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.[2] The bus lines complement the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's crosstown routes through the city.[1]
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| Parent | City of Gardena |
|---|---|
| Founded | January 15, 1940 (as Gardena Municipal Bus Lines)[1] |
| Headquarters | 1700 West 162nd Street, Gardena, California |
| Locale | Gardena, California |
| Service type | bus service, paratransit |
| Routes | 5 |
| Website | ridegtrans |
Fixed-route service
As of July 2016, GTrans operates 3 daily routes and 2 weekday routes. [3]
| Line | Direction | Terminals | via | Days of Operation [lower-alpha 1] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westbound / Northbound | Eastbound / Southbound | ||||
1x |
North-South | Downtown LA 1st Street and Main Street |
Redondo Beach Station Metro Green Station | In Downtown LA: Main Street Express Portion: Harbor Freeway [lower-alpha 2] In Gardena: Vermont Avenue, Gardena Boulevard, Marine Avenue |
Weekdays |
| Harbor Freeway Station | Weekends | ||||
2 |
Clockwise / Counterclockwise | Harbor City Normandie Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway |
Western Avenue, Normandie Avenue, Vermont Avenue [lower-alpha 3] | Daily | |
3 |
West-East | South Bay Galleria Kingsdale Avenue and Artesia Boulevard |
Compton Station / Martin Luther King Jr. Transit Center | Alondra Boulevard, Gardena Boulevard, RedondoBeachi Boulevard | Daily |
| Bishop Montgomery High School | Gardena 163rd Street and Vermont Avenue |
School days [lower-alpha 4] | |||
4 |
West-East | Lawndale 147th Street and Hawthorne Boulevard |
Harbor Gateway Transit Center | Marine Avenue, Van Ness Avenue, 135th Street, Normandie Avenue | Weekdays [lower-alpha 5] |
5 |
West-East | Aviation Station | Willowbrook Station | El Segundo Boulevard | Weekdays |
Notes
- 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.
- Line 1x also serves the Harbor Freeway Station on the freeway level.
- Line 2 also serves the Harbor Gateway Transit Center.
- Line 3 Weekday Trippers operates two westbound morning peak and two eastbound afternoon peak routes on school days only.
- GTrans suspended Line 4 operation 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.
References
- About Us, GTrans, retrieved 22 July 2015
- jack (2015-02-04). "Gardena Municipal Bus Lines Changes Name to GTrans and Debuts New Electric Bus". SUSTAINABLE RACE. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
- Routes & Schedules, GTrans, retrieved July 22, 2015
External links
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