GTrans

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 7,800 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2023.

Not to be confused with G Line (Los Angeles Metro).
GTrans
ParentCity of Gardena
FoundedJanuary 15, 1940 (1940-01-15)
(as Gardena Municipal Bus Lines)[1]
Headquarters1700 West 162nd Street, Gardena, California
LocaleGardena, California
Service typebus service, paratransit
Routes6
Daily ridership7,800 (weekdays, Q2 2023)[2]
Annual ridership1,685,000 (2022)[3]
Websiteridegtrans.com

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. About Us, GTrans, retrieved 22 July 2015
  2. "Transit Ridership Report Second Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. September 13, 2023. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  3. "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2022" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 1, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  4. jack (2015-02-04). "Gardena Municipal Bus Lines Changes Name to GTrans and Debuts New Electric Bus". SUSTAINABLE RACE. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  5. Routes & Schedules, GTrans, retrieved September 13, 2021
  6. https://ridegtrans.com/lineg-pilot/
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