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 ridership4,400 (weekdays, Q1 2025) [1]
Annual ridership1,219,300 (2024) [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 2024, the system had a ridership of 1,219,300, or about 4,400 per weekday as of the first quarter of 2025.

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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

Bus fleet

Active fleet

Fleet NumbersYearMake/ModelEngineTransmission
71202010 Gillig BRT CNG 40' Cummins Westport ISL GAllison B400R
7121-71222011
7123-71272012
7123-71272013
7128-71332014
7134-71372017Cummins Westport L9N
7138-71402018-2019
7141-71442021 Gillig Low Floor EV 40' Cummins BESBAE Systems HDS220
7145-71482021 Gillig BRT CNG 40' Cummins Westport L9NAllison B400R
7149-71502023 Gillig Low Floor EV 40' Cummins BESBAE Systems HDS220
7151-71522024

References

  1. ↑ "Transit Ridership Report First Quarter 2025" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. 15 May 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. 19 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Transportation Department / Norwalk Transit System (NTS)". City of Norwalk. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "1,000 Attend Rites for Civic Leader John Zimmerman". Los Angeles Times. 8 October 1992. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  5. ↑ Velasco, Justin (19 July 2006). "Bus rider survey prompts changes". Whittier Daily News. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  6. ↑ Sprague, Mike (18 July 2011). "Norwalk proposes cuts for Whittier bus lines". Whittier Daily News. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  7. ↑ Sprague, Mike (13 September 2011). "Whittier City Council opts not to pay to continue three Norwalk bus lines". Whittier Daily News. Retrieved 20 August 2014.


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