San Diego MTS bus system

The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) operates 97 bus routes in San Diego and the rest of the southern half of San Diego County, as of April 2020.[1][2]

CNG Powered MTS bus in Downtown San Diego
An Electric MTS Bus

There are 85 "MTS Bus" fixed-route services, nine "Rapid" bus rapid transit routes, and the "MTS Access" paratransit service.

Routes are operated by private contractors and by the San Diego Transit Corporation (SDTC), a subsidiary of the MTS. The SDTC operates 27 routes based out of Downtown San Diego (Imperial Avenue Division), Transdev operates 52 routes based out of Chula Vista (South Bay Division) and El Cajon (East County Division),[18] while First Transit operates the "MTS Access" paratransit service and 21 fixed-route services that are operated with mini-buses based out of Kearny Mesa (Copley Park Division).[19] All buses and division facilities, even those used by contractors, are owned by the MTS.

MTS serves San Diego proper and the surrounding East County and South Bay regions,[3] while the North County area is served by the North County Transit District's BREEZE bus system.[4]

Routes

The following tables list the bus routes operated by MTS in San Diego County, as of March 2023.[2]

Route Service type Destinations Via
1 Local Fashion Valley Transit Center – Downtown La Mesa El Cajon Boulevard
2 Local Downtown – North Park Golden Hill / 30th Street
3 Local Euclid Transit Center – UCSD Medical Center / Hillcrest Ocean View Boulevard / Downtown
4 Local Lomita Village – 12th & Imperial Transit Center Imperial Avenue
5 Local Euclid Transit Center – Downtown Market Street
6 Local Fashion Valley Transit Center – North Park Mission Valley
7 Local Downtown – University & College University Avenue
8 Local Old Town Transit Center – Pacific Beach Mission Beach
9/9A Local Old Town Transit Center – Pacific Beach Ingraham Street (9/9A) & Sea World (9)
10 Local Old Town Transit Center – University & College (Limited Stops) University Avenue
11 Local SDSU Transit Center – Downtown Adams Avenue / First Avenue
12 Local City College station – Skyline Hills National Avenue / Skyline Drive
13 Local 24th Street Transit Center – Kaiser Hospital Euclid Transit Center / Grantville station
14 Local Grantville station – Lake Murray Boulevard Kaiser Hospital / SDSU
18 Local Grantville station – Camino Del Rio Loop
20 Express Downtown – Rancho Bernardo Transit Station Fashion Valley
25 Local Fashion Valley Transit Center – Kearny Mesa Tierrasanta / Stonecrest
27 Local Pacific Beach – Kearny Mesa Balboa Avenue
28 Local Old Town Transit Center – Shelter Island Rosecrans Street
30 Local Old Town Transit Center – UTC Transit Center / VA Medical Center Pacific Beach / La Jolla / UC San Diego
31 Local UTC Transit Center – Mira Mesa Miramar Road
35 Local Ocean Beach – Old Town Transit Center Midway Drive / Cable Street
41 Local Fashion Valley Transit Center – UCSD / VA Medical Center Genesee Avenue
43 Local Balboa Avenue Transit Center - Kearney Mesa Transit Center Clairemont Mesa Boulevard
44 Local Clairemont – Old Town Transit Center Linda Vista / Mesa College
60 Express Euclid Transit Center – UTC Transit Center Interstate 15 / Mid City / Kearny Mesa
83 Local Old Town Transit Center – Downtown Reynard Way / Mission Hills
84 Local Shelter Island – Sub Base or Cabrillo Monument Rosencrans Street (Sub Base) or Catalina Boulevard (Cabrillo Monument)
88 Local Old Town Transit Center – Fashion Valley Transit Center Hotel Circle
105 Local Old Town Transit Center – UTC Transit Center Morena Boulevard / Clairemont Drive
110 Express Downtown – Mira Mesa Interstate 15 / Route 163
115 Local SDSU Transit Center – El Cajon Transit Center Del Cerro / Grossmont College
120 Local Downtown – Kearny Mesa Transit Center (Limited Stops) Hillcrest / Fashion Valley / Linda Vista
201/202 Rapid (SuperLoop) UTC Transit Center – UC San Diego UC San Diego Medical Center / Nobel Drive
204 Rapid (SuperLoop) UTC East Loop Executive Drive / Judicial Drive / Nobel Drive
215 Rapid SDSU Transit Center – Downtown El Cajon Boulevard
225 Rapid Otay Mesa Transit Center – Downtown Eastlake and Otay Ranch
235 Rapid Escondido Transit Center – Downtown Interstate 15
237 Rapid Mira Mesa – UC San Diego Mira Mesa Boulevard
280 Rapid Express Escondido/Del Lago – Downtown
290 Rapid Express Rancho Bernardo/Sabre Springs – Downtown
701 Local H Street Transit Center – Palomar Street Transit Center Main Street / Hilltop Drive / F Street
704 Local E Street Transit Center – Palomar Street Transit Center Naples Street / Sharp Medical Center / Orange Avenue
705 Local E Street Transit Center – Southwestern College Plaza Bonita / Otay Lakes Road
707 Local Southwestern College – Otay Ranch Town Center East H Street / Eastlake Parkway
709 Local H Street Transit Center – Southwestern College / Otay Ranch / Eastlake HS / Eastlake East H Street
712 Local Palomar Street Transit Center – Southwestern College Palomar Street
815 Local El Cajon Transit Center – East Main & Madison East Main / Civic Center
816 Local El Cajon Transit Center – Cuyamaca College Washington Avenue / Jamacha Road
832 Local Santee Town Center – North Santee Loop Cuyamaca Street / Woodglen Vista Drive / Magnolia Avenue
833 Local El Cajon Transit Center – Santee Town Center Parkway Plaza / Graves Avenue / DMV
834 Local Santee Town Center – West Santee Mission Gorge Road
838 Local East County Square – Viejas Alpine
848 Local El Cajon Transit Center – Lakeside Broadway / Winter Gardens Boulevard
851 Local Spring Street station – Spring Valley Bancroft Drive / Sweetwater Road
852 Local University Avenue / 54th Street – Grossmont Transit Center University Avenue
854 Local Grossmont Transit Center – Grossmont College Lake Murray Boulevard (854) or Route 125 (854X)
855 Local Spring Street station – Rancho San Diego Campo Road
856 Local SDSU Transit Center – Rancho SD / Cuyamaca College College Grove / Spring Valley
864 Local El Cajon Transit Center – East County Square Madison Avenue
872 Local El Cajon Transit Center Shuttle Loop Chase Avenue / Magnolia Avenue
874/875 Local El Cajon Transit Center – East El Cajon Loop Washington Avenue / Parkway Plaza / Broadway
888 Rural El Cajon – Jacumba Hot Springs Alpine / Pine Valley / Campo
891 Rural El Cajon Transit Center – Borrego Springs Ramona / Julian / Shelter Valley
892 Rural El Cajon Transit Center – Borrego Springs Ramona / Lake Henshaw / Ranchita
894 Rural El Cajon – Morena Village Tecate / Campo
901 Local Iris Transit Center – Downtown Imperial Beach / Coronado
904 Local Coronado City Hall – Ferry Landing Hotel del Coronado
905 Local Otay Mesa – Iris Transit Center Route 905 / Otay Mesa Road
906/907 Local Iris Transit Center – San Ysidro Transit Center Beyer Boulevard / San Ysidro Boulevard / Calle Primera
909 Local Otay Mesa – Southwestern College Otay Mesa
916/917 Local Euclid Transit Center – College Grove Loop Streamview Drive / Massachusetts Avenue
921/921A Local UCSD Gilman Transit Center (921A) or UTC Transit Center (921) – Miramar College Transit Station Mira Mesa Boulevard
923 Local Ocean Beach – Downtown Voltaire Street / Harbor Drive
928 Local Fashion Valley Transit Center – Kearny Mesa Transit Center Serra Mesa / Stonecrest
929 Local 12th & Imperial Transit Center – Iris Transit Center Highland Avenue / 3rd Avenue
932 Local 8th Street Transit Center – Iris Transit Center National City Boulevard / Broadway
933/934 Local Iris Transit Center – Seacoast Loop Imperial Beach Boulevard or Palm Avenue
936 Local SDSU Transit Center – Spring Valley College Grove / Skyline Drive
944 Local Sabre Springs – Poway Poway Road
945/945A Local Rancho Bernardo – Old Poway Park Pomerado Road / Poway Road (945) / Poway Loop (945A)
950 Express Otay Mesa – Iris Transit Center Route 905
955 Local 8th Street Transit Center – SDSU Transit Center 43rd Street / Euclid Transit Center / 54th Street
961 Local 24th Street Transit Center – Encanto/62nd Street station 30th Street / Plaza Bonita / Woodman Street
962 Local 8th Street Transit Center – Spring Valley Plaza Boulevard / Paradise Valley Road
963 Local 8th Street Transit Center – Paradise Hills Plaza Boulevard / Reo Drive
964 Local Camino Ruiz & Capricorn Way – Alliant International University Miramar College Transit Station
965 Local City Heights Circulator Interstate 15 / University / Azalea Park / Home Avenue
967 Local 24th Street Transit Center – Division & Ava D Avenue / Division Street
968 Local 8th Street Transit Center – Plaza Bonita 4th Street / Euclid Avenue
972 COASTER Connection Sorrento Valley station – Sorrento Mesa Loop
973 COASTER Connection Sorrento Valley station – Carroll Canyon Loop
978 COASTER Connection Sorrento Valley station – Torrey Pines Loop
979 COASTER Connection Sorrento Valley station – Genesse Avenue & La Jolla Village Drive (north/south routes)
985 Local UC San Diego - N.Torrey Pines Loop Torrey Pines Road
992 Local Downtown – Airport Cruise Ship Terminal / Harbor Drive

Fleet
Length Make/Model Picture Year Propulsion Numbers
(quantity ordered)		 Divisions Notes
32 feet ElDorado National AeroElite 2014 Gasoline 3001-3006 Copley Park Used on Sorrento Valley Coaster Connection Routes, and occasionally on Route 83.
2016 Propane 3101-3131 Copley Park Entered service in late 2016, replaced the 3400-series cutaways.
40 feet Gillig Low Floor 2015 CNG 201-223 Kearny Mesa
2013 801-826 Imperial Avenue
2014 901-912 Kearny Mesa
2017 1401-1410 Kearny Mesa
2020-2021 1701-1738 Imperial Avenue/Kearny Mesa 1701-1722 are the 2020 models, 1723-1738 are the 2021 models. Entered service in early 2021, replaced the 300-series C40LF buses. First Gillig buses delivered to San Diego MTS with an updated roof design.
2015 2001-2014 South Bay
2017 2101-2136 South Bay
2022 2201-2238 South Bay These are the final batch of Gillig buses delivered to San Diego MTS. Entered service in late 2022, replaced the 2800-series C40LF buses. These Gillig buses have an updated roof design.
2013 2301-2324 South Bay/East County Six buses were transferred to East County in early 2022.
2014-2015 2401-2438 South Bay 2401-2418 are the 2014 models, 2419-2438 are the 2015 models.
2021 2601-2632 South Bay Entered service in late 2021, replaced the 2800-series C40LF buses. These Gillig buses have an updated roof design.
2018 2781-2787 South Bay
2021 2791-2795 South Bay These Gillig buses have an updated roof design.
2015 8201-8213 East County
2016 8301-8338 East County
2019 8351-8356 East County
Gillig Low Floor EV
2020 Battery Electric 1601-1602 Imperial Avenue
2021 1603-1607 Imperial Avenue These buses are painted red instead of green.
New Flyer C40LF 2008 CNG 301-350 Imperial Avenue/Kearny Mesa 339-350 were wrapped in the MTS Rapid livery in early 2018 to replace the GE35LFR buses. All buses are retired as of late 2022.
2009 2801-2873 South Bay All buses are retired as of early 2023.
2008-2009 7201-7205 South Bay All buses are retired as of summer 2021.
2009 7301-7302 South Bay Both buses are retired as of early 2022.
New Flyer C40LFR 2011 CNG 601-626 Imperial Avenue 622-626 were transferred to the South Bay Division, and re-numbered to 2923-2927 in early 2022.
2012 701-731 Imperial Avenue
2011-2012 2901-2927 South Bay 2923-2927 are the 2011 models, and were originally numbered 622-626. 2901-2922 are the 2012 models.
New Flyer Xcelsior CHARGE XE40 2019 Battery Electric 1501-1506 Imperial Avenue
45 feet MCI D4500CT CNG 2020 CNG 8531-8554 East County These buses are used for MTS Rapid Express Routes 280 and 290.
60 feet NABI 60-BRT 2008 CNG 1001-1026 Imperial Avenue These buses are retired as of summer 2021.
New Flyer Xcelsior XN60 2013 CNG 1101-1129 Kearny Mesa These buses are used for MTS Rapid Route 235. Some units were retrofitted with 3-slot bike racks.
2013 1201-1218 Imperial Avenue These buses are used for MTS Rapid Route 215.
2015 1301-1313 Kearny Mesa
2021 1801-1826 Imperial Avenue Entered service in early 2021, replacing the 1000-series NABI 60-BRT buses. Used on Routes 7, 10, 13 & occasionally on Rapid Route 215.
2017 7401-7410 South Bay
2017-2018 7501-7517 South Bay These buses are used for MTS Rapid Route 225.

References
  1. "About MTS". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  2. "Bus Routes". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  3. "San Diego Regional Transit Map" (PDF). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. September 2019. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  4. "North County Transit District System Map" (PDF). North County Transit District. October 8, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
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