Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) operates 24 bus routes around Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. MATA also previously operated routes in West Memphis, Arkansas.
Routes (as of August 2022)
Route | Terminals | Major streets | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 Union[1] | Hudson Transit Center | Walnut Grove Rd and Racine St | Union Ave, Poplar Ave, Walnut Grove Rd | The route serves the Binghampton portion of route 53. |
2 Madison[2] | University of Memphis | Madison Ave, Cooper St, Southern Ave | The U of M branch replaces route 35 on Southern. | |
Knight Arnold Rd and Ridgeway Blvd | (Mount Moriah Service)
Madison Ave, Cooper St, Southern Ave, Mount Moriah Rd, Knight Arnold Rd |
No weekend service, replacing route 21. | ||
4 Walker[3] | Airways Transit Center | Vance Ave, Lauderdale St, South Pkwy | ||
7 Shelby & Holmes[4] | Airways Transit Center | Shelby Dr and Kirby Parkway | Getwell Rd, Shelby Dr, East Holmes Rd | Service from Watkins St and Hudson Transit Center weekday mornings only |
8 Chelsea & Highland[5] | Hudson Transit Center | Airways Transit Center | Chelsea Ave, National St, Highland St | Highland branch and National branch combined spring 2022, improving headway on Highland branch.[6] |
11 Frayser[7] | Yale Rd and Austin Peay Hwy | Thomas St, Frayser Blvd, Yale Rd | Serves the Amazon Facility on New Allen Rd. | |
12 Mallory[8] | Airways Transit Center | Florida St, South Pkwy, Mallory Ave | No Sunday/ Holiday Service. Serves the Airways Transit Center, replacing route 4 Walker/Alcy. | |
16 Southeast Circulator[9] | American Way Transit Center | Airways Transit Center | Mendenhall Rd, Perkins Rd, Winchester Rd | Replaces routes 22 and 26. |
19 Vollintine[10] | Hudson Transit Center | Summer Ave and Mendenhall Rd | Vollintine Ave, Hollywood St, Macon Rd | No Sunday/Holiday Service. The Wolfchase branch replaces route 44 |
Wolfchase Galleria Mall | Vollintine Ave, Hollywood St, Macon Rd, Covington Pike, Raleigh LaGrange Rd, Germantown Pkwy | |||
28 Airport[11] | IRS | I-240, Nonconnah Blvd, Winchester Rd, Tchulahoma Rd | Replaces routes 28, 64, 99, and 280. The route ends at Memphis Int'l Airport on Sundays | |
30 Brooks[12] | Third St and Eastman St | Riverdale Bend and Winchester Rd | (Shelby Branch)
Brooks Rd, Democrat Rd, American Way, Getwell Rd, Swinnea Rd, Shelby Dr, Riverdale Rd |
Serves the Airways TC and American Way TC. New routing partially replaces route 26. New routing extends to Winchester/Riverdale |
(Holmes Branch)
Brooks Rd, Democrat Rd, American Way, Getwell Rd, Arnold Rd, Tchulahoma Rd, Holmes Rd, Hickory Hill Rd, Kirby Pkwy | ||||
32 Hollywood & Hawkins Mill[13] | Airways Transit Center | Frayser Plaza | Airways Blvd, East Pkwy, N Hollywood St, Range Line Rd, N Watkins St | Serves the Airways Transit Center. Hawkins Mill branch replaces route 18. |
34 Central & Walnut Grove[14] | Hudson Transit Center | Humphreys Blvd and Walnut Grove Rd | Vance Ave, Lamar Ave, Central Ave, Highland St, Walnut Grove Rd, Humphreys Blvd | No Sunday/Holiday Service. Replaces route 5 on Central Ave. Serves Baptist Hospital |
36 Lamar[15] | Centennial Dr and Hacks Cross Rd | (Kimball Branch)
Vance Ave, Lamar Ave, Kimball Ave, Getwell Rd, American Way, Perkins Rd, Winchester Rd |
36A branch serves Kimball Ave, replacing route 56. 36B branch serves Knight Arnold | |
(Knight Arnold Branch)
Vance Ave, Lamar Ave, Knight Arnold Rd, Getwell Rd, American Way, Perkins Rd, Winchester Rd | ||||
37 Perkins[16] | American Way Transit Center | Yale Rd and Austin Peay Hwy | Getwell Rd, New Willow Rd, Perkins Rd, Waring Rd, Covington Pike, Raleigh LaGrange Rd | No Sunday Service. Serves American Way Transit Center |
39 South Third[17] | Hudson Transit Center | Jonetta St and Holmes Rd | (Horn Lake branch)
Third St, Brooks Rd, Horn Lake Rd, Holmes Rd, Levi Rd |
The Horn Lake branch replaces the southern portion of route 12. |
Holmes Rd and Third St | (Weaver and 3rd branch)
Third St, Weaver St, Holmes Rd | |||
40 Stage-Lauderdale[18] | Alice Ave and Benton St | Fletcher Trace Pkwy and Stage Rd | S Fourth St, Lauderdale St, N Second St, Thomas St, Stage Rd, James Rd, Berryhill Rd | Merged with route 13 |
42 Crosstown[19] | Frayser Plaza | Holmes Rd and Hudgins Rd | Frayser Blvd, N Watkins St, Cleveland Ave, Bellevue Blvd, Elvis Presley Blvd, Shelby Dr, Airways Blvd, Holmes Rd | |
50 Poplar[20] | Hudson Transit Center | Exeter Rd and Poplar Ave | Poplar Ave, Central Ave, Farmington Blvd | |
52 Jackson[21] | Methodist Hospital North | Jackson Ave, Austin Peay Hwy | ||
53 Summer[22] | Southwest Tennessee Community College | North Pkwy, Summer Ave, Sycamore View Rd | ||
57 Park[23] | Primacy Pkwy and Ridgeway Rd | McLemore Ave, Park Ave, Ridgeway Rd | New routing replaces route 17 on McLemore and Route 35 on South Parkway between Bellevue and Lamar | |
69 Winchester[24] | American Way Transit Center | Levi Rd and Oakshire | Goodlett Rd, Winchester Rd, Millbranch Rd, Shelby Dr, Neely Rd, Raines Rd | No Sunday/ Holiday service. New routing extends through the Boxtown and Westwood neighborhoods |
Former routes
Route | Terminals | Major streets | Years of
operation |
Replaced by | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 Northaven | N Watkins Rd | -2021 | Ready! service | |||
9 Highland | -2020 | 8 Chelsea/Highland | ||||
13 Lauderdale[25] | Hudson Transit Center | Alice Ave and Benton St | S Fourth St, Lauderdale St | -2023 | 40 Stage / Lauderdale | serves the Majorie/Alice portion of route 4 Walker/Alcy |
17 Mclemore | -2016 | 57 Park | ||||
18 Hawkins Mill | -2020 | 32 Hollywood/Hawkins Mill | ||||
20 Bellevue | Bellevue Blvd, Elvis Presley Blvd, Winchester Rd | |||||
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 | 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 | ||||
45 Appling Farms | -2020 | |||||
56 Lamar/Amer Way | -2020 | 1 Union and 36 Lamar | ||||
58 Fox Meadows Express | I-240, Lamar Ave, American Way, Mount Moriah Rd, Mendenhall Rd | |||||
78 West Memphis Express | Memphis & Arkansas Bridge | |||||
82 Germantown | Germantown Pkwy
(Exeter/ 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 | I-40, Jackson Ave, Stage Ave | -2019 | 40 Stage | |||
500 Groove Shuttle[26] | Mud Island | Southern College of Optometry | Island Dr, A. W. Willis Ave, Danny Thomas Blvd, Madison Ave | 2018-2020 | Groove On-Demand service | Commuter shuttle operated by MATA and the Memphis Medical District Collaborative. |
Groove Shuttle ran its last service on 31 December 2020.[26] Six terminations in November 2021.[27][28][29]
See also
References
- ↑ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_1_sched_4_2023.pdf
- ↑ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_2_sched_5_2022.pdf
- ↑ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_4_sched_4_2023.pdf
- ↑ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_7_sched_5_2022.pdf
- ↑ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_8_sched_5_2022.pdf
- ↑ "Service Update Summary May 2022" (PDF). matatransit.com. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
- ↑ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_11_sched_5_2022.pdf
- ↑ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_12_sched_5_2022.pdf
- ↑ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_16_sched_5_2022.pdf
- ↑ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_19_sched_5_2022.pdf
- ↑ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_28_sched_4_2023.pdf
- ↑ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_30_sched_8_2022_rev2.pdf
- ↑ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_32_sched_4_2023.pdf
- ↑ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_34_sched_5_2022.pdf
- ↑ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_36_sched_4_2023.pdf
- ↑ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_37_sched_4_2023.pdf
- ↑ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_39_sched_4_2023.pdf
- ↑ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/40_13.pdf
- ↑ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_42_sched_4_2023.pdf
- ↑ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_50_sched_8_2022_rev.pdf
- ↑ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_52_sched_5_2022.pdf
- ↑ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_53_sched_8_2022.pdf
- ↑ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_57_sched_5_2022.pdf
- ↑ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_69_sched_5_2022.pdf
- ↑ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_13_sched_5_2022.pdf
- 1 2 "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 23 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.