Greater Richmond Transit Company

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The Greater Richmond Transit Company, or GRTC, is the transit operator in Richmond, Virginia. It also serves Henrico and Chesterfield counties with express service to Petersburg, VA.

History

The GRTC Transit System was founded in 1973 following the closure of the Virginia Transit Company. In 1989, the City of Richmond and Chesterfield County bought GRTC allowing both localities to respectively have 50% ownership of the transit system, though the City of Richmond wholly owned the transit system prior to that year. Henrico's service is provided through a service contract with GRTC.

The GRTC Transit System was given the "Best Transit System in North America" award by APTA in 2008. In 2010, all GRTC operations were moved to their new Belt Boulevard headquarters and the old facility at 101 S. Davis Avenue was closed and later sold.

Routes

Route were changed effective April 20th, 2014 when the Downtown Transit Center (located at 9th and Leigh Streets in Downtown Richmond) opened for service. Most of the route numbers are from the Virginia Transit Company days and run along the original electrified streetcar routes that operated in the late 1800s.

Routes with an X are Express routes that operate Monday-Friday during peak periods. Otherwise, the routes are local routes.

Routes

Fares

Current

Facilities

Garage/Office

Address: 301 E. Belt Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23224
Email: Webcustomerservice@ridegrtc.com
Fax: 804-342-1933
Phone: 804-358-GRTC

Fleet Roster

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Active

Fleet Number(s)	Build Date	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
201-208	2013	Gillig	BRT CNG 40' (G27D102N4)	Cummins Westport ISL G	Voith D864.5	First order of CNG buses, for the gradual fleet transition to a 100% CNG fleet.
250-270	2014	Gillig	BRT CNG 40' (G27D102N4)	Cummins Westport ISL G	Voith D864.5	Delivered with the optional two-piece windshield.
401-408	2012	Gillig	BRT 40' (G27D102N4)	Cummins ISL9	Voith D864.5	Last order of diesel-fueled buses for GRTC.
501-508	2014	Gillig	BRT CNG 40' (G27D102N4)	Cummins Westport ISL G	Voith D864.5
701-705	2014	Gillig	BRT CNG 35' (G27B102N4)	Cummins Westport ISL G	Voith D864.5	Used on light ridership routes such as the 10.
1504-1508	2011	MCI	D4500CT	Cummins ISX11.9	Allison B500	1504 retired due to an accident 1508 was a demonstrator unit and is in service; it has bumper-mounted fog lights, a rear destination sign, and full aluminum wheels.
2001	2016	Gillig	BRTPlus CNG 40' (G27D102N4)	Cummins Westport ISL G	Voith D864.5	For the Pulse Bus Rapid Transit line.
2002-2013	2017	Gillig	BRTPlus CNG 40' (G31D102N4)	Cummins Westport L9N	Voith D864.5	For the Pulse Bus Rapid Transit line.
2014	2021	Gillig	BRTPlus CNG 40' (G31D102N4)	Cummins Westport L9N		Ordered to replace bus #2004 which was destroyed during the George Floyd protests For the Pulse Bus Rapid Transit line.
2101-2110	2017	Gillig	BRT CNG 40' (G31D102N4)	Cummins Westport L9N	Voith D864.6
2121-2124	2017	Gillig	BRT CNG 35' (G27D102N4)	Cummins Westport L9N	Voith D864.6
2131-2134	2017	Gillig	BRT CNG 29' (G31E102N2)	Cummins Westport L9N	Voith D864.6
2201-2217	2018	Gillig	BRT CNG 40' (G31D102N4)	Cummins Westport L9N	Voith D864.6
2231-2236	2018	Gillig	BRT CNG 29' (G31E102N2)	Cummins Westport L9N
2300-2313	2021	Gillig	BRT CNG 40' (G31D102N4)	Cummins Westport L9N
2314-2319	2022	Gillig	BRT CNG 40' (G31D102N4)	Cummins Westport L9N
2320-2333	2024	Gillig	BRT CNG 40' (G31D102N4)	Cummins Westport L9N
2401-2410	2023	Gillig	BRT CNG 29' (G31E102?2)	Cummins Westport L9N
2411-2415	2024	Gillig	BRT CNG 35' (G31B102N4)	Cummins Westport L9N

On Order

Fleet Number(s)	Build Date	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
(4 buses)	2025	New Flyer	XN60			For the Pulse Bus Rapid Transit line

Retired

Fleet Number(s)	Build Date	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
EV1-EV3	1996	Blue Bird	Electro-Bus			Electric powered bus
20-25	1985	Chance	VS-24			Trolley replicas
101-145	1988	Flxible	Metro "B" (40096-6T)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Allison V731
146-155	1988	Flxible	Metro "B" (40096-6C)	Cummins L10	Voith D863.2
101-117	2003	Gillig	Low Floor 40' (G27D102N4)	Cummins ISL	Allison B400R	All units retired as of 2018.
201-272	1974	Flxible	45096-6-1	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison	203, 205, 210, 214, 216, 221, 226, 231, 235, 237, 238, 245, 248, 255, 261, 266, 269 & 270 to Miami Valley RTA 280-297 in 1980.
201-232 (2nd)	1998	Gillig	Phantom 35' (C18B102N4)	Cummins ISC	Voith D864.3	201 was a Pilot bus. First buses delivered with rear destination signs. They were originally delivered with Luminator MegaMax destination signs, but were later replaced with Luminator Horizon destination signs. Retired in 2013. 201, 203, 208-210, 212, 215, 218, 229-232 were auctioned off in May to September 2013. 206, 211, 219, 223, 226 & 228 to Waccamaw Regional Transportation Authority (Coast RTA) 1206, 1211, 1219, 1223, 1226 & 1228 (Conway, SC).
301-327	1990	Flxible	Metro "B" (35096-6T)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Allison V731	309 was preserved by Commonwealth Coach and Trolley. It has since been scrapped due to fire damage. These buses were originally delivered with rollsigns, then replaced with Luminator MegaMax destination signs pulled from the 200-series Gillig Phantoms.
301-318	2008	Gillig	Low Floor 40' (G27D102N4)	Cummins ISL	Voith D864.5
401-432	1965-1966	GMC	TDH-5303	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH	Originally purchased new and operated by the Virginia Transit Company. 401, 409-411, 413-414, 416, 418 to Blacksburg Transit 1501?, 1509, 1510, 1611, 1613, 1614, 1616 & 1618 in 1985.
401-422 (2nd)	6/1997	Gillig	Phantom 35' (C18B102N4)	Cummins C8.3	Allison B400R	Retired in 2008. 403-409 to Petersburg Area Transit 403-409 prior to 2008
501-539	1975	GMC	T8H-5308A	Detroit Diesel 8V71N	Allison VS2-8
501-516 (2nd)	2000	Gillig	Low Floor 40' (G22D102N4)	Detroit Diesel Series 40	Voith D864.3	Retired in 2014. First low floor buses for GRTC. Some were repainted into current silver/green/purple "swoosh" colors. 5 units were put up for auction on 2/28/2014. 8 units were put up for auction on 8/20/2014.
601-630	1975	AMG	9635A-6	Detroit Diesel 6V71N		One unit is preserved and on display at the Science Museum of Virginia, fleet number unknown. The unit is non-functional.
601-625 (2nd)	2001	Gillig	Phantom 40' (C18D102N4)	Cummins ISC	Voith D864.3	All units retired as of 2017. 603 is preserved by Commonwealth Coach & Trolley in Roanoke, VA.
701-726	1978	Flxible	53102-8-1	Detroit Diesel 8V71N	Allison V730
701-715 (2nd)	2001	Gillig	Low Floor 40' (G22D102N4)	Detroit Diesel Series 40	Voith D864.3	Retired in 2014. Last buses delivered with rear destination signs Some were repainted into current silver/green/purple "swoosh" colors. 6 units were put up for auction on 2/28/2014. 7 units were put up for auction on 11/16/2015.
801-837	1984	Flxible	Metro "A" (40096-6T)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Allison V730	7 units to Pentran 251-257.
801-816 (2nd)	2003	Gillig	Phantom 40' (C29D102N4)	Cummins ISL	Voith D864.3E	Retired as of 2018
901-921	5/1996	Gillig	Phantom 35' (35102TB6CT)	Cummins C8.3	Allison B400R	Retired in 2010. Replaced by Gillig BRTs in numbered in the same series.
901-913	2010	Gillig	BRT 40' (G27D102N4)	Cummins ISL	Voith D864.5	4 buses donated to Petersburg Area Transit in 2024 911 & 913 had "Silver Streak" destination signs.
1201-1203	2003	Blue Bird	Xcel 102 35'	Cummins ISC	Allison B400R	Retired in 2017.
1501-1503	2006	MCI	D4500CT	Caterpillar C13	Allison B500	Retired and auctioned off in 2023
16xx	2007	Ford/StarTrans	E450	Ford Powerstroke 6.0L	Ford TorqShift	Amount of units is unknown. 1601, 1604 & 1607 were spotted retired in 2014. 16xx (VIN: 1FDXE45P37DA27480 & 1FDXE45P57DA27481) were put up for auction on 2/28/2014. 16xx (VIN: 1FDXE45P77DA27482 & 1FDXE45P97DA27483) were put up for auction on 11/16/2015.
1701-1710	2009	Chevrolet ElDorado National	C5500 ?	General Motors Duramax	Allison	Used on Routes 21, 24, 93 & 101.
1710-1715		IC Bus ?	? ?			Used on Routes 21, 24, 93, and 101
1800 Series	2009	Ford ?	E-350 ?			1801 VIN: 1FDEE35PX9DA83467 1806 VIN: 1FDEE35P39DA83472 1808 VIN: 1FDEE35P79DA83474 1820 VIN: 1FDEE35P79DA83488 1826 VIN: 1FDEE35P29DA83494 1835 VIN: 1FDEE35PX9DA83503