Norwalk Transit (California)

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Parent City of Norwalk
Headquarters12650 East Imperial Highway
Locale Norwalk, California
Service type bus service, paratransit
Routes6
Daily ridership4,000 (weekdays, Q3 2023) [1]
Annual ridership851,800 (2022) [2]
Website norwalk.org/norwalktransit

Norwalk Transit is a municipal transit company providing fixed-route and paratransit bus transit services in Norwalk, California, United States, and also operates in portions of Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, La Habra, La Mirada, Santa Fe Springs and Whittier in southeast Los Angeles County and northwestern Orange County. In 2022, the system had a ridership of 851,800, or about 4,000 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2023.

Contents

Norwalk Transit receives its operating revenue from farebox receipts and state tax revenue distributed by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

History

Norwalk Transit began operation in 1974, a project led by Mayor John Zimmerman Jr. [3] [4]

In 2005, Norwalk Transit began operating Whittier Transit service under contract. [5] The two routes were combined into Norwalk Transit route 7 in 2007, which was discontinued on 19 September 2011 during a series of cuts to Norwalk Transit. As of 27 June 2016 Route 7 returned in operation. [6] [7]

Routes

Norwalk Transit operates a connector shuttle bus service between the Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs Transportation Center and the Norwalk Station on the Metro C Line.

Presently, Metrolink (commuter rail service between Orange County and Los Angeles) provides weekday train service to the Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs Transportation Center. The rail feeder service implemented by Norwalk Transit provides direct interconnectivity between rail stations (Metrolink – commuter rail and Metro C Line light rail).

Norwalk Transit's paratransit dial-a-ride service operates within the jurisdictional boundary of the City of Norwalk.

Local Routes [8]

RouteTerminalsViaNotes
1

[9]

Whittier

Rio Hondo College

Bellflower

Woodruff Av & Rosecrans Av

Norwalk Bl
  • Serves Cerritos College
  • In Bellflower, Southbound provides a long turnaround loop via Woodruff, Flower, Clark, & Rosecrans to Woodruff Av & Rosecrans Av
  • Northbound only run via Woodruff Av to Alondra Bl
2

[10]

Norwalk

Norwalk Town Square

Pioneer Bl, Studebaker Rd
3

[11]

Santa Fe Springs

Telegraph Rd & Carmenita Rd

Norwalk

Norwalk Bl & 166th St

Telegraph Rd, Norwalk Bl
4

[12]

Norwalk

Norwalk C Line Station

La Habra

Imperial Hwy & Idaho St

Imperial Hwy
5

[13]

Norwalk

Norwalk C Line Station

La Mirada

Adelfa Dr & Santa Gertrudes Av

Rosecrans Av
7

[14]

Norwalk

Norwalk C Line Station

El Monte

El Monte Station

Santa Fe Springs Rd, Peck Rd

Bus fleet

Active fleet

Norwalk Transit uses 35/40-foot long buses for its scheduled routes, and 20 foot paratransit vehicles for its dial-a-ride service. The standard fleet is composed mainly of Gillig and New Flyer vehicles.

Make/ModelFleet NumbersThumbnailYearEngineTransmissionNotes
New Flyer GE40LFR 7086-70912009Ford Triton V10 6.8LISE ThunderVolt TB40-HG
New Flyer GE35LFR 7092-70942010Ford Triton V10 6.8LISE ThunderVolt TB40-HG
Gillig BRT CNG 40' 7120-71222012-2013Cummins Westport ISL GAllison B400R
Gillig BRT CNG 40' 7123-71332013Cummins Westport ISL GAllison B400R
Gillig BRT CNG 40' 7134-71372016Cummins Westport ISL GAllison B400R
Gillig BRT CNG 40' 7138-71392018Cummins Westport L9NAllison B400R
Gillig BRT CNG 40' 71402019Cummins Westport L9NAllison B400R
Gillig Low Floor EV 40' 7141-7144
Norwalk Transit 7143.jpg
2021
Gillig BRT CNG 40' 7145-71482021Cummins Westport L9NAllison B400R

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