Sacramento Bus List

Sacramento and Yolo Counties

Sacramento RT

Old buses

• 5 2006 Orion VII CNG 07.501 buses in the 2600 series
• Three units remain

• 91 2008 Orion VII NG CNG 07.501 buses in the 2800 series
• 30 buses were refurbished in 2022-23

Original buses

• 96 2014-16 Gillig BRT Plus CNG 40' buses in the 1500 series
• First 30 buses were made in 2014-15
• Remaining 66 buses were made in 2016
• 71 2022-23 Gillig BRT Plus CNG 40' buses in the 2200 series
• First 30 buses were made in 2022
• Remaining 41 buses were made in 2023

Electric buses

• 6 2019 Proterra Catalyst BE40 buses in the 1910 series
• All of them were inactive since early 2025
• 3 2021 Gillig Low Floor Plus EV 40' buses in the 2100 series
• Used in route 142 to Sacramento International Airport

Retired Fleet

This table only shows buses retired after 2021

Yolobus

Serves Yolo County including a loop route between these cities and Sacramento and the airport. Four of eight 2002 Orion VIIs were still active, making it the Last remaining original Orion VIIs in California. The 13 Orion VII NG CNG buses were piggybacked from SACRT and were still active. Otherwise, the remaining buses were 6 MCI D4500CTs, 6 Proterra Catalyst BE40 units, and 28 Gillig Low Floor CNG buses between 2016 and 2025.

e-tran

SacRT assumes operations in Elk Grove routes, including peak service to Sacramento. The entire fleet was based on 14 New Flyer C40LFR and 24 XN40s.

Folsom Stage Line

SacRT assumes operations in Folsom routes. There were 5 ElDorado National E-Z Rider II BRT CNG buses operating in this area.

South County Transit

Although most buses were Fords in Galt, the three MCI D4500CT buses were used for weekdays to Sacramento.

North of Sacramento

Yuba Sutter Transit

Local buses use diesel Gillig Low Floor 35' and rural buses use Ford or Chevrolet buses. Commuter services to Sacramento from Yuba or Sutter County use MCI D4500CT units.

Placer County and Sierra Nevada

Placer County Transit

Buses were either Ford, Gillig Low Floor CNG 35', or MCI buses. Some were served to downtown Sacramento, while Route 10 goes to Watt/I-80 station.

Roseville Transit

Most buses use diesel Gillig Low Floor 35' as well as commuter Gillig BRT 40' from 2009 and PhoenixEV ZX5 40' for mix.

El Dorado Transit

Commuter buses from Sacramento to Placerville use MCI D4500CT buses while local buses use diesel Gillig Low Floor 35'.

Nevada County Connects

Most buses were ElDorado National Aero Elite models, with only two electric Gillig Low Floor 35' buses.

Tahoe Transportation District

These buses travel from South Lake Tahoe to cities in Nevada like Carson City and Incline Village. They use Gillig, Proterra, Blue Bird, and NABI buses.

Tahoe Truckee Area Regional Transit

Most buses were Gillig Low Floor buses in North Lake Tahoe, mostly running CNG. In Truckee area, there were Ford buses.

Buses to Look Out for

Santa Cruz Metro has a lot of buses purchased secondhand from other transit agencies. For example, four 2300 series buses were replaced by the 110xx series while the xx23 series buses replaced the 2800 series buses operating on Highway 17 Express. The 110xx series were New Flyer XN60 buses bought from San Diego MTS. Santa Cruz Metro permanently wraps these buses in ORAT livery and added the 0 in the middle, which were 11012, 11018-11019, 11022-11023, and 11025-11028.

There were speculations and images of buses bought secondhand by SCMTD. Several ex-OCTA New Flyer C40LFR units were discovered and retained the numbers. It was used to replace the 9800 and 2200 series, while the 15 ex-RTA 31300 series buses will replace the 2600 and 2800 series.

Sacramento

Electric buses

Gallery

Santa Cruz Metro 2318 at transit center

Santa Cruz Metro 9824

Santa Cruz Metro 1612