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| parent = [[Gardena, California|City of Gardena]]
| parent = [[Gardena, California|City of Gardena]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|1940|1|15}}<br>''(as Gardena Municipal Bus Lines)''<ref name="about">{{citation|url = http://ridegtrans.com/about-us/|title = About Us |publisher = GTrans|access-date = 22 July 2015}}</ref>
| founded = {{Start date and age|1940|1|15}}<br />''(as Gardena Municipal Bus Lines)''<ref name="about">{{citation|url = http://ridegtrans.com/about-us/|title = About Us |publisher = GTrans|access-date = 22 July 2015}}</ref>
| headquarters = 1700 West 162nd Street, [[Gardena, California]]
| headquarters = 1700 West 162nd Street, [[Gardena, California]]
| locale = [[Gardena, California]]
| locale = [[Gardena, California]]
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| service_type = [[bus service]], [[paratransit]]
| service_type = [[bus service]], [[paratransit]]
| alliance =
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| routes = 5
| routes = 8
| destinations =
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| fleet =78 buses
| ridership = {{American transit ridership|CA Gardena total daily}} ({{American transit ridership|dailydate}}){{American transit ridership|dailycitation}}
| annual ridership = {{American transit ridership|CA Gardena total annual}} ({{American transit ridership|annualdate}}){{American transit ridership|annualcitation}}
| website = {{URL|ridegtrans.com}}
| website = {{URL|ridegtrans.com}}
|fuel_type=[[CNG]], [[Battery electric bus|battery electric]]}}
}}
'''GTrans''' is a municipal transit agency that serves [[Gardena, California]] and surrounding Los Angeles County neighbourhoods. It was founded on January 15, 1940 as '''Gardena Municipal Bus Lines'''. On the agency's 75th anniversary, the agency was renamed as GTrans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sustainablerace.com/gardena-municipal-bus-lines-changes-name-gtrans-debuts-new-electric-bus/|title=Gardena Municipal Bus Lines Changes Name to GTrans and Debuts New Electric Bus|last=jack|date=2015-02-04|website=SUSTAINABLE RACE|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-12}}</ref> The bus lines complement the [[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]'s crosstown routes through the city.<ref name="about"></ref>
'''GTrans''' is a municipal transit agency that serves [[Gardena, California]] and surrounding Los Angeles County neighbourhoods. It was founded on January 15, 1940, as '''Gardena Municipal Bus Lines'''. On the agency's 75th anniversary, the agency was renamed as GTrans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sustainablerace.com/gardena-municipal-bus-lines-changes-name-gtrans-debuts-new-electric-bus/|title=Gardena Municipal Bus Lines Changes Name to GTrans and Debuts New Electric Bus|last=jack|date=2015-02-04|website=SUSTAINABLE RACE|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-12|archive-date=2019-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112074540/https://sustainablerace.com/gardena-municipal-bus-lines-changes-name-gtrans-debuts-new-electric-bus/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The bus lines complement the [[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]'s crosstown routes through the city.<ref name="about" /> In {{American transit ridership|annualdate}}, the system had a ridership of {{American transit ridership|CA Gardena total annual}}, or about {{American transit ridership|CA Gardena total daily}} per weekday as of {{American transit ridership|dailydateasof}}.


== {{Anchor|1X|1|2|3|4|5|6|7X|7}} Routes ==
==Fixed-route service==

As of July 2016, GTrans operates 3 daily routes and 2 weekday routes. <ref>{{citation|url = http://ridegtrans.com/routes-schedules/|title = Routes & Schedules |publisher = GTrans|access-date = July 22, 2015}}</ref>
=== Local routes ===
As of June 2024, GTrans operates 3 local routes, 2 express routes, 2 school tripper routes and 1 seasonal route. Weekend service is provided on [[New Year's Day]], [[Martin Luther King Jr. Day|Martin Luther King, Jr. Day]], [[Memorial Day]], [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]], [[Labor Day]], [[Thanksgiving|Thanksgiving Day]], and [[Christmas|Christmas Day]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Routes & Schedules |url=https://ridegtrans.com/routes-schedules/ |access-date=February 26, 2024 |publisher=GTrans}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Route
!rowspan=2 style="width:5%;"|Line
! colspan="2" |Terminals
!rowspan=2 style="width:8%;"|Direction
!Via
!colspan=2 style="width:34%;"|Terminals
!Notes
!rowspan=2 style="width:16%;"|via
!rowspan=2 style="width:8%;"|Days of Operation {{efn|Weekend service is provided on [[New Year’s Day]], [[Martin Luther King, Jr. Day]], [[Memorial Day]], [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]], [[Labor Day]], [[Thanksgiving Day]], and [[Christmas Day]].}}
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" |2
! style="width:17%;"|Westbound / Northbound
! colspan="2" |'''[[Harbor City, Los Angeles|Harbor City]]'''
! style="width:17%;"|Eastbound / Southbound
[[California State Route 1|PCH]] & Normandie Av
| rowspan="2" |Western Av, Normandie Av
| rowspan="2" |
* Serves [[Los Angeles Southwest College]], [[Vermont/Athens station|Vermont/Athens Station]] and [[Harbor Gateway Transit Center]]
* Clockwise and Counter Clockwise route
|-
|-
! colspan="2" |'''Harbor City'''
|rowspan=2 align="center"|<div id=1x>'''1x'''</div>
Normandie Av & PCH
|rowspan=2|North-South
|'''Downtown LA'''<br>1st Street and Main Street
|rowspan=2|'''[[Redondo Beach station|Redondo Beach Station]] Metro Green Station'''
|rowspan=2|<small>'''In Downtown LA:''' Main Street<br>'''Express Portion:''' Harbor Freeway {{efn|Line 1x also serves the [[Harbor Freeway (Los Angeles Metro station)|Harbor Freeway Station]] on the freeway level.}}<br>'''In Gardena:''' Vermont Avenue, Gardena Boulevard, Marine Avenue</small>
|Weekdays
|-
|-
!3
|'''[[Harbor Freeway (Los Angeles Metro station)|Harbor Freeway Station]]'''
|'''[[Redondo Beach, California|Redondo Beach]]'''
|Weekends
[[Redondo Beach Transit Center]]
|'''[[Compton, California|Compton]]'''
[[Compton station|Martin Luther King Jr. Transit Center]]
|Redondo Beach Bl, Alondra Bl
|
* Serves [[El Camino College]]
|-
|-
!5
|align="center"|<div id=2>'''2'''</div>
|'''[[Los Angeles]]'''
|Clockwise / Counterclockwise
[[Aviation/LAX station|Aviation/LAX Station]]
|colspan=2|'''Harbor City'''<br>Normandie Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway
|'''[[Willowbrook, California|Willowbrook]]'''
|<small>Western Avenue, Normandie Avenue, Vermont Avenue</small> {{efn|Line 2 also serves the [[Harbor Gateway Transit Center]].}}
[[Willowbrook/Rosa Parks station|Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station]]
|Daily
|El Segundo Bl
|
|}

=== Express routes ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Route
! colspan="2" |Terminals
!Via
!Notes
|-
|-
!1X
|rowspan=2 align="center"|<div id=3>'''3'''</div>
|'''Redondo Beach'''
|rowspan=2|West-East
[[Redondo Beach station|Redondo Beach Station]]
|'''[[South Bay Galleria]]'''<br>Kingsdale Avenue and Artesia Boulevard
|'''[[Compton (Los Angeles Metro station)|Compton Station / Martin Luther King Jr. Transit Center]]'''
|'''[[South Los Angeles|South LA]]'''
[[Harbor Freeway station|Harbor Freeway Station]]
|rowspan=2|<small>Alondra Boulevard, Gardena Boulevard, RedondoBeach Boulevard</small>
|Marine Av, Vermont Av
|Daily
|
* Route was shortened to Harbor Freeway Station in 2020 due to changes related to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]
|-
|-
!7X
|'''[[Bishop Montgomery High School]]'''
|'''[[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]]'''
|'''Gardena'''<br>163rd Street and Vermont Avenue
[[SoFi Stadium]]
|School days {{efn|Line 3 Weekday Trippers operates two westbound morning peak and two eastbound afternoon peak routes on school days only.}}
|'''[[Gardena, California|Gardena]]'''
[[Harbor Gateway Transit Center]]
|[[Interstate 105 (California)|I-105]], [[Interstate 110 and State Route 110 (California)|I-110]]
|
* When the SoFi Stadium Transit Facility is closed, Southbound passengers will access Line 7X at Prairie Av & Arbor Vitae St
* Line 7X runs on Sundays only every 30 minutes
* Serves [[Hawthorne/Lennox station|Hawthorne/Lennox Station]]
|}

=== School Tripper routes ===
Services operate school days only.
{| class="wikitable"
!Route
! colspan="2" |Terminals
!Via
!Notes
|-
|-
!3
|align="center"|<div id=4>'''4'''</div>
|'''[[Torrance, California|Torrance]]'''
|West-East
[[Bishop Montgomery High School]]
|'''Lawndale'''<br>147th Street and Hawthorne Boulevard
|'''Gardena'''
|'''[[Harbor Gateway Transit Center]]'''
Vermont Av & Gardena Ave
|<small>Marine Avenue, Van Ness Avenue, 135th Street, Normandie Avenue</small>
|Hawthorne Bl, Redondo Beach Bl
|Weekdays {{efn|GTrans suspended Line 4 operation April 4, 2020 as part of service changes related to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. Its schedule has also been removed from the GTrans website, although it is still identified on the site's homepage.}}
|
* One westbound morning peak trip
* One eastbound afternoon peak trip
|-
|-
!4
|align="center"|<div id=5>'''5'''</div>
|'''Gardena'''
|West-East
[[Gardena High School]]
|'''[[Aviation/LAX (Los Angeles Metro station)|Aviation Station]]'''
|'''Gardena'''
|'''[[Imperial / Wilmington (Los Angeles Metro station)|Willowbrook Station]]'''
Manhattan Beach & Crenshaw Blvd
|<small>El Segundo Boulevard</small>
|Normandie Av, Van Ness Av
|Weekdays
|
* One eastbound morning peak trip
* One westbound afternoon peak trip
|}
|}


=== Notes ===
=== Seasonal route ===
Services operate Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Line G to Manhattan Beach Summer Service |url=http://ridegtrans.com/lineg/,%20https://ridegtrans.com/lineg/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |language=en}}</ref>
{{notelist}}
{| class="wikitable"
!Route
! colspan="2" |Terminals
!Via
!Notes
|-
!Line G
|'''[[Manhattan Beach, California|Manhattan Beach]]'''
Highland Av & 14th Pl
|'''Gardena'''
Gardena City Hall
|Manhattan Beach Bl, Western Av
|
* Free service
|}


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
== External links ==
{{Portal|Los Angeles}}
{{Portal|Los Angeles}}
* {{Official website|ridegtrans.com}}
* {{Official website|ridegtrans.com}}

Revision as of 23:37, 17 June 2024

Not to be confused with G Line (Los Angeles Metro).
GTrans
ParentCity of Gardena
FoundedJanuary 15, 1940; 84 years ago (1940-01-15)
(as Gardena Municipal Bus Lines)[1]
Headquarters1700 West 162nd Street, Gardena, California
LocaleGardena, California
Service typebus service, paratransit
Routes8
Fleet78 buses
Daily ridership8,200 (weekdays, Q1 2024)[2]
Annual ridership2,131,500 (2023)[3]
Fuel typeCNG, battery electric
Websiteridegtrans.com

GTrans is a municipal transit agency that serves Gardena, California and surrounding Los Angeles County neighbourhoods. It was founded on January 15, 1940, as Gardena Municipal Bus Lines. On the agency's 75th anniversary, the agency was renamed as GTrans.[4] The bus lines complement the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's crosstown routes through the city.[1] In 2023, the system had a ridership of 2,131,500, or about 8,200 per weekday as of the first quarter of 2024.

Routes

Local routes

As of June 2024, GTrans operates 3 local routes, 2 express routes, 2 school tripper routes and 1 seasonal route. Weekend service is provided on New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.[5]

Route Terminals Via Notes
2 Harbor City

PCH & Normandie Av

Western Av, Normandie Av
Harbor City

Normandie Av & PCH

3 Redondo Beach

Redondo Beach Transit Center

Compton

Martin Luther King Jr. Transit Center

Redondo Beach Bl, Alondra Bl
5 Los Angeles

Aviation/LAX Station

Willowbrook

Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station

El Segundo Bl

Express routes

Route Terminals Via Notes
1X Redondo Beach

Redondo Beach Station

South LA

Harbor Freeway Station

Marine Av, Vermont Av
  • Route was shortened to Harbor Freeway Station in 2020 due to changes related to the COVID-19 pandemic
7X Inglewood

SoFi Stadium

Gardena

Harbor Gateway Transit Center

I-105, I-110
  • When the SoFi Stadium Transit Facility is closed, Southbound passengers will access Line 7X at Prairie Av & Arbor Vitae St
  • Line 7X runs on Sundays only every 30 minutes
  • Serves Hawthorne/Lennox Station

School Tripper routes

Services operate school days only.

Route Terminals Via Notes
3 Torrance

Bishop Montgomery High School

Gardena

Vermont Av & Gardena Ave

Hawthorne Bl, Redondo Beach Bl
  • One westbound morning peak trip
  • One eastbound afternoon peak trip
4 Gardena

Gardena High School

Gardena

Manhattan Beach & Crenshaw Blvd

Normandie Av, Van Ness Av
  • One eastbound morning peak trip
  • One westbound afternoon peak trip

Seasonal route

Services operate Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.[6]

Route Terminals Via Notes
Line G Manhattan Beach

Highland Av & 14th Pl

Gardena

Gardena City Hall

Manhattan Beach Bl, Western Av
  • Free service

References

  1. ^ a b About Us, GTrans, retrieved 22 July 2015
  2. ^ "Transit Ridership Report First Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  3. ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  4. ^ jack (2015-02-04). "Gardena Municipal Bus Lines Changes Name to GTrans and Debuts New Electric Bus". SUSTAINABLE RACE. Archived from the original on 2019-11-12. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  5. ^ "Routes & Schedules". GTrans. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  6. ^ "Line G to Manhattan Beach Summer Service". Retrieved 2024-06-17.
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