Culver CityBus


Culver CityBus is a public transport agency operating in Culver City, California, currently serving Culver City, the unincorporated community of Marina del Rey, and the adjacent Los Angeles neighborhoods. Its regular fleet is painted bright green and its rapid fleet primarily a chrome gray, distinguishing it from Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus, orange-colored Metro Local buses, and red-colored Metro Rapid buses, whose coverage areas overlap on Los Angeles's Westside.

History

Culver CityBus was founded in 3 March 1928, making it the second oldest municipal bus line in California and the oldest public transit bus system still operating in Los Angeles County. Big Blue Bus was founded in 14 April 1928, the San Francisco Municipal Railway began streetcar service 28 December 1912.

Service area

Within its service area of around 85.5 square kilometres, the Culver CityBus provides service to the communities of:
Culver CityBus operates 3 daily routes, 3 weekday-only routes, and 2 Monday-Saturday routes within Los Angeles County. Among its 3 weekday-only routes, Culver CityBus operates a Rapid route.
Order YearManufacturerModelFleet Series
Powertrain
Fuel PropulsionNotes
2001NFIC40LF7080-7091

  • Detroit Diesel Series 50G
  • *Allison WB-400R
CNG
  • Repowered with Cummins Westport ISL-G engines
  • Most buses already retired.
  • Very few remain in service as of 2019.
    • 2003NFIC30LF7092-7093&7095-7097
  • Cummins Westport C-Gas Plus
  • *Allison WB-300R
    		• CNG
  • Used primarily on lines 5 and 7
  • 7094 has been retired and auctioned at Ken Porter Auctions.
    • 2004NFIC40LF7098-7105
  • Cummins Westport C-Gas Plus
  • *Allison WB-400R
    		• CNG
  • 7102-7105 previously painted in Rapid livery but were returned to the regular livery
  • 7104&7105 have been retired and acutioned at Ken Porter Auctions.
    • 2009NFIC40LFR7106-7111
  • Cummins Westport ISL-G
  • *Allison WB-400R
    		• CNG
  • All in Rapid livery
    • 2011NFIXN407112-7131
  • Cummins Westport ISL-G
  • *Allison WB-400R
    		• CNG
  • Delivered in 2012, in service
  • Some in Rapid Livery
  • First New Flyer Xcelsiors powered by CNG in service in the U.S.
    • 2013NFIXN407132-7137
  • Cummins Westport ISL-G
  • *Allison WB-400R
    		• CNG
  • 7132 and 7133 in Rapid Livery
    • 2017NFIXN407138-7155
  • Cummins Westport ISL-G
  • *Allison WB-400R
    		• CNG
  • Delivered in 2017.
  • Replacing the 2001/2004 NFI C40lfs.
  • All are in service.
    • -NFI---CNG-
    -NFI---CNG-
    -NFI---CNG-
    -NFI---CNG-
    -NFI---CNG-
  • Notes:
    • Culver CityBus currently operates an all New Flyer fleet of 54 buses. All buses run on CNG. Culver CityBus has retired its old fleet, mostly made of buses by Flxible, TMC/RTS, and Gillig.
    Culver city is beginning to retire its C40lf fleet from 2001 and 2004. New 2017 XN40 coaches have arrived and are in service.
    All buses are numbered 70—and 71--.
    Buses were originally painted green and white, but all buses were repainted to all green in 2000.
    In 2008, large decals honoring Culver CityBus's 80th year of service were affixed to buses and were later removed in 2009.
    Culver CityBus began operating six New Flyer C40LFR buses on the new Rapid 6 starting on 4 January 2010.
    Rapid Buses are painted primarily a chrome gray to distinguish themselves from the regular bright green buses.
    In 2012, Culver CityBus took delivery of 20 New Flyer Xcelsior XN40 Buses and started operating some of them beginning in late May 2012 with the rest to be phased in by late June.