SunLine Transit Agency
Encyclopedia
SunLine Transit Agency , a transit operator in Riverside County (with over 3.5 million passengers a year), is a transit agency providing bus service in the Coachella Valley
area.
Coachella Valley
Coachella Valley is a large valley landform in Southern California. The valley extends for approximately 45 miles in Riverside County southeast from the San Bernardino Mountains to the saltwater Salton Sea, the largest lake in California...
area.
Current Routes
- 14 Palm Springs-Desert Hot Springs
- 24 Palm Canyon & Stevens to Tahquitz & Farrell
- 30 Palm Springs-Cathedral City
- 32 Palm Springs-Palm Desert
- 50 Palm Desert Loop
- 70 Bermuda Dunes-La Quinta
- 80 Indio Loop
- 90 Indio-Coachella
- 91 Indio-Oasis
- 111 Palm Springs-Indio
Active Bus Fleet
SunLine currently operates a fleet of 95 fixed route vehicles and Curb to Curb vehicles. The table below gives information related to the different coach and paratransit vehicles currently in the fleet.| Model | Length | Year | Quantity | Fuel Type |
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| New Flyer C40LFR | 40' | 41 | CNG Compressed natural gas Compressed natural gas is a fossil fuel substitute for gasoline , diesel, or propane/LPG. Although its combustion does produce greenhouse gases, it is a more environmentally clean alternative to those fuels, and it is much safer than other fuels in the event of a spill... |
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| Orion V 05.501 CNG | 40' | 15 | CNG Compressed natural gas Compressed natural gas is a fossil fuel substitute for gasoline , diesel, or propane/LPG. Although its combustion does produce greenhouse gases, it is a more environmentally clean alternative to those fuels, and it is much safer than other fuels in the event of a spill... |
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| New Flyer H40LFR | 40' | 1 | Fuel cell Fuel cell A fuel cell is a device that converts the chemical energy from a fuel into electricity through a chemical reaction with oxygen or another oxidizing agent. Hydrogen is the most common fuel, but hydrocarbons such as natural gas and alcohols like methanol are sometimes used... |
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| Van Hool Van Hool Van Hool NV is a Belgian coachbuilder and manufacturer of buses, coaches, trolleybuses, and trailers.The company was founded in 1947 by Bernard van Hool in Koningshooikt, nearby Lier, Belgium. In the early years, the company introduced serial production and exported their products all over Europe... A330FC |
40' | 1 | Fuel Cell Fuel cell A fuel cell is a device that converts the chemical energy from a fuel into electricity through a chemical reaction with oxygen or another oxidizing agent. Hydrogen is the most common fuel, but hydrocarbons such as natural gas and alcohols like methanol are sometimes used... |
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| ElDorado ElDorado National ElDorado National is a bus manufacturer owned by Thor Industries. Heavy-duty buses are built in Riverside, California, and cutaway buses and mobility vans are built in Salina, Kansas.-Products:* Aerotech and similar lines of cutaway buses... EZ-Rider II MAX |
30' | 10 | CNG Compressed natural gas Compressed natural gas is a fossil fuel substitute for gasoline , diesel, or propane/LPG. Although its combustion does produce greenhouse gases, it is a more environmentally clean alternative to those fuels, and it is much safer than other fuels in the event of a spill... |
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| ElDorado ElDorado National ElDorado National is a bus manufacturer owned by Thor Industries. Heavy-duty buses are built in Riverside, California, and cutaway buses and mobility vans are built in Salina, Kansas.-Products:* Aerotech and similar lines of cutaway buses... (paratransit) |
22' | 27 | CNG Compressed natural gas Compressed natural gas is a fossil fuel substitute for gasoline , diesel, or propane/LPG. Although its combustion does produce greenhouse gases, it is a more environmentally clean alternative to those fuels, and it is much safer than other fuels in the event of a spill... |