 | 1501 | 2015 | ||||
| ElDorado National Axess BRT 40' CNG | 2001-2018 | 2021 | Cummins Westport L9N | Voith D864.6 | ||
| New Flyer GE40LF | 2915-2918 | 2009 | Ford Triton V10 | ISE ThunderVolt TB40-HG
hybrid system |
References
- 1 2 About Us, GTrans, retrieved 22 July 2015
- ↑ "Transit Ridership Report Third Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. November 30, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ↑ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2022" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 1, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
- ↑ jack (2015-02-04). "Gardena Municipal Bus Lines Changes Name to GTrans and Debuts New Electric Bus". SUSTAINABLE RACE. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
- ↑ Routes & Schedules, GTrans, retrieved September 13, 2021
- ↑ https://ridegtrans.com/lineg-pilot/
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