page_title: SamTrans
section_title: Fleet
hierarchical_section_title: SamTrans / Bus service / Fleet
caption_attribution_description: English: A SamTrans Gillig BRT bus (body number 408) parked near Stonestown Galleria in San Francisco.
context_page_description: SamTrans is a public transport agency in and around San Mateo, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It provides bus service throughout San Mateo County and into portions of San Francisco and Palo Alto. SamTrans also operates commuter shuttles to BART stations and community shuttles. Service is largely concentrated on the east side of the Santa Cruz Mountains, and, in the central county, I-280, leaving coast-side service south of Pacifica spotty and intermittent.
  SamTrans is constituted as a special district under California state law. It is governed by a board of nine appointed members; two county Supervisors, one "transportation expert" appointed by the county Board of Supervisors, three city councilpersons appointed by the cities in the county to represent the county's judicial districts, and three citizens appointed by the other six board members.
  The district was established in 1976 and consolidated eleven different municipal bus systems serving the county. One year later, SamTrans began operation of mainline bus service to San Francisco. Shuttle service began in 2000.
context_section_description: SamTrans currently has a fleet of 296 buses of various sizes for its fixed-route service. Fifty-five are articulated buses made by New Flyer Industries with the 10 m (35 ft) and 12 m (40 ft) buses with low flooring, are made by the Gillig Corporation. Each bus is equipped with GPS tracking providing both visual and voice next-stop announcements, and are accessible to passengers in wheelchairs and limited mobility.
  In 2009, SamTrans added 135 custom made Gillig low floor buses to their fleet, numbered 400-490, 500-539 & 2900-2903, replacing 137 older Gillig Phantom buses in their fleet.
  In 2018, SamTrans placed an order for 10 Proterra 40-foot Catalyst E2 buses as a first step towards the goal to have an all-electric fleet by 2033. The battery electric buses are expected to enter revenue service in early 2019, and a charging station will be installed at each SamTrans maintenance facility.
caption: The most common type of bus operated by SamTrans, the Gillig BRT. It has replacing the Gillig Phantom series on all its routes.
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