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The MTA Bus Company (MTA Bus for short), a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, is a public benefit corporation created to operate those bus routes formerly operated by private companies in the New York City area. The privately-operated bus routes were taken over on a staggered schedule, beginning with Liberty Lines Express in January 2005 and ending with Triboro Coach Corp in February 2006. The legal name of the corporation is the MTA Bus Company. There exist preliminary plans for the company to also take over bus operations of New York City Transit and Long Island Bus.*
MTA Bus started to operate the former Liberty Lines Express bus routes on January 3, 2005, Queens Surface Corporation bus routes on February 27, 2005, New York Bus Service bus routes on July 1, 2005, Command Bus Company bus routes on December 5, 2005, Green Bus Lines bus routes on January 9, 2006 and Jamaica Buses bus routes on January 30, 2006. Triboro Coach Corporation, the final remaining company, ceased operating and its routes have been operated by MTA Bus since February 20, 2006.
About 2/3 of the MTA Bus fleet is still in the colors of the previous operators; however, repainting of these buses into standard MTA livery is in progress.
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Routes
MTA Bus currently operates the following routes:
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Local
Q9 - Lincoln Street/Jamaica via Liberty Avenue
Q9A - Lincoln Street/Jamaica via Linden Boulevard
Q11 - Woodhaven Boulevard
Q19A - 21 Street/Ditmars Boulevard
Q21 - Cross Bay Boulevard
Q22 - Rockaway Beach Boulevard - Beach Channel Drive
Q25 - 127 Street/Kissena Blvd
Q29 - Dry Harbor Road/80 Street
Q33 - 82/83 Streets/LaGuardia Main Terminal
Q34 - Union Street/Kissena Boulevard
Q35 - Flatbush Avenue/Newport Avenue
Q38 - Eliot Avenue/Penelope Avenue
Q39 - 48 Avenue/58 Street/Forest Avenue
Q41 - 127 Street/111 Avenue/Cross Bay Boulevard
Q47 - 73/74 Streets/LaGuardia Marine Air Terminal
Q65 - College Point Boulevard/164 Street
Q66 - Northern Boulevard (West)
Q67 - Borden Avenue - Maspeth
Q102 - 31 Street/Roosevelt Island
Q110 - Jamaica Avenue (East)
Q111 - Guy R. Brewer Boulevard/147 Avenue
Q113 - Guy R. Brewer Boulevard/Rockaway Turnpike
QBx1 - Flushing/Pelham Bay/Co-Op City
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Limited Stops
B103 - Canarsie/Downtown Brooklyn Limited
Q10 - JFK Airport Limited
Q53 - Woodside/Rockaway Park Limited
Q101R - Rikers Island Limited
Q113- Jamaica/Far Rockaway Limited
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Express
BM1 - Mill Basin - Midtown via Madison Av
BM2 - Canarsie/Spring Creek - Midtown/Downtown via Church St/Madison Av
BM3 - Sheepshead Bay - Midtown via Church St / Madison Av
BM4 - Gerritsen Beach - Midtown via Church St / Madison Av
BQM1 - Spring Creek - Midtown via Madison Av
BxM1 - Riverdale - East Midtown via 3 Av
BxM2 - Riverdale - West Midtown via 7 Av
BxM3 - Yonkers - Midtown via 5 Av
BxM4A - Bedford Park - Midtown via 5 Av
BxM4B - Woodlawn - Midtown via 5 Av
BxM6 - Parkchester - Midtown via 5 Av
BxM7 - Co-Op City - Midtown via 5 Av
BxM7A - Pelham Bay - Midtown via 5 Av
BxM7B - City Island - Midtown via 5 Av
BxM9 - Throgs Neck - Midtown via 5 Av
BxM10 - Williamsbridge/Morris Park - Midtown via 5 Av
BxM11 - Wakefield - Midtown via 5 Av
BxM18 - Riverdale - Downtown via Bway
QM1 - Fresh Meadows - Midtown / Downtown
QM1A - Glen Oaks / Lake Success - Midtown / Downtown
QM2 - Bay Terrace - Midtown
QM2A - Bay Terrace - Midtown via Clearview
QM3 - Little Neck - Midtown
QM4 - Electchester - Midtown
QM10 - Lefrak City - Midtown
QM11 - Forest Hills - Lefrak City - Downtown
QM12 - Forest Hills - Midtown
QM15 - Howard Beach / Lindenwood - Midtown
QM16 - Rockaway Park - Midtown
QM17 - Far Rockaway - Midtown
QM18 - South Ozone Park - Midtown
QM21 - Rochdale Village - Midtown
QM22 - Jackson Heights - Midtown
QM23 - Brooklyn Manor - Midtown
QM24 - Glendale - Midtown
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Currently operated MTA Bus depots
MTA Bus currently operates out of eight bus depots, all of which were formerly used by private companies, in The Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn:
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