Miami Valley Regional Transit Authority

Miami Valley Regional Transit Authority or MVRTA provided transit service in Dayton from 1972 until it was renamed Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority in 2003.

History

• The previous operator was the City Transit Company from 1955-1972.

All-Time Roster

Diesel Bus Roster

Fleet Number(s)	Thumbnail	Build Date	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
101-110		1975	Flxible	45102-8-1	Detroit Diesel 8V71N	Allison
200		1953	GMC	TDM-4515	Detroit Diesel 6-71	Manual	Ex-City Transit Company 200; bought in 1972. Exx-Dayton and Xenia Motor Bus Company 200.
201-203		1977	Flxible	35096-6-1	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison V730
204-206		1982	TMC	T-30 CityCruiser	Detroit Diesel 6V53T	Allison MT-643
205		1953	GMC	TDM-4515	Detroit Diesel 6-71	Manual	Ex-City Transit Company 205; bought in 1972. Exx-Dayton and Xenia Motor Bus Company 205.
210			GMC	TDH-3612	Detroit Diesel 4-71	Allison VH	Ex-City Transit Company 210; bought in 1972. Exx-Dayton and Xenia Motor Bus Company 210.
210-211		1980	TMC	T-30 CityCruiser	Detroit Diesel 6V53T	Allison MT-643	Ex-City of Vandalia 202-203; bought in 1980.
215			GMC	TDH-3612	Detroit Diesel 4-71	Allison VH	Ex-City Transit Company 215; bought in 1972. Exx-Dayton and Xenia Motor Bus Company 215.
215, 220		5/1952	GMC	TDH-3612	Detroit Diesel 4-71	Allison VH	Ex-City Transit Company 215, 220; bought in 1972. Exx-Penn Transit 252, #?. Exxx-City Lines of West Virginia 505, #?.
220-227		1987	Wheeled Coach	2500D
225, 230 (1st)		1951	GMC	TDH-3612	Detroit Diesel 4-71	Allison VH	Ex-City Transit Company 225, 230; bought in 1972. Exx-Penn Transit 246, 243.
230-244		1990	Gillig	Spirit 28'	Caterpillar 3208T	Allison MTB-643
235 (1st), 240 (1st), 245		1951	GMC	TDH-3612	Detroit Diesel 4-71	Allison VH	Ex-City Transit Company 235, 240, 245; bought in 1972. Exx-Penn Transit 237-238, 245.
250, 255		5/1952	GMC	TDH-3612	Detroit Diesel 4-71	Allison VH	Ex-City Transit Company 250, 255; bought in 1972. Exx-Penn Transit 254, #?. Exxx-City Lines of West Virginia 501, #?.
260, 265		1957	GMC	TDH-4512	Detroit Diesel 6-71	Allison VH	Ex-City Transit Company 260, 265; bought in 1972. Exx-Intertown Suburban Lines Corporation 201, 205.
270-278		1965	Flxible	FD47-331-1	Detroit Diesel 4-71		Ex-Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority 1203, 1201, 1200, 1202, 1204-1206, 1208-1209; bought in 1979.
280-297		10/1974	Flxible	45096-6-1	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison	Ex-Greater Richmond Transit Company 203, 205, 210, 214, 216, 221, 226, 231, 235, 237-238, 245, 248, 255, 261, 266, 269-270; bought in 1988.
300, 305, 310, 315, 320, 325			GMC	TDH-5105	Detroit Diesel 6-71	Allison VH	Ex-City Transit Company 300, 305, 310, 315, 320, 325; bought in 1972. Exx-New Orleans Public Service #?
330-332		1960	GMC	TDH-5301	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	Ex-Garfield Heights Coach Line 5539, 5534, 5536; bought in 1979.
333		1961	GMC	TDH-5302	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	Ex-WMATA 58xx; bought in 1979. Exx-DC Transit System 58xx.
334		1962	GMC	TDH-5302	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	Ex-WMATA 5960; bought in 1979. Exx-DC Transit System 5960.
335		1963	GMC	TDH-5304	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	Ex-WMATA 6307; bought in 1979. Exx-DC Transit System 6307.
336-338		1960	GMC	TDH-5301	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	Ex-Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority 433, 436-437; bought in 1980.
339-344		1961	GMC	TDH-5301	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	Ex-Houston METRO 20, 28, 132, 138, 149; bought in 1980.
345-348		1962	GMC	TDH-5301	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	Ex-Houston METRO 215, 217, 221, 229; bought in 1980.
349-357		1966	GMC	TDH-5303	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison	Ex-SEPTA 5052, 5058-5060, 5064, 5082, 5088, 5065, 5096; bought in 1980.
358		1960	GMC	TDH-5301	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	Ex-West Milton-Dayton Bus Lines 820; bought in 1980. Exx-Detroit Street Railway #?
360-376		7/1981	GMC	RTS-04 (T8J-204)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Allison V730	361 was rebuilt by TMC as a T80-204 in August 1993. To Springs Transit/Mountain Metropolitan Transit 9301. 1 unit to Lorenz Bus Service 304.
377-398		1982	GMC	RTS-04 (T8J-204)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Allison V730	Some units to Gainesville Regional Transit System 4500 series; likely through Midwest Bus Corporation.
400-446		1984	Flxible	Metro "A" (40102-6T)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA
447-459		1985	Flxible	Metro "A" (40102-6T)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA
602-636		1989	TMC	RTS-06 (T80-206)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA		600-601 were renumbered 635-636.
701-710		10/1965	GMC	TDH-4518	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	Ex-City Transit Company 701-710; bought in 1972.
715-725		1960	GMC	TDH-4517	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	Ex-WMATA 4925-4926, 1203, 1210-1212, 1214, 4741, 4730, 4763, 2535; bought in 1979.
726-728		1961	GMC	TDH-4517	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	Ex-WMATA 2549-2550, 2553; bought in 1979.
729-733		1960	GMC	TDH-4517	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	Ex-WMATA 4930, 1213, 4750, 4757, 2529; bought in 1980.
734-739		1960	GMC	TDH-4517	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	Ex-Monterey-Salinas Transit 102, 104-108; bought in 1980. Exx-National City Lines #?
740		1963	GMC	TDH-4519	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	Ex-Transports 79; bought in 1980.
741		1964	GMC	TDH-4519	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	Ex-Transports 80; bought in 1980.
742		1963	GMC	TDH-4519	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	Ex-West Milton-Dayton Bus Lines 824; acquired in 1980. Exx-St. Petersburg Municipal Transit System #?
751-765		1968	Flxible	111DC-D5	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison	Ex-City Transit Company 751-765; bought in 1972.
766-799		1968	Flxible	111CD-D5	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VS2-6	Ex-WMATA 6800, 6805, 6811, 6818, 6820, 6823, 6878, 6837, 6841, 6844-6845, 6855-6856, 6860-6862, 6866, 6869, 6879, 2651, 2653, 6809, 6812, 6846-6847, 6850-6853, 6868, 6870, 2641, 2644, 2655; bought in 1980.
801-805		1967	GMC	TDH-4519	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison	Ex-Avenue B and East Broadway Transit Company 606-610; bought in 1980.
806-810		1968	GMC	T6H-4521A	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison	Ex-Avenue B and East Broadway Transit Company 611-615; bought in 1980.
811-814		1970	GMC	T6H-4521A	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison	Ex-Avenue B and East Broadway Transit Company 617-620; bought in 1980.
815-819		1971	GMC	T6H-4521A	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison	Ex-Avenue B and East Broadway Transit Company 621-625; bought in 1980.
820		1974	GMC	T6H-4523N	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison	Ex-Blue Bird Coach Lines 252; bought in 1980.
825-861		1981	GMC	RTS-04 (T7J-204)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Allison V730
1867, 1871-1872, 1874		1992	Chance	VS-24
2001-2013		2000	OBI	Orion II (02.502)		Allison AT-545	To Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority same #'s.
2101-2122		2001	NFI	D30LF	Cummins ISC	Voith D864.3E	To Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority same #'s.
2151-2163		2001	NFI	D35LF	Cummins ISC	Voith D864.3E	To Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority same #'s.
2171-2180		2001	NFI	D40LF	Cummins ISC	Voith D864.3E	To Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority same #'s.
9101-9125		1991	TMC	RTS-06 (T80-606)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA		To Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority same #'s.
9201-9220		1992	Flxible	Metro "C" (40102-6T)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA		To Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority same #'s.
9701-9760		1997	Nova Bus	RTS-06 (T70-206)	Cummins M11E	Allison VR731	To Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority same #'s.
9901-9904		1999	ABI	TVM-25

Electric Trolley Bus Roster

Fleet Number(s)	Thumbnail	Build Date	Manufacturer	Model	Electronic System	Notes
109-110		1982	GM/BBC	HR150G	Brown Boveri (BBC) Model#4EL02030L (184 HP)	Ex-Edmonton Transit System 109-110; bought in 1996. 110 to Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority's historic fleet. 109 became a parts bus for 110.
501-559		1948-1951	Marmon-Herrington	TC-48		Formerly City Railway Company same #s. 501 to Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority's historic fleet. 515 to the Dicke Family Transportation Museum at Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, OH. 559 became a Christmas bus in 1977. It retired in 1988. It was later donated to San Francisco MUNI. It remained at MUNI until it returned to Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority's historic fleet in November 2021.
900		1970	Western Flyer	E700A		Formerly City Transit Company same #. To Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority's historic fleet.
901		1976	Flyer	E800 (10240)	General Electric GE-1213
902-964		1977	Flyer	E800 (10240)	General Electric GE-1213	916, 937 & 953 to Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority's historic fleet. 906 & 925 are preserved at Illinois Railway Museum.
9601-9603		1995	ETI	14TrE	Škoda 183 hp DC	To Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority same #'s.
9801-9854		1998-1999	ETI	14TrE2	Škoda 183 hp DC	To Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority same #'s.