Kern County Bus List

Golden Empire Transit

Active Fleet

Year	Fleet numbers	Model	Notes
2012	1035-1046	New Flyer C40LFR	Reserve
2013	1047-1061	New Flyer XN40	Active
2016, 2020	900-902	MCI D4500CT CNG
2018	1062-1085	New Flyer XN40
2021	2101-2121	Gillig Low Floor CNG 40'
2021-2022, 2024	H2101-H2105, H2201-H2205, H2401-H2404	New Flyer XHE40	H2105 caught fire in 2022 and retired

Kern Transit

Most of the buses use either ElDorado National Axess BRT 35' or 40' in diesel or CNG, some Ford and Freightliner buses with or without CNG, and some BYD buses.

Buses to Look Out for

This section was updated on Monday, March 30, 2026. Active and inactive buses were retrieved from Pantograph and Transsee.
Fleet information was provided by Wikipedia and CPTDB. SBMTD retired its last 2004 29' buses on March 2, 2026, with bus 708 making its last run on routes 5 and 14.

Kern County

Endangered GET 2012 buses (8/12): 1037, 1039-1045, ~~1046~~

San Luis Obispo County

Santa Barbara County

Endangered ex-SamTrans buses (2003) (6/17): 437-438, 440-442, 444, ~~436, 448, 450~~
2006 29' diesel buses (3/3)
2007 40' hybrid buses (6/8): 900-905, ~~906~~
2009 29' hybrid buses (3/3)
2011 40' hybrid buses (7/7)
2011 40' diesel buses (7/7)
Critically endangered 1000 series (2014) (1/3): 1002, ~~1001~~

Electric buses

30 series (2017) (8/14): 32-34, 37-39, 41-42, ~~35, 40, 43~~
Data deficient 2022 buses (?/9)

Gallery

VTA 2017 at Milpitas station on October 21

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

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