List of MATA Bus Routes
Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) operates 24 bus routes around Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. MATA also previously operated routes in West Memphis, Arkansas. The following tables partially detail MATA's current and former bus routes as well as its current and retired bus fleet.
Routes (as of August 2022)
| Route | Terminals | Major streets | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Union[1] | Hudson Transit Center | Walnut Grove Rd and Racine St | Union Ave, Poplar Ave, Walnut Grove Rd | The route serves the Binghampton portion of route 53. |
| 2 Madison[2] | University of Memphis | Madison Ave, Cooper St, Southern Ave | The U of M branch replaces route 35 on Southern. | |
| Knight Arnold Rd and Ridgeway Blvd | (Mount Moriah Service)
Madison Ave, Cooper St, Southern Ave, Mount Moriah Rd, Knight Arnold Rd |
No weekend service, replacing route 21. | ||
| 4 Walker[3] | Airways Transit Center | Vance Ave, Lauderdale St, South Pkwy | ||
| 7 Shelby & Holmes[4] | Airways Transit Center | Shelby Dr and Kirby Parkway | Getwell Rd, Shelby Dr, East Holmes Rd | Service from Watkins St and Hudson Transit Center weekday mornings only |
| 8 Chelsea & Highland[5] | Hudson Transit Center | Airways Transit Center | Chelsea Ave, National St, Highland St | Highland branch and National branch combined spring 2022, improving headway on Highland branch.[6] |
| 11 Frayser[7] | Yale Rd and Austin Peay Hwy | Thomas St, Frayser Blvd, Yale Rd | Serves the Amazon Facility on New Allen Rd. | |
| 12 Mallory[8] | Airways Transit Center | Florida St, South Pkwy, Mallory Ave | No Sunday/ Holiday Service. Serves the Airways Transit Center, replacing route 4 Walker/Alcy. | |
| 13 Lauderdale[9] | Alice Ave and Benton St | S Fourth St, Lauderdale St | serves the Majorie/Alice portion of route 4 Walker/Alcy | |
| 16 Southeast Circulator[10] | American Way Transit Center | Airways Transit Center | Mendenhall Rd, Perkins Rd, Winchester Rd | Replaces routes 22 and 26. |
| 19 Vollintine[11] | Hudson Transit Center | Summer Ave and Mendenhall Rd | Vollintine Ave, Hollywood St, Macon Rd | No Sunday/Holiday Service. The Wolfchase branch replaces route 44 |
| Wolfchase Galleria Mall | Vollintine Ave, Hollywood St, Macon Rd, Covington Pike, Raleigh LaGrange Rd, Germantown Pkwy | |||
| 28 Airport[12] | IRS | I-240, Nonconnah Blvd, Winchester Rd, Tchulahoma Rd | Replaces routes 28, 64, 99, and 280. The route ends at Memphis Int'l Airport on Sundays | |
| 30 Brooks[13] | Third St and Eastman St | Riverdale Bend and Winchester Rd | (Shelby Branch)
Brooks Rd, Democrat Rd, American Way, Getwell Rd, Swinnea Rd, Shelby Dr, Riverdale Rd |
Serves the Airways TC and American Way TC. New routing partially replaces route 26. New routing extends to Winchester/Riverdale |
| (Holmes Branch)
Brooks Rd, Democrat Rd, American Way, Getwell Rd, Arnold Rd, Tchulahoma Rd, Holmes Rd, Hickory Hill Rd, Kirby Pkwy | ||||
| 32 Hollywood & Hawkins Mill[14] | Airways Transit Center | Frayser Plaza | Airways Blvd, East Pkwy, N Hollywood St, Range Line Rd, N Watkins St | Serves the Airways Transit Center. Hawkins Mill branch replaces route 18. |
| 34 Central & Walnut Grove[15] | Hudson Transit Center | Humphreys Blvd and Walnut Grove Rd | Vance Ave, Lamar Ave, Central Ave, Highland St, Walnut Grove Rd, Humphreys Blvd | No Sunday/Holiday Service. Replaces route 5 on Central Ave. Serves Baptist Hospital |
| 36 Lamar[16] | Centennial Dr and Hacks Cross Rd | (Kimball Branch)
Vance Ave, Lamar Ave, Kimball Ave, Getwell Rd, American Way, Perkins Rd, Winchester Rd |
36A branch serves Kimball Ave, replacing route 56. 36B branch serves Knight Arnold | |
| (Knight Arnold Branch)
Vance Ave, Lamar Ave, Knight Arnold Rd, Getwell Rd, American Way, Perkins Rd, Winchester Rd | ||||
| 37 Perkins[17] | American Way Transit Center | Yale Rd and Austin Peay Hwy | Getwell Rd, New Willow Rd, Perkins Rd, Waring Rd, Covington Pike, Raleigh LaGrange Rd | No Sunday Service. Serves American Way Transit Center |
| 39 South Third[18] | Hudson Transit Center | Jonetta St and Holmes Rd | (Horn Lake branch)
Third St, Brooks Rd, Horn Lake Rd, Holmes Rd, Levi Rd |
The Horn Lake branch replaces the southern portion of route 12. |
| Holmes Rd and Third St | (Weaver and 3rd branch)
Third St, Weaver St, Holmes Rd | |||
| 40 Stage[19] | Fletcher Trace Pkwy and Stage Rd | N Second St, Thomas St, Stage Rd, James Rd, Berryhill Rd | All trips end at Berryhill | |
| 42 Crosstown[20] | Frayser Plaza | Holmes Rd and Hudgins Rd | Frayser Blvd, N Watkins St, Cleveland Ave, Bellevue Blvd, Elvis Presley Blvd, Shelby Dr, Airways Blvd, Holmes Rd | |
| 50 Poplar[21] | Hudson Transit Center | Exeter Rd and Poplar Ave | Poplar Ave, Central Ave, Farmington Blvd | |
| 52 Jackson[22] | Methodist Hospital North | Jackson Ave, Austin Peay Hwy | ||
| 53 Summer[23] | Southwest Tennessee Community College | North Pkwy, Summer Ave, Sycamore View Rd | ||
| 57 Park[24] | Primacy Pkwy and Ridgeway Rd | McLemore Ave, Park Ave, Ridgeway Rd | New routing replaces route 17 on McLemore and Route 35 on South Parkway between Bellevue and Lamar | |
| 69 Winchester[25] | American Way Transit Center | Levi Rd and Oakshire | Goodlett Rd, Winchester Rd, Millbranch Rd, Shelby Dr, Neely Rd, Raines Rd | No Sunday/ Holiday service. New routing extends through the Boxtown and Westwood neighborhoods |
Former routes
| Route
number |
Route name | Branch(es) | Years of
operation |
Replaced by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Northaven | -2021 | Ready! service | ||
| 9 | Highland | -2020 | 8 Chelsea/Highland | ||
| 17 | Mclemore | -2016 | 57 Park | ||
| 18 | Hawkins Mill | -2020 | 32 Hollywood/Hawkins Mill | ||
| 21 | Mt. Moriah | -2021 | 2 Madison/Mt. Moriah | ||
| 22 | Raines | -2021 | 16 Southeast Circulator | ||
| 26 | Hickory Hill | -2021 | 16 Southeast Circulator and 30 Brooks | ||
| 31 | Firestone | -2021 | Groove On-Demand service | ||
| 35 | South Pkwy | -2020 | 2 Madison/U of M and 57 Park | ||
| 38 | Boxtown | -2021 | Ready! service | ||
| 43 | Elvis Presley | -2016 | 42 Crosstown | ||
| 44 | Goodlett Farms/IKEA | -2020 | 19 Vollintine/Wolfchase | ||
| 56 | Lamar/Amer Way | -2020 | 1 Union and 36 Lamar | ||
| 82 | Germantown | Germantown/Exeter
Germantown/Wolfchase |
-2021 | Ready! service | |
| 99 | Nonconnah | -2020 | 28 Airport | ||
| 280 | Airport | -2019 | 28 Airport | ||
| 340 | Walnut Grove Limited | -2019 | 34 Central/Wal. Grove | ||
| 400 | Wolfchase Limited | -2019 | 40 Stage | ||
| 500 | Groove Shuttle | 2018-2020 | Groove On-Demand service | Commuter shuttle running between Mud Island and the Medical District operated by MATA and the Memphis Medical District Collaborative. |
Groove Shuttle ran its last service on 31 December 2020.[26] Six terminations in November 2021.[27][28][29]
Fleet
Active
| Image | Numbers | Manufacturer &
Model |
Delivered | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401-420 | Gillig Low Floor | 2010 | 40 ft (12 m) | ||
 |
421-460 | 2011 | |||
 |
3001-3022 | 29 ft (8.8 m) | no exit doors. Mostly used on MATAPlus and shuttle service. | ||
| 4001-4015 | Gillig Low Floor Hybrid | 2012 | 40 ft (12 m) | Diesel-electric | |
 |
5001-5005 | 35 ft (11 m) | Diesel-electric | ||
 |
4016-4025 | 2013 | 40 ft (12 m) | Diesel-electric | |
| 4026-4040 | 2014 | Diesel-electric | |||
| 21701-21715 | Gillig Low Floor | 2017 | First fleet to use 5 numbers, corresponding to the year it entered service (2[0]17xx) | ||
| 21801-21818 | 2018 | Plain white scheme and frameless windows. New all white livery with green MATA logo. |
Retired
| Image | Numbers | Manufacturer &
Model |
Delivered | Withdrawn | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-MATA (Memphis Transit Authority of the City of Memphis) | |||||
| 800-840[30] | GM TDH-5301 | 1961 | 1979 | 6 units left after MATA took over operations; Air conditioned fleet; 800 was a demo.[31] 800, 802, 805–807, 809–810, 812–813, 817–819, 822, 824, 826–827, 830–832, 834, 837–838, 840 were sold to Southern California Rapid Transit District in 1976.[32] | |
| 841-850 | 1962 | 1986 | Originally numbered 42–51; Air conditioned fleet. | ||
| 700-715 | Flxible New Look | 1962 (700 only), 1964 | 1977 | Built in Alabama; All were sold to Southern California Rapid Transit District in 1977; Air conditioned fleet. Bus 700 was a demo.[33] | |
| 851-878 | GM TDH-5303 | 1963 | 1987 | Air conditioned fleet | |
| 879-914 | 1964 | 1988 | Air conditioned fleet | ||
| 915-989[34] | 1965 | 1990 | Air conditioned fleet | ||
| 101-114 | 1966 | 1992 | Air conditioned fleet | ||
| 401-412 | GM TDH-4519 | 1991 | Air conditioned fleet, 35 ft buses; several units were repainted as the "Hustle Bus" | ||
| 115-124 | GM TDH-5303 | 1967 | 1992 | Air conditioned fleet | |
| 125-144 | GM T6H-5305A | 1968 | 1993 | Air conditioned fleet; 40 ft buses | |
| 413-439 | GM T6H-4521A | Air conditioned fleet; 35 ft buses | |||
| 440-499 | Air conditioned fleet; 35 ft buses | ||||
| Post-MATA (1975 to present) | |||||
| 200-243 | AM General Metropolitan 9640-8 | 1978[35] | 1994 | 96in buses. Refurbished in 1984 to include air conditioning units and had rear windows removed | |
| 244-251 | 96in buses. Refurbished in 1984 to include air conditioning units and had rear windows removed | ||||
| 301-329 | GM RTS-II | 1979[36] | 2000 | Refurbished in 1986 to add new vertically opening windows and new air conditioning units. | |
| 501-509 | MAN SG-310 | 1983[37] | 2003 | 60 ft articulated buses | |
| 601-682 | GM RTS-04 | 1985[38] | 2005 | ||
| 683-694 | 1986 | 2006 | |||
| 510-519 | MAN SG-310 | 1987 | 2000 | ||
| 701-724 | TMC RTS-06 | 1988 | 2008 | ||
| 50-54 | Chance VS-29 | 2003 | 2010 | Trolley-replica buses | |
| 725-740 | Nova Bus RTS-08 | 1994 | 2011 | ||
| 55-56 | Chance VS-29 | 1991 | 2011 | ||
| 57-59 | 1992 | ||||
 |
800-838 | Nova Bus LFS-40102 | 1998 | 2013 | |
 |
839-888 | 2000 | 2014 | ||
| 889-939 | 2002 | 2016 | |||
| 501-507 | Neoplan USA AN460 | 2004 | 2017 | 60 ft articulated buses | |
See also
References
- https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_1_sched_4_2023.pdf
- https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_2_sched_5_2022.pdf
- https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_4_sched_4_2023.pdf
- https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_7_sched_5_2022.pdf
- https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_8_sched_5_2022.pdf
- "Service Update Summary May 2022" (PDF). matatransit.com. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
- https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_11_sched_5_2022.pdf
- https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_12_sched_5_2022.pdf
- https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_13_sched_5_2022.pdf
- https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_16_sched_5_2022.pdf
- https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_19_sched_5_2022.pdf
- https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_28_sched_4_2023.pdf
- https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_30_sched_8_2022_rev2.pdf
- https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_32_sched_4_2023.pdf
- https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_34_sched_5_2022.pdf
- https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_36_sched_4_2023.pdf
- https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_37_sched_4_2023.pdf
- https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_39_sched_4_2023.pdf
- https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_40_sched_5_2022.pdf
- https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_42_sched_4_2023.pdf
- https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_50_sched_8_2022_rev.pdf
- https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_52_sched_5_2022.pdf
- https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_53_sched_8_2022.pdf
- https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_57_sched_5_2022.pdf
- https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_69_sched_5_2022.pdf
- "Groove Shuttle Service Ending Soon" (PDF). matatransit.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- "MATA riders fight to keep company from cutting bus routes across Memphis". FOX13 News Memphis. 2021-11-02. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
- "MATA considering route cuts to four communities this fall". Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
- "Summary of the Fall 2021 Service Redesign" (PDF). matatransit.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- Retired MATA 821 being used as a shuttle in Washington, D.C. in 1978
- GMC TDH-5301 List from OMOT
- from NE Buses
- Flxible New Look list from OMOT
- MATA 968 in Downtown Memphis in June 1978
- "Changes Evaluated As Bus Riding Rises". The Commercial Appeal. April 20, 1978. p. 18.
- "30 New Buses To Add Sleek Look". The Commercial Appeal. August 9, 1979. p. 33.
- Dawson, William (September 28, 1983). "10 accordian-like buses to carry more, cost less". The Commercial Appeal. p. 50.
- "Hail the MATA 83!". The Commercial Appeal. August 23, 1985. p. 24.
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