Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Bus List

There is only one transit agency for the entire Silicon Valley. Free shuttles serving Mountain View and Palo Alto do not count.

Active Fleet

Year	Fleet numbers	Model	Notes
2000-2001	1001-1052	Gillig Low Floor 40'	Critically endangered Only 3 units remain
2001-2002	2011-2071, 2201-2256	Gillig Low Floor 40'	Critically endangered Endangered 20 units remain, of which five were in the 2000 series
2010-2011	0130-0199	Gillig Low Floor HEV 40'	Active First hybrid buses for VTA with Allison hybrid transmission and plug doors. Some units were used on route 60 airport route.
2012	0201-0220	Gillig Low Floor HEV 40'	Active Express buses with suburban configuration and one door. These buses were usually operated on local and rapid routes.
2014	4101-4138	Gillig BRT HEV 29'	Active Single door units, Allison hybrid system
2014	4201-4220	Gillig Low Floor HEV 40'	Active Express buses with suburban configuration and one door. Buses 4201-4210 were sold to Santa Cruz Metro.
2014	4301-4329	New Flyer XDE60	Active Mostly used for route 522
2014	4401-4415	Gillig Low Floor HEV 40'	Uses BAE hybrid system
2016	6201-6210	Gillig Low Floor HEV 40'	Express buses with suburban configuration and one door. They have a different livery.
2016-2017	6401-6434	Gillig Low Floor HEV 40'	These units have an extended cap
2017-2018	7401-7456	Gillig Low Floor Plus HEV 40'
2018	8301-8347	New Flyer XDE60	Usually ran on routes 22, 55, and 523
2017, 2019	7501-7505, 9501-9505	Proterra Catalyst BE40	Inactive All electric buses were inactive because bus 9505 caught fire in 2023
2023-2024	3401-3492	Gillig Low Floor Plus HEV 40'	Uses an Allison eGen Flex hybrid system

Retired Fleet

This table only shows buses retired after 2021

Year	Fleet numbers	Model	Notes
2002	2101-2123	Gillig Low Floor 35'	Retired on December 4, 2024 and were replaced by the 3400 series buses

Buses to Look Out for

This section was updated on Thursday, July 3, 2025. The next update will be in July 10, 2025.

The 1000, 2000, 2100, and 2200 series buses will be replaced by the new Gillig Low Floor Plus HEV 40' with Allison eGen Flex hybrid system as 3401-3492. All 92 new buses were delivered and entered service. Out of 192 old buses, 23 were still in service.

Critically endangered1000 series (2001) (3/52): 1007, 1009, 1010 Expected to retire in late 2025
These buses are the last remaining pre-2001 Gillig Low Floor buses in the fleet.

Bus 1029 at Cesar Chavez Park in San Jose

VTA 1029 at San Jose Cesar Chavez Park
on December 16, 2023

Critically endangered2000 series (2001) (5/61): 2012, 2031, 2048, 2062, 2070, ~~2018, 2038, 2042, 2047, 2050, 2055, 2057-2058, 2060, 2063, 2069~~ Expected to retire in late 2025

VTA 2017 at Milpitas station on October 21

VTA 2017 (2001 Gillig Low Floor)
on October 21, 2023

Endangered 2200 series (2002) (15/56): 2215, 2221, 2224, 2226, 2229, 2232, 2234-2235, 2240, 2242-2243, 2247-2250, ~~2225, 2231, 2245~~

Gallery

VTA 0185 at Palo Alto station serving as route 22, a rare occurrence

VTA 0185 (2010 Gillig Low Floor HEV)
also used on the 4400 series