MTA Long Island Bus

MTA Long Island Bus was a former public transit provider for Nassau County in the state of New York that was operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Although MTA Long Island Bus' service area was Nassau County, several of their routes extended into the adjacent Queens and Suffolk Counties, providing connections with the MTA's bus and subway network, as well as Suffolk County's public bus network, among others.

Please note that this page and any pages related to it are very much under construction.

History

MTA Long Island Bus was originally created in 1973 under the name Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority (MSBA) when the numerous private companies operating public transit in Nassau County were consolidated into one publicly-owned agency. In 1995, MSBA was rebranded as MTA Long Island Bus. In 2011, due to Nassau County's unwillingness to increase their subsidy of MTA Long Island Bus, the MTA decided to pull out of providing bus service to Nassau County. On January 1st, 2012, operation of MTA Long Island Bus was turned over to Veolia Transport for their newly-created Nassau Inter-County Express system.

Routes

MTA Long Island Bus Routes

Former Operators

There were a multitude of private companies operating public transit service in Nassau County before the MSBA many of which that were absorbed by other companies prior to the takeover, were subsidiaries of larger companies. A brief, but incomplete list of former operators of transit routes in Nassau County can be found in the above link.

Facilities

All depots were turned over to Nassau Inter-County Express. Rockville Center has since been closed down.

Rockville Centre Depot:

• 50 Banks Ave., Rockville Centre, NY 11570

Senator Norman J. Levy (Formerly Mitchell Field Depot, code MF)

• 700 Commercial Ave., Garden City, NY 11530

Roster

Active upon Closure

All buses went to Nassau Inter-County Express same numbers

Fleet Number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
1526-1632		2000-2002	OBI	Orion V CNG (05.501)	Detroit Diesel Series 50G	Allison B400R	Originally numbered 288-302, 304-395
1633-1699		2003-2004	OBI	Orion V CNG (05.501)	Detroit Diesel Series 50G	Allison B400R	Originally numbered 396-462 1636 (Formerly 399) was repowered to a John Deere 6081H engine in 2007
1700-1799		2008-2009	OBI	Orion VII NG CNG (07.501)	Cummins Westport ISL G	Allison B400R	First LIB buses to be painted in the MTA's blue/white color scheme
1800-1839		2010-2011	OBI	Orion VII NG CNG (07.501)	Cummins Westport ISL G	Allison B400R	All were delivered by the cessation of LIB operations, but only 38/40 were active

Retired

MTA Long Island Bus retired fleet

March 2009 Long Island Bus fleet renumberings

Preserved

Fleet Number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
9117		1973	GMC	S8H-5304A	Detroit Diesel 8V71N	Allison	Originally Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority 117. Later converted and used as a mobile command center.