Glendale Beeline

Glendale Beeline

Parent	City of Glendale
Founded	1984
Headquarters	613 E. Broadway
Locale	Glendale, Crescenta Valley
Service type	bus service, paratransit
Routes	13
Website

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 provides bus service to unincorporated La Crescenta-Montrose, the city of La Cañada Flintridge and a small part of Burbank. Glendale Beeline also provides two Metrolink Express routes that serve out of Burbank Station and Glendale Station.

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 Both lines operate alongside Metrolink express route 11
3/31/32	Downtown Glendale Harvard Street and Louise Street	Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Line 3)	Glendale Avenue (all lines) Verdugo Road, Honolulu Avenue (Lines 3 and 31) La Crescenta Avenue, Foothill Boulevard (Line 3)	Line 3 and 32 operate weekdays Line 31 operates Saturdays only
		Montrose La Crescenta Avenue and Montrose Avenue (Line 31)
		Glendale College (Line 32)
33/34	Montrose Verdugo Road and Honolulu Avenue	Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Line 33)	Ocean View Boulevard, Foothill Boulevard, Oak Grove Drive	Line 33 operates weekdays Line 34 operates on school days
		La Cañada High School (Line 34)
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	Riverside Rancho 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 Jackson Street	Brand Boulevard, Wilson Avenue, Colorado Street	Operates weekdays in the peak am and pm Operates alongside routes 1 and 2
12	Glendale Station	Burbank Station	San Fernando Road, Flower Street	Operates weekdays in the peak am and pm

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

Fares

Fare structure as of July 1, 2015:

Fare Type	General	Student	Senior/Disabled/Medicare
One-way (Lines 1-7, 31, 32)	$1.00		$0.50
One-way (Lines 11 and 12)	$2.00
Local Transfer	$0.25		$0.15
Interagency Transfer	$0.50		$0.25
31-Day Pass	$36.00	$22.00	$18.00
10-Ride Card	$9.00

Glendale Beeline is free to Metrolink/EZ Pass holders and to children under 5 (maximum of 2 with an accompanying adult) and within the City of La Canada Flintridge. On July 1, 2015, Glendale Beeline started using TAP cards.

Active Bus fleet

Here is a list of the current active bus fleet. All buses are manufactured by New Flyer and powered by Compressed Natural Gas

Year	Manufacturer	Model	Picture	Fleet Series (Quantity)	Powertrain (Engine/Transmission)	Fuel Propulsion	Notes
2001	New Flyer	C35LF		B44-B57 (14)	Detroit Diesel Series 50G Allison B-400R	CNG	Operates on all lines (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,11,12,31,32,33,34) B46 and B53 are repainted to LCF Shuttle livery and renumbered as LC3 and LC4 respectively for lines 33 & 34 B47-B50, B52, B54-B57 are in service and repainted to a new livery B44, B45, and B51 are retired in 2015
2005		C40LF		B58-B59 (2)	Cummins Westport C-Gas Plus Allison B400R		Operates on lines 3,5,6,7,11,12,31 Repainted to a new livery To be retired
2010		C35LFR		B66-B72, LC2 (8)	Cummins Westport ISL-G Allison B400R		Operates on lines 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,11,12,32,33,34 LC2 has LCF Shuttle livery for lines 33 & 34 Repainted to a new livery
2010		C40LFR		B73-B74 (2)			Operates on lines 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,11,12,31,32 B73 and B74 are repainted into a new livery B75-B88 feature a new livery
2012				B75-B78 (4)
2013-2014				B79-B88 (10)
2016		XN40		B89-B97? (9)			Entry into service - 2016

Retired Bus fleet

• This list is not complete

Make/ Model	Picture	Year	Numbers (Quantity Ordered)	Engine/ Transmission	Fuel Propulsion	Retired	Notes
Gillig Phantom		1991			Diesel		4 units Transferred from Foothill Transit in 2005
Ford/El Dorado Econoline/Aerotech		1984	1-10 (10 buses)			1992-1994	Formerly operated on lines 1,2,4 Replaced by ElDorado National Escort RE-29 (B11-B23)
ElDorado National Escort RE-29		1992-1993	B11-B23? (13 buses)	Cummins B LPG Plus Allison B300R	Propane?	2000-2002	Formerly operated on lines 1,2,4 Replaced by New Flyer C35LF (B44-B57)
Gillig Phantom 40'		1982	B43 (1 bus)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Allison HT-747	Diesel	2003-2004	Previously from NCSU Wolfline Formerly operated on lines 3,11 To Laidlaw Transit Services
Gillig Phantom 40'		1984-1985	B301-B305 (5 buses)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Allison HT-747	Diesel	2005	Previously from SamTrans Formerly operated on lines 3,11,32 Replaced by New Flyer C40LF (B58-B59)
Gillig Phantom 30'		1981-1982	B37-B38 (2 buses)	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Allison HT-747	Diesel, CNG	2007-2010	Formerly operated on lines 1,2 Converted to CNG B37 was retired in 2010 Replaced by Gillig Phantom 40' (B62-B65) and New Flyer C35LFR (B66-B72, LC2)
Blue Bird Q-Bus		1996	B24-B25 (2 buses)		CNG	2010	Formerly operated on lines 1,2,4,12,13,33,34 L1 has the LCF Shuttle livery for lines 33 and 34 Replaced by New Flyer C35LFR (B66-B72, LC2)
		1998	B26-B31,L1 (7 buses)
Gillig Phantom 40'		1995	B62-B65 (4 buses)	Detroit Diesel Series 50 Allison B400R	Diesel	2012-2013	Previously from Foothill Transit Formerly operated on lines 3,7,11 B64 has suburban seating Replaced by New Flyer C40LFR (B73-B78)
Eldorado National Transmark RE-32		1999	B32-B36 (5 buses)	Cummins B Gas Plus Allison B300R	CNG	2013-2014	Formerly operated on lines 1,2,4,6,12,33,34 Replaced by New Flyer C40LFR (B79-B88)

References

Glendale Beeline Website: