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 ridership4,600 (weekdays, Q3 2024) [1]
Annual ridership998,000 (2023) [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 2023, the system had a ridership of 998,000, or about 4,600 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.

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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

RouteTerminalsViaNotes
1 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 Norwalk
Norwalk Town Square
Pioneer Bl, Studebaker Rd
3 Santa Fe Springs
Telegraph Rd & Carmenita Rd
Norwalk
Norwalk Bl & 166th St
Telegraph Rd, Norwalk Bl
4Norwalk
Norwalk C Line Station
La Habra
Imperial Hwy & Idaho St
Imperial Hwy
5Norwalk
Norwalk C Line Station
La Mirada
Adelfa Dr & Santa Gertrudes Av
Rosecrans Av
7Norwalk
Norwalk C Line Station
El Monte
El Monte Station
Santa Fe Springs Rd, Peck Rd

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