VIA Metropolitan Transit
VIA Metropolitan Transit serves the city of San Antonio, Texas as well as its surrounding municipalities.
History
VIA Metropolitan Transit began operations in 1978 after voters approved a half-cent sales tax to fund the service. It is the successor to the San Antonio Transit System.
Routes
As of 19 August 2024, VIA separates services as Frequent and Standard, with color coded routes indicating base frequency.
Prior to 19 August 2024, VIA operated 5 different types of routes; Metro, Frequent, Skip, Express, and Primo:
- Metro (Purple) routes serve specific residential areas and usually run every 30-60 minutes.
- Frequent (Red) routes are similar to Metro routes, but run every 15 minutes through most of the day.
- Skip (Green) routes serve frequently-traveled roads but have fewer stops to reduce travel times.
- Express (Orange) routes run along major highways in San Antonio and are designed for quick travel between Downtown San Antonio and specific residential area, and transit centers.
- Primo routes are Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lines that serve the heaviest traveled corridors using articulated buses and 40 foot buses. VIA plans to expand Primo service to other corridors in future decades.
Routes are numbered as follows:
- 1-99: Local routes serving Downtown San Antonio; routes are numbered clockwise starting from Blanco Street (Line 2)
- 100-199: Primo Bus Rapid Transit services
- 200-299: Late Night "Lineup" Routes serving Downtown San Antonio (departs from Downtown San Antonio at 10:30pm, 11:30pm and 12:30am)
- 300-499: (Not Used; 400-series previously used for circulator buses in Downtown San Antonio)
- 500-699: Feeder Routes connecting residential neighborhoods and transit centers; do not serve Downtown San Antonio
Route Tables Under Development
Routes Serving Downtown San Antonio
2 Blanco Frequent
3 San Pedro Skip
4 San Pedro Frequent
5 McCullough
7 US 281 Stone Oak/Brooks Express
8 North St Mary's
9 Broadway Frequent
14 Perrin Beitel Skip
17 IH-35 Express
20 New Braunfels Frequent
21 Kirby/Commerce
22 Hays
24 East Houston
25 East Commerce Frequent
26 M.L. King
28 Porter Frequent
30 Rigby
32 Steves
34 South St Mary's Frequent
36 South Presa
42 Roosevelt
43 South Flores
44 Pleasanton
46 Commercial
51 Nogalitos
62 Kirk
64 US 90 Express
66 Ceralvo
67 Laredo
68 Guadalupe Frequent
75 West Commerce Frequent
76 West Commerce Skip
77 Martin
79 Ruiz
82 Culebra Frequent
88 Bandera Frequent
89 Poplar
90 Woodlawn
93 IH-10 Crossroads/Roadrunner Express
95 Fredericksburg Road Frequent
96 Vance Jackson Frequent
97 West Avenue
PRIMO Bus Rapid Transit
100 PRIMO Fredericksburg
102 PRIMO Military
103 PRIMO Zarzamora
Late Night Lineup Routes
202 Blanco | Route 2 |
204 San Pedro | Routes 4 & 5 |
209 Broadway/Nacog. | Routes 9 & 10 |
214 Austin Hwy/Rand. | Routes 14 & 17 |
222 Hays/ E. Houston | Routes 22 & 24 |
225 E. Commerce/ML King | Routes 25 & 26 |
230 Rigsby/Porter | Routes 28 & 30 |
232 Steves Ave/S. St. Marys | Routes 32 & 34 |
242 Roosevelt/S. Presa | Routes 36 & 42 |
243 S. Flores/Pleasanton | Routes 43 & 44 |
246 Commercial St. | Routes 46 & 48 |
251 Nogalitos St. | Routes 51 & 62 |
268 Guadalupe St./Ceralvo | Routes 66 & 68 |
275 Commerce/Laredo | Routes 67 & 75 |
276 Commerce/KLAC Transit Ctr. | Routes 64 & 76 |
277 Martin/Ruiz | Routes 77 & 79 |
282 Culebra | Routes 82 |
288 Bandera/Evers Rd | Route 88 |
289 Poplar/Woodlawn | Routes 89 & 90 |
296 Vance Jackson/West Ave. | Routes 96 & 97 |
Feeder Routes
501 UTSA / Leon Valley
502 Thousand Oaks
503 Huebner Crosstown
505 Basse
509 Hildebrand
515 Southcross
522 24th St. / Babcock
524 General McMullen Frequent
534 Wurzbach Frequent
552 Loop 410 / W.W. White Skip
602 North Star / Medical Center
603 Medical Center / UTSA
604 Medical Center / University Heights
607 Medical Center / Ingram
609 Ingram / Mainland / Medical Center
610 Ingram / Northwest Crossing
611 Valley-Hi / Kel-Lac
612 Kel-Lac / Westlakes
613 Heritage NW / Kel-Lac
614 Hidden Cove / Kel-Lac
615 Kel-Lac / Heritage Park
616 Sky Harbor / Kel-Lac
617 Kel-Lac / Rainbow Hills
618 Ingram / Westlakes
619 Kel-Lac / Indian Creek
620 Northwest Vista College / Ingram
632 Randolph / Ventura
647 North Star /Harry Wurzbach
648 North Star /Stone Oak
651 Deco District /Castle Hills
Fares
Local: $1.30
Express: $2.60
Transfers: Free
Day Pass: $2.75
VIAtrans (Paratransit) Service: $2.00
31-Day Pass: $38
7-Day Pass: $12
Semester Pass (for K-12 and College Students): $38
Transit Bus Roster
Active
Fleet Number(s) |
Thumbnail | Build Date |
Manufacturer | Model | Engine | Transmission | Notes |
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118-125 | ![]() |
2022 | Gillig | Low Floor EV 40' (G28D102N4) |
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376-405 | ![]() |
2010 | New Flyer | DE40LFR | Cummins ISL | Allison EP40 hybrid system |
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406-420 | ![]() |
2016 | New Flyer | XN40 | Cummins Westport ISL G | Allison B400R | |
421-691 | ![]() |
2016-2017 | Nova Bus | LFS Natural Gas | Cummins Westport ISL G | Voith D864.6 |
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692-735 | ![]() |
2018 | Nova Bus | LFS Natural Gas | Cummins Westport L9N | Voith D864.6 | |
736-757 | ![]() |
2020 | Nova Bus | LFS Natural Gas | Cummins Westport L9N | Voith D864.6 | |
758-785 | 2022 | Gillig | Low Floor 40' CNG (G31D102N4) |
Cummins Westport L9N | Voith D864.6 |
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801-806 | ![]() |
2020 | Nova Bus | LFS Natural Gas | Cummins Westport L9N | Voith D864.6 |
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807-820 | 2023 | Gillig | Low Floor 40' CNG (G31D102N4) |
Cummins Westport L9N | Voith D864.6 |
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850 | ![]() |
2000 | NABI | 40-LFW (040.05) |
Cummins ISL | Allison B400R |
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947-950 | ![]() |
2010 | NABI | 40-LFW CNG | Cummins Westport ISL G | Allison B400R |
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951-966 | ![]() |
2012 | NABI | 60-BRT CNG | Cummins Westport ISL G | Allison B500R |
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967-969 | ![]() |
2013 | NABI | 60-BRT CNG | Cummins Westport ISL G | Allison B500R |
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970-987 | ![]() |
2018 | Nova Bus | LFS Natural Gas | Cummins Westport L9N | Voith D864.6 |
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988-989 | ![]() |
2020 | Nova Bus | LFS Natural Gas | Cummins Westport L9N | Voith D864.6 |
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On Order
Fleet Number(s) |
Thumbnail | Build Date |
Manufacturer | Model | Engine | Transmission | Notes |
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Retired
Fleet Number(s) |
Thumbnail | Build Date |
Manufacturer | Model | Engine | Transmission | Notes |
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77-95 | 1982-1983 | Chance | VS-24 | Trolley replicas used in "Alamo Street Car" service. | |||
96-100 | 1999 | Optima | AH-28 Propane | Cummins Westport B LPG Plus | Allison B300R | ||
101-114 (2nd) | ![]() |
2005 | Optima | AH-28 Propane | Cummins Westport B LPG Plus | Allison B300R | |
111-120 | 1980 | Chance | RT-50 | ||||
115-117 | ![]() |
2012 | Proterra | EcoRide BE35 |
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123-129 | 1984 | Chance | RT-50 | ||||
130-137 | 1985 | Chance | RT-50 | ||||
138-177 | 1986 | Chance | RT-52 | ||||
200-320 | 1977-1978 | GMC | RTS-01 (TH-8201) |
Detroit Diesel 8V71N | Allison V730 |
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200-260 (2nd) | ![]() |
2003 | NFI | D40LF | Detroit Diesel Series 50 EGR | ZF 5HP592C | |
261-324 | ![]() |
2005 | New Flyer | D40LF | Cummins ISL | ZF 5HP592C | |
325-338 | ![]() |
2006 | New Flyer | D40LF | Cummins ISL | ZF 5HP592C | |
339-375 | ![]() |
2008 | New Flyer | D40LF | Cummins ISL | ZF 5HP592C | |
321-443 | 1981 | GMC | RTS-04 (T7W-204) |
Detroit Diesel 6V71N | Allison V730 | ||
444-528 | 1984 | GMC | RTS-04 (T7W-204) |
Detroit Diesel 6V71N | Allison V730 | 506 was purchased by a private owner for an RV conversion project. It was not completed and was listed on Craigslist in South San Antonio, TX on 10/3/2019.[1] | |
529 | 1988 | TMC | RTS-06 (T70-606) |
Detroit Diesel 6V71 | Allison V731 | ||
530-632 | 1988 | TMC | RTS-06 (T70-206) |
Detroit Diesel 6V71 | Allison V731 | 1 unit (VIN: 1TUNDT2A2JR825715) was purchased by American Bus Coach Inc. and became a party limo bus numbered 105. It was spotted near Annandale, VA on 2/12/2018.[2] | |
633-662 | 1992 | TMC | RTS-06 (T80-206) |
Detroit Diesel 6L71TA | Allison V731 | ||
663-729 (1st) 947 (1st) |
2000 | Champion | Solo | Powered by propane fuel. | |||
730-809 (2nd) | ![]() |
8/1999[3] | NABI | 40-LFW (040.05) |
Cummins ISL | Allison B400R |
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810-889 | ![]() |
2000 | NABI | 40-LFW (040.05) |
Cummins ISL | Allison B400R |
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890-946 | ![]() |
2001 | NABI | 40-LFW (040.05) |
Cummins ISL | Allison B400R | Some units were repainted into the new VIA wave livery. |
9901 | 1978 | GMC | RTS-01 (TH-8201) |
Detroit Diesel 8V71N | Allison V730 |
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1982 | MCI | MC-9 |
VIAtrans pararansit
Fleet Number(s) |
Thumbnail | Build Date |
Manufacturer | Model | Engine | Transmission | Notes |
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V-263 | 2006 | Chevrolet | C4500 cutaway | VIN - 1GBE4V1GX6F413105 | |||
V-359 | 2013 | Chevrolet | G4500 cutaway | VIN - 1GB6G5BB7D1130539 |