List of MATA Bus Routes

A list of bus routes and bus fleet (current and retired) associated with Memphis Area Transit Authority. The routes cover Shelby County, Tennessee.

A Nova Bus LFS displaying "43 Elvis Presley", which was replaced in 2013 by "42 Crosstown"

Current routes (as of 11/31/2021)
Route

number

 Route name Branch(es) Notes
1 Union The route serves the Binghampton portion of route 53.
2 Madison Madison/U of M
Madison/Mt. Moriah		 The Mt. Moriah branch runs Monday-Saturday, replacing route 21. The U of M branch replaces route 35 on Southern.
4 Walker Walker/Castalia The route continues on to the Airways Transit Center via Ketchum and Airways
7 Shelby & Holmes Weekdays only:
  • Downtown (mornings only)
  • To/From American Way Transit Center (All other times)
8 Chelsea Chelsea/National
Chelsea/Highland		 Highland Branch serves the American Way Transit Center, replacing route 9.
11 Frayser Serves the Amazon Facility on New Allen Rd.
12 Mallory No Sunday/ Holiday Service. Serves the Airways Transit Center, replacing route 4 Walker/Alcy.
13 Lauderdale Lauderdale/Prospect serves the Majorie/Alice portion of route 4 Walker/Alcy
16 Southeast Circulator Replaces routes 22 and 26.
19 Vollintine Vollintine/Summer
Vollintine/Wolfchase		 No Sunday/Holiday Service. The Wolfchase branch replaces route 44
28 Airport Replaces routes 28, 64, 99, and 280. The route ends at Memphis Int'l Airport on Sundays
30 Brooks Brooks/Peebles
Brooks/Amer Way
Brooks/Holmes
Brooks/Shelby		 Serves the Airways TC and American Way TC. New routing partially replaces route 26. New routing extends to Winchester/Riverdale
32 Hollywood Hollywood/Hawkins Mill
Hollywood/Airways		 Serves the Airways Transit Center. Hawkins Mill branch replaces route 18.
34 Central & Walnut Grove No Sunday/Holiday Service. Replaces route 5 on Central Ave. Serves Baptist Hospital
36 Lamar Lamar/Hacks Cross 36A branch serves Kimball Ave, replacing route 56. 36B branch serves Knight Arnold
37 Perkins Perkins/Raleigh
Perkins/Amer Way		 No Sunday Service. Serves American Way Transit Center
39 South Third South Third/Horn Lake
South Third/ Weaver		 The Horn Lake branch replaces the southern portion of route 12.
40 Stage All trips end at Berryhill
42 Crosstown Crosstown/E.Presley
Crosstown/Watkins
50 Poplar Poplar/Germantown
52 Jackson Jackson/Raleigh
53 Summer Summer/Shelby Oaks
57 Park Park/St. Francis New routing replaces route 17 on McLemore and Route 35 on South Parkway between Bellevue and Lamar
69 Winchester Winchester/Mitchell
Winchester/Amer Way		 No Sunday/ Holiday service. New routing extends through the Boxtown and Westwood neighborhoods

Former routes
Route

number

 Route name Branch(es) Years of

operation

 Replaced by Notes
6 Northaven -2021 Ready! service
9 Highland -2020 8 Chelsea/Highland
17 Mclemore -2016 57 Park
18 Hawkins Mill -2020 32 Hollywood/Hawkins Mill
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 -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
56 Lamar/Amer Way -2020 1 Union and 36 Lamar
82 Germantown Germantown/Exeter

Germantown/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 -2019 40 Stage
500 Groove Shuttle 2018-2020 Groove On-Demand service Commuter shuttle running between Mud Island and the Medical District operated by MATA and the Memphis Medical District Collaborative.

Groove Shuttle ran its last service on 31 December 2020.[1] Six terminations in November 2021.[2][3][4]

Fleet

Active
NumbersBuilderModelDelivered
Notes
401-420Gillig CorporationAdvantage Low Floor201040 ft version
421-460Gillig CorporationAdvantage Low Floor201140 ft version
3001-3022Gillig CorporationAdvantage Low Floor201129 ft version; no exit doors. Mostly used on MATAPlus service.
4001-4015Gillig CorporationAdvantage Low Floor201240 ft version; Hybrid/Electric
5001-5005Gillig CorporationAdvantage Low Floor201235 ft version; Hybrid/Electric
4016-4025Gillig CorporationAdvantage Low Floor201340 ft version; Hybrid/Electric
4026-4040Gillig CorporationAdvantage Low Floor201440 ft version; Hybrid/Electric
21701-21715Gillig CorporationAdvantage Low Floor201740 ft version; first fleet to use 5 numbers, corresponding to the year it entered service (2[0]17xx)
21801-21818Gillig CorporationAdvantage Low Floor201840 ft version; plain white scheme and frameless windows. New all white livery with green MATA logo.

Retired
NumbersBuilderModelDeliveredWithdrawn
Notes
Pre-MATA (Memphis Transit Authority of the City of Memphis)
800-840[5]GMCTDH-5301196119796 units left after MATA took over operations; Air conditioned fleet; 800 was a demo.[6] 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.[7]
841-850GMCTDH-530119621986Originally numbered 42–51; Air conditioned fleet.
700-715Flxible"New Look"1962 (700 only), 19641977Built in Alabama; All were sold to Southern California Rapid Transit District in 1977; Air conditioned fleet. Bus 700 was a demo.[8]
851-878GMCTDH-530319631987Air conditioned fleet
879-914GMCTDH-530319641988Air conditioned fleet
915-989[9]GMCTDH-530319651990Air conditioned fleet
101-114GMCTDH-530319661992Air conditioned fleet
401-412GMCTDH-451919661991Air conditioned fleet, 35 ft buses; several units were repainted as the "Hustle Bus"
115-124GMCTDH-530319671992Air conditioned fleet
125-144GMCT6H-5305A19681993Air conditioned fleet; 40 ft buses
413-439GMCT6H-4521A19681993Air conditioned fleet; 35 ft buses
440-499GMCT6H-4521A19681993Air conditioned fleet; 35 ft buses
Post-MATA (1975 to present)
200-243AM General9640-81978199496in buses. Refurbished in 1984 to include air conditioning units and had rear windows removed
244-251AM General9640-81978199496in buses. Refurbished in 1984 to include air conditioning units and had rear windows removed
301-329GMCRTS-II19802000Refurbished in 1986 to add new vertically opening windows and new air conditioning units.
501-509MANSG-3101983200360 ft articulated buses
601-682GMCRTS-0419852005
683-694GMCRTS-0419862006
510-519MANSG-31019872000
701-724TMCRTS-0619882008
50-54Chance MotorcoachVS-2920032010Replica trolleybuses
725-740Nova BusRTS-0819942011
55-56Chance MotorcoachVS-2919912011
57-59Chance MotorcoachVS-2919922011
800-838Nova BusLFS-4010219982013
839-888Nova BusLFS-4010220002014
889-939Nova BusLFS-4010220022016
501-507Neoplan USAAN4602004201760 ft articulated buses

See also

References
  1. "Groove Shuttle Service Ending Soon" (PDF). matatransit.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  2. "MATA riders fight to keep company from cutting bus routes across Memphis". FOX13 News Memphis. 2021-11-02. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  3. "MATA considering route cuts to four communities this fall". Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  4. "Summary of the Fall 2021 Service Redesign" (PDF). matatransit.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  5. Retired MATA 821 being used as a shuttle in Washington, D.C. in 1978
  6. GMC TDH-5301 List from OMOT
  7. from NE Buses
  8. Flxible New Look list from OMOT
  9. MATA 968 in Downtown Memphis in June 1978
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