Glendale Beeline

Glendale Beeline
Parent City of Glendale
Founded 1984
Headquarters 613 E. Broadway
Locale Glendale, California
Service type bus service, paratransit
Routes 12
Web site [1]

Glendale Beeline is Glendale, California's transportation service, providing local routes that serve the need of those commuting within the city itself or who plan on using the bus to connect with rail service to Los Angeles or surrounding suburbs. The bus lines complements the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's crosstown routes through the city. It also provies bus service to the cities of La Cañada Flintridge, La Crescenta, a small part of Burbank and an express route to and from Burbank's Downtown Station.

Contents

Routes

Route Terminals via Notes†
1/2
 Glendale Station Stocker Square
Central Avenue and Stocker Street		 Central Avenue, Brand Boulevard Operates daily

Line 1 operates in a clockwise loop and Line 2 counterclockwise
3
 Downtown Glendale
Harvard Street and Louise Street		 JPL (weekdays) Glendale Avenue, Verdugo Road, Honolulu Avenue (weekdays, Saturday)
La Crescenta Avenue, Foothill Boulevard (weekdays)		 Operates weekdays and Saturdays

This line is proposed to reduce service between Glendale College and JPL.
Montrose
La Crescenta Avenue at Montrose Avenue (Saturday)
33
 Montrose
Verdugo Road and Honolulu Avenue		 JPL Ocean View Boulevard, Foothill Boulevard, Oak Grove Drive Operates weekdays
34
 Montrose
Verdugo Road and Honolulu Avenue		 La Cañada High School Ocean View Boulevard, Foothill Boulevard, Oak Grove Drive Operates weekdays when school is in session
4
 Roosevelt Middle School
Chevy Chase Drive and Brand Boulevard		 Glendale Galleria
Central Avenue and Americana Way		 Broadway, Chevy Chase Drive Operates daily
5
 Pacific Park
Riverdale Drive and Pacific Avenue		 Hoover High School
Glenwood Road and Concord Street		 Pacific Avenue Operates weekdays and Saturdays
6
 Pacific Park
Pacific Avenue and Riverdale Drive		 Glendale High School
Broadway and Sinclair Avenue		 Colorado Street Operates weekdays and Saturdays
7
 West Glendale
Victory Boulevard and Western Avenue		 Glendale College Western Avenue, Glenoaks Boulevard, Stocker Street Operates weekdays and Saturdays
11
 Glendale Station Downtown Glendale
Colorado Street and Brand Boulevard		 Brand Boulevard, Wilson Avenue, Colorado Street Operates weekdays in the peak am and pm rush hour
12
 Glendale Station Burbank Station San Fernando Road, Flower Street Operates weekdays in the peak am and pm rush hour
13
 Glenoaks Canyon
Arcade Place and Glenoaks Boulevard		 Downtown Glendale
Harvard Street and Louise Street		 Glenoaks Boulevard, Chevy Chase Drive, Glendale Avenue Operates weekdays

†Glendale Beeline does not operate on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving or Christmas.

Fares

Fare structure as of October 1, 2011:

Fare Type General Student Senior/Disabled/Medicare
One-way (Lines 1-7 and 13) $0.75 $0.35
One-way (Lines 11 and 12) $2.00
Local Transfer $0.25 $0.15
Interagency Transfer $0.50 $0.25
31-Day Pass $27.00 $22.00 $13.50
10-Ride Card $6.75

Glendale Beeline is free to Metrolink/EZ Pass holders and to children under 5 (maximum of 2 with an accompanying adult).

Active Bus fleet

Here is a list of the current active bus fleet.

Make/
Model		 Picture Year Numbers
(Quantity Ordered)		 Engine/
Transmission		 Fuel Propulsion Notes
Gillig Phantom 40' [2] 1995 B62-B65
(4 buses)		 Diesel
  • Operates on lines 3,11
  • B64 has suburban seating
Eldorado National Transmark RE-32 [3] 1999 B32-B34
(3 buses)		 CNG
  • Operates on lines 1,2,6,12
NFI C35LF [4] 2001 B44-B57
(14 buses)		 CNG
  • Operates on lines 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,11,12
NFI C40LF [5] 2005 B58-B59
(2 buses)		 CNG
  • Operates on lines 3,6,7,11
NFI C35LFR [6] 2010 B66-B72,LC2
(8 buses)		 CNG
  • Operates on lines 1,2,33,34,4,5,6,7
  • LC2 only operates on lines 33,34 and has the LCF Shuttle design
NFI C40LFR [7] 2010 B73-B74
(2 buses)		 CNG
  • Operates on line 3

Retired Bus fleet

Not Completed

Make/
Model		 Picture Year Numbers
(Quantity Ordered)		 Engine/
Transmission		 Fuel Propulsion Retired Notes
Gillig Phantom 40' [8] 1982 B301-B304
(4 buses)		 Diesel 2005
  • Acquired used
  • Formerly operated on line 3
Gillig Phantom 40' 1991 Diesel
ElDorado National Escort RE [9] B14, B19? ? Diesel?
  • operated on lines 1,2
Blue Bird Q-Bus 1996 B24-B25
(2 buses)		 CNG 2010
  • Formerly operated on lines 1,2,33,34,12,13
Blue Bird Q-Bus CNG 1998 B26-B31,L1
(7 buses)		 CNG 2010
  • L1 currently operates on lines 33,34 and has the LCF Shuttle design(?)
  • Formerly operated on lines 1,2,33,34,12,13

References

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