The San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans) fleet of buses has operated throughout San Mateo County since 1976, after county voters approved the formation of samTrans in 1974 to merge 11 predecessor municipal bus systems.
Summary
7km 4.3miles
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samTrans Facilities
Maintenance and storage
Administrative
Contract operator
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North Base
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samTrans Headquarters
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South Base
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Brewster Depot
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Half Moon Bay (MV Transportation)
As of March 2018[update], SamTrans operates a total of 379 vehicles in revenue service.[1] SamTrans has two maintenance facilities for its fixed-route bus fleet. SamTrans headquarters are in San Carlos, California, one block southwest from the San CarlosCaltrain station. In addition, two facilities are used by its paratransit operator, MV Transportation: one at Brewster Depot in Redwood City, and another facility in Half Moon Bay.
The samTrans livery is predominantly white with red and blue stripes. Early buses featured linear horizontal stripes, and starting with the 2009 Gillig BRTs, the stripes are curved along the sides.[2] A new variant of the livery was introduced later; the base color is silver, instead of white, and the blue stripe extends from below the front door to the beltline at the rear, with a red stripe starting from the headlight and flowing up to the roof.
Fixed-route fleet
Under the California Air Resources Board Innovative Clean Transit regulation adopted in December 2018, public transit agencies in California will gradually transition to a zero-emission bus fleet by 2040.[3] SamTrans has set a goal of transitioning to an all-electric fleet by 2032.[4] SamTrans considers fixed-route vehicles to have a service lifetime of 12 years.[5]
635, 637 (DR2), and 651 (DR1) retained in contingency fleet for marketing & outreach, replacing AM General EQ1/EQ2 (1977) and Gillig 852 (1984).[11][10]
Assigned to contract runs originally operated by Greyhound Peninsula Lines until 1990, Grosvenor Bus Lines until the early 2000's and finally MV Transportation. They sported "9" in front of their fleet numbers.
(9)129 was totaled in an accident in 1995 and was scrapped.[2][3]
Retired circa 2002-2003.
All units were scrapped.
500-529 were originally assigned to contract runs, operated by Grosvenor Bus Lines until the early 2000's and later MV Transportation. They sported "9" in front of their fleet numbers. Most units ranging from 509-529 returned to the district shortly before retirement.
First units entered service on 11/4/2002 and the last units entered service in January 2003.
147-154 were operated by MV Transportation for contracted routes.
Later 141-146 were assigned to contracted routes.
137-140 were temporarily assigned to contracted runs, but later returned to the district.
First battery electric buses for samTrans.[18] Replica #750 exhibited in Oct 2018.[19] 2 of 2 "Lot 1" (400V) buses accepted, then retired due to technical issues;[20] 6 of 8 "Lot 2" (800V) buses delivered, then returned due to door issues.[20] Remainder of order canceled.[21]
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