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Transit bus system in Orange County, California

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::summary Transit bus system in Orange County, California ::

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Field	Value
name	OC Bus
logo	OC Bus logo.svg
logo_size	150px
image	OC Bus 5718 54 Maple & Lemon, Orange Ca.jpg
image_caption	OC Bus in Orange, California
parent	Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA)
founded
headquarters	550 S. Main St
Orange, California, USA
service_area	Orange County
service_type	Transit bus
routes	51
stops	5,161
fleet	449 buses
ridership	()
annual_ridership	()
fuel_type	CNG, battery electric, hydrogen fuel cell
operator	OCTA
Keolis (Anaheim & Irvine)
Transdev (OC ACCESS)
website
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OC Bus is the transit bus service operated by the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), serving every city in Orange County. Some of the lines serve the Los Angeles County border communities of Lakewood, La Mirada, Cerritos, Artesia, Hawaiian Gardens, and Long Beach. As of November 2025, there are 51 routes in the system.

The agency is the second-largest public transportation provider in the metropolitan area after the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Its predecessor agencies include not only the prior Orange County Transit District but also such diverse entities as the Pacific Electric Railway and the South Coast Transit Corporation. In 2005, OCTA was judged America's Best Public Transportation System by the American Public Transportation Association, for its record gains in bus and Metrolink commuter trains ridership that it operates or funds.

The Authority's administrative offices are located in the city of Orange and it maintains bus operations bases in the cities of Garden Grove, and Santa Ana. Keolis operates about 40% of OCTA's Fixed Routes out of the Anaheim and Irvine bases, while Transdev operates OCTA's paratransit base for the authority's ACCESS service, also in Irvine.

All OCTA buses are equipped with bike racks, articulated buses carry two bike racks, while the rest of the fleet carry three bike racks. In addition, all OCTA buses come with free WiFi onboard.

The longest is route 1 (Long Beach–San Clemente) which utilizes Pacific Coast Highway for the vast majority of its 40 mi route, with trips take an average of 2 to 2.5 hours.

Routes

1-99 (Local Routes)

Routes with numbers less than 100 are fixed routes that cover almost every city in Orange County. Buses operate on most major arterial streets. Route 1 is the only single-digit route, acquiring the number from California State Route 1. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/OCTASystemMapjune14-1.png" caption="Map of the OCTA bus system"] ::

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Route	Terminals	via
Long Beach	San Clemente	Pacific Coast Hwy
Newport Beach
Fullerton	Huntington Beach	Goldenwest St, Knott Av
Fullerton	Yorba Linda	Commonwealth Av, Yorba Linda Bl
Buena Park	Huntington Beach	Beach Bl

Cerritos	Anaheim Hills	Orangethorpe Av
Fullerton	Huntington Beach	Magnolia St
Fullerton	Costa Mesa	Brookhurst St, Orangethorpe Ave
La Habra	Fountain Valley	Euclid St
Cerritos	Anaheim Hills	Del Amo Bl, La Palma Av
Long Beach	Orange	Los Alamitos Bl, Lincoln Av
Fullerton	Costa Mesa	Harbor Bl
Seal Beach	Orange	Ball Rd, Taft Av, Los Alamitos Bl, Seal Beach Bl
Long Beach
Fullerton	Newport Beach	Anaheim Bl, Fairview St
Long Beach	Orange	Katella Av
Anaheim	Irvine	Main St
Santa Ana
Garden Grove	Orange	Chapman Av
Orange
Santa Ana	Newport Beach	Standard Av, Bristol St, Fairview St, 17th St
Garden Grove	Orange
Orange station	Garden Grove Bl
Garden Grove
Brea	Newport Beach
Newport Transportation Center	State College Bl, Bristol St, Jamboree Rd
Fullerton	Costa Mesa
Brea
Brea Mall	Irvine	Birch St, Kraemer Bl, Glassell St, Grand Av, Von Karman Av
Long Beach	Tustin
Larwin Square	Westminster Ave, 17th St
Westminster	Santa Ana
Westminster	Tustin	Bolsa Av, 1st St
Huntington Beach	Irvine	McFadden Av, Walnut Av
Tustin
Huntington Beach	Tustin	Edinger Av
Yorba Linda	Newport Beach	Tustin Av, Red Hill Av, Newport Bl
Huntington Beach	Tustin	Warner Av
Huntington Beach	Santa Ana	Talbert Av, MacArthur Bl
Tustin
Larwin Square	Newport Beach	Bryan Av, Culver Dr, University Dr
Fullerton	Laguna Hills	I-5, Main St
Laguna Niguel	Mission Viejo	Marguerite Pkwy, Crown Valley Pkwy
Costa Mesa	Mission Viejo	Alton Pkwy, Jeronimo Rd
Mission Viejo
Portola Plaza	Laguna Beach	El Toro Rd, Laguna Canyon Rd
Tustin	Dana Point	Irvine Center Dr, Moulton Pkwy, Golden Lantern St
Laguna Hills	San Clemente	Paseo De Valencia, Camino Capistrano, Del Obispo St
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100s (Community Routes)

Routes with numbers in the 100s descended from the old RunAbout service that formerly served residential neighborhoods, or provide service to portions of 1-99 routes that have reduced demand. Three routes (129, 143, 153) were truncated from routes 29, 43, 47, 53, and 59 as a result of March 2010 service change; the 153 was later discontinued in February 2023. These routes are operated by Keolis, although between February 2022 and June 2023 OCTA temporarily operated many of these routes in-house except for the 129, 143, and 177, likely due to contractor driver shortages. ::data[format=table]

Route	Terminals	via
Anaheim	Huntington Beach	Artesia Bl, Malvern Av, Chapman Av, Valley View St, Bolsa Chica Rd
Buena Park	Brea	Beach Bl, La Habra Bl, Brea Bl, Birch St
La Habra	Brea	Whittier Bl, Harbor Bl, Brea Bl, Birch St
Flower St, Fairview St

Orange	Irvine	Meats Av, Santiago Bl, Wanda Rd, Hewes St, Newport Av, Irvine Bl, Jeffrey Rd, Campus Dr
Laguna Niguel	Mission Viejo	Alicia Pkwy, Muirlands Bl, Lake Forest Dr, Portola Pkwy, Santa Margarita Pkwy
Huntington Beach	Irvine	Adams Av, Birch St, Campus Dr
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400s (StationLink) {{anchor|iShuttle}}

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Irvine_Station_(2013)07(cropped).JPG" caption="Irvine Shuttle (iShuttle), operated by the OCTA at the [[Irvine Transportation Center]] in [[Irvine, California]]"] ::

Routes with numbers in the 400s are "StationLink" routes which travel between Metrolink stations and business districts. These routes operate only during weekday rush hours and do not operate reverse peak services. These routes are operated by Keolis. ::data[format=table]

Route	Terminals	via
Orange	Orange	Chapman Av, Main St, La Veta Av
Tustin	Irvine	Edinger Av, Red Hill Av, Campus Dr, Jamboree Rd
Tustin	Irvine	Edinger Av, Harvard Av
Irvine	Lake Forest	Alton Pkwy, Bake Pkwy, Lake Forest Dr
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500s (Rapid Routes)

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/OC_Bus_5810_543_Disneyland.jpg" caption="OC Bus on Rapid Route 543 at [[Disneyland Resort]] in [[Anaheim, California"] ::

Routes with numbers in the 500s are "Rapid" routes that operate on heavily used routes making limited stops and at transfer points to other routes. It is named according to the parent route it accompanies, for adding the number five to the beginning of the route indicating that it is a Rapid express route. Rapid routes use a dedicated fleet of buses and have different color schemes from regular route buses. ::data[format=table]

Route	Terminals	via
Fullerton	Fullerton	Beach Bl
Fullerton	Costa Mesa	Harbor Bl
Anaheim	Costa Mesa	Main St, Katella Av
Santa Ana	Westminster	17th St, Westminster Av
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800s (City Shuttle)

Routes with numbers in the 800s are City Shuttle routes. Route 862, the first and only 800 series route, serving as a circulator route in Downtown Santa Ana and was introduced in October 2019, replacing former StationLink Route 462. ::data[format=table]

Route	Terminals	via	Notes	862862	Santa Ana
Civic Center Dr
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Bus fleet

Active fleet{{sticky header}}

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Image	Make/Model	Fleet numbers	Year	Propulsion	Assigned Divisions	Notes
	New Flyer XHE40	1111–1120	2018	Hydrogen	Santa Ana
	New Flyer XE40	1201–1210	2021–2022	Battery electric	Garden Grove
[[File:OCBus 2103.jpg	frameless	150x150px]]	Gillig Low Floor Plus CNG 40'	2101	2021	CNG
Santa Ana
2102–2199, 2201–2266, 2301–2336	2022–2023	CNG
[[File:OC Bus 5718 54 Maple & Lemon, Orange Ca.jpg	frameless	150x150px]]	New Flyer XN40	5701–5799,
5801–5858	2015–2017	CNG	Anaheim
Irvine
Santa Ana
5861–5866	2018	CNG	Santa Ana
[[File:OCTA Unit 5509.jpg	thumb	C40lfr]]	C40LFR	6381–63****92	2020–2021	CNG
[[File:OCTA Unit 7627.jpg	frameless	150x150px]]	New Flyer XN60	7601–7620	2013	CNG
7621–7636	2016	CNG	Santa Ana
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References

(August 11, 2021). "OC Bus Transit Fact Sheet".
"OCTA Awards Cost-Saving Contract to Continue Providing More OC Bus Service".

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