Norwalk Transit (California)


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, El Monte, Industry, La Habra, La Mirada, South El Monte and Whittier in Southeast Los Angeles County and Orange County.
Norwalk Transit receives its operating revenue from farebox receipts and state tax revenue distributed by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Bus routes

Norwalk Transit operates a connector shuttle bus service between the Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs Transportation Center and the Metro Green Line Norwalk Station.
Presently, Metrolink provides weekday train service to the Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs Transportation Centre. The rail feeder service implemented by Norwalk Transit provides direct interconnectivity between rail stations.
Norwalk Transit's paratransit dial-a-ride service operates within the jurisdictional boundary of the City of Norwalk.
Norwalk Transit began operation in 1974, a project done 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.

Fleet information

Norwalk Transit uses long buses for its scheduled routes, and paratransit vehicles for its dial-a-ride service. The standard fleet is composed mainly of Gillig LF and New Flyer GE40LF vehicles.