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 , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of .
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.
In 2005, Norwalk Transit began operating Whittier Transit service under contract. 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. 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
Route Terminals Via NotesWhittier Rio Hondo CollegeBellflower Woodruff Av & Rosecrans AvNorwalk Bl Serves Cerritos College In Bellflower, Southbound provides a long turnaround loop via Woodruff, Flower, Clark, & Rosecrans to Woodruff Av & Rosecrans Av Northbound only run via Woodruff Av to Alondra BlNorwalk Norwalk Town SquarePioneer Bl, Studebaker Rd Serves Los Cerritos Center, Cerritos College and Norwalk station Clockwise and Counter Clockwise routeSanta Fe Springs Telegraph Rd & Carmenita RdNorwalk Norwalk Bl & 166th StTelegraph Rd, Norwalk BlNorwalk Norwalk stationLa Habra Imperial Hwy & Idaho StImperial Hwy Serves the 2.4 mile "Norwalk gap" between the Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs Metrolink Station station and Norwalk station.Norwalk Norwalk stationLa Mirada Adelfa Dr & Santa Gertrudes AvRosecrans AvNorwalk Norwalk stationEl Monte El Monte stationSanta Fe Springs Rd, Peck Rd Serves Whittier College and Rio Hondo College
Bus fleet
Active fleet Fleet numbersYearMake/ModelEngineTransmission7120-71222012 Gillig BRT CNG 40' Cummins Westport ISL G EPA10Allison B400R7123-713320137134-71372017 Cummins Westport L9N EPA177138-71402018-20197141-71442021Gillig Low Floor EV 40'Cummins BESBAE Systems HDS2207145-71482021Gillig BRT CNG 40'Cummins Westport L9N EPA17Allison B400R7149-71502023Gillig Low Floor EV 40'Cummins BESBAE Systems HDS2207151-71522024
References
External links Norwalk Transit Web Site Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority