Santa Cruz Valley Bus List

Santa Cruz Metro

Active Fleet

Old buses

• 18 1998 New Flyer D35LF buses in the 9800 series
• Three units remain

• 12 1998 New Flyer D40LF buses starting at 9819
• Bus 9824 is still running

• 15 2003 New Flyer D35LF buses in the 2210 series
• Seven units remain
• Converted to CNG in about 2005

• 2 2006 New Flyer C40LF buses in the 2600 series

• 13 2008 New Flyer C40LF buses in the 2800 series
• The first 5 units were suburban configuration without a rear door

• 5 2010 New Flyer C40LFR buses in the 1000 series
• Suburban configuration without a rear door

• 11 2012 New Flyer C40LFR buses in the 1200 series

• 6 2013 New Flyer XN35 buses in the 1300 series
• Uses a front and rear Hanover full color display

Acquired buses

• 4 2002 New Flyer D60LF buses in the 2300 series
• Bus 2318 is still running
• Ex-VTA units of the same numbers, bought in 2018.
• Replaced by 11000 series buses in 2024-25

• 13 2007-08 New Flyer C40LFR buses in the 5500 and 7500 series
• Ex-OCTA units of the same numbers, bought in 2024.
• Very rarely seen in service in Orange County, replaced by 2100 and 2200 series
• Known units: 5503, 5529-5531, 5535, 5541, 5544, 5550, 5553, 5566, 7503, 7511, 7519

• 10 2013 New Flyer XN60 buses in the 11000 series
• Ex-San Diego MTS units of the same numbers with a 0 placed in the middle, bought in 2023.
• This series used in the hometown were retired between late 2023 and early 2025
• Known units: 11012, 11016, 11018-11019, 11022-11023, 11025-11028

• 10 2014 Gillig BRT HEV 40' buses in the 4200 series
• Ex-VTA units of the same numbers, bought in 2018.
• The last 10 units used for VTA were still in service
• Suburban configuration without a rear door. The first unit received ORAT wrap.

• 3 2016 New Flyer XN40 buses in the 1610 series
• Ex-Paul Revere Transportation units of the same numbers, bought in 2018.
• The first 9 units used for this agency in Boston were still in service

Original buses

• 9 2019-21 Gillig BRT Plus CNG 40' buses
• 5 2019 buses in the 1900 series in ORAT wrap
• Bus 2001 as a 2020 bus
• 3 2021 buses in the xx21 series starting at 0421
• 7 2021-22 Gillig BRT Plus CNG 40' buses
• 3 2021 buses in the xx21 series
• 4 2022 buses in the xx22 series

Electric buses

• 4 2021 Proterra ZX5 40' buses in the xx20 series
• 5 2023 Gillig Low Floor Plus EV 40' buses in the xx23 series
• The first bus is a regular unit, while the other four were used in suburban configuration
• 44 2024 New Flyer XHE40 buses in the xx24 series
• These buses have not entered service yet

Retired Fleet

This table only shows buses retired after 2021

San Benito County Express

Several cutaway buses were used on routes between Gilroy and San Benito County.

Monterey-Salinas Transit

Most of the buses in this county were operated by Gillig Low Floor buses along with several trolleys, 2 BYD K7Ms, and 6 MCI D4500CTs.

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.

Santa Cruz Metro

Monterey County

Gallery

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

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