This is a roster of buses currently and previously operated by Memphis Area Transit Authority in Memphis, Tennessee.

Active

Image Numbers

(total)

 Manufacturer &

Model

 Delivered Length
Notes
MATA bus with bike carrier 2010-10-02 Downtown Memphis TN 401-420

(20 buses)

 Gillig Low Floor2010 40 ft (12 m)
MATA bus out of service Memphis TN 2013-05-06 003 421-460

(40 buses)

 2011
MATA Plus bus Memphis TN 01 3001-3022

(21 buses)

 29 ft (8.8 m)no exit doors. Mostly used on MATAPlus and shuttle service.
4001-4015

(15 buses)

 Gillig Low Floor Hybrid2012 40 ft (12 m)Diesel-electric
MATA hybrid electric bus 5001-5005

(5 buses)

 35 ft (11 m)Diesel-electric
2120x-212xx

(x buses)

 Diesel-electric
4016-4025

(10 buses)

 2013 40 ft (12 m)Diesel-electric
4026-4040

(15 buses)

 2014Diesel-electric
21701-21715

(15 buses)

 Gillig Low Floor2017First fleet to use 5 numbers, corresponding to the year it entered service (2[0]17xx)
21801-21818

(18 buses)

 2018Plain white scheme and frameless windows. New all white livery with green MATA logo.
22201-22203

(3 buses)

 Gillig Low Floor Battery 2022 ? Battery-electric, MATA plans to purchase more.[1]

Retired

Image NumbersManufacturer &

Model

 DeliveredWithdrawn
Notes
Pre-MATA (Memphis Transit Authority of the City of Memphis)
800-840[2]GM TDH-5301196119796 units left after MATA took over operations; Air conditioned fleet; 800 was a demo.[3] 800, 802, 805–807, 809–810, 812–813, 817–819, 822, 824, 826–827, 830–832, 834, 837–838, 840 were sold to Southern California Rapid Transit District in 1976.[4]
841-85019621986Originally numbered 42–51; Air conditioned fleet.
700-715Flxible New Look1962 (700 only), 19641977Built in Alabama; All were sold to Southern California Rapid Transit District in 1977; Air conditioned fleet. Bus 700 was a demo.[5]
851-878GM TDH-530319631987Air conditioned fleet
879-91419641988Air conditioned fleet
915-989[6]19651990Air conditioned fleet
101-11419661992Air conditioned fleet
401-412GM TDH-45191991Air conditioned fleet, 35 ft buses; several units were repainted as the "Hustle Bus"
115-124GM TDH-530319671992Air conditioned fleet
125-144GM T6H-5305A19681993Air conditioned fleet; 40 ft buses
413-439GM T6H-4521AAir conditioned fleet; 35 ft buses
440-499Air conditioned fleet; 35 ft buses
Post-MATA (1975 to present)
200-243AM General Metropolitan 9640-81978[7]199496in buses. Refurbished in 1984 to include air conditioning units and had rear windows removed
244-25196in buses. Refurbished in 1984 to include air conditioning units and had rear windows removed
301-329GM RTS-II1979[8]2000Refurbished in 1986 to add new vertically opening windows and new air conditioning units.
501-509MAN SG-3101983[9]200360 ft articulated buses
601-682GM RTS-041985[10]2005
683-69419862006
510-519MAN SG-31019872000
701-724TMC RTS-0619882008
50-54Chance VS-2920032010Trolley-replica buses
725-740Nova Bus RTS-0819942011
55-56Chance VS-2919912011
57-591992
MATA buses 2010-09-18 Memphis TN 03 800-838Nova Bus LFS-4010219982013
Memphis MATA bus 839-88820002014
889-93920022016
501-507Neoplan USA AN4602004201760 ft articulated buses

See also

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Myracle (2023-07-14). "MATA takes new electric bus on tour across Bluff City". Action News 5. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
  2. ↑ Retired MATA 821 being used as a shuttle in Washington, D.C. in 1978
  3. ↑ GMC TDH-5301 List from OMOT
  4. ↑ from NE Buses
  5. ↑ Flxible New Look list from OMOT
  6. ↑ MATA 968 in Downtown Memphis in June 1978
  7. ↑ "Changes Evaluated As Bus Riding Rises". The Commercial Appeal. April 20, 1978. p. 18. ProQuest 2656222279.
  8. ↑ "30 New Buses To Add Sleek Look". The Commercial Appeal. August 9, 1979. p. 33. ProQuest 2655929264.
  9. ↑ Dawson, William (September 28, 1983). "10 accordian-like buses to carry more, cost less". The Commercial Appeal. p. 50. ProQuest 2657462828.
  10. ↑ "Hail the MATA 83!". The Commercial Appeal. August 23, 1985. p. 24. ProQuest 2657334569.
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