Talk:Milwaukee County Transit System

Update Article
This article is as of Monday, March 25, out of date. Some routes have changed, and some have been eliminated. I know because I'm a bus rider, and found out my 14 bus no longer is on the eastside, but rather downtown now, among other major changes.--Ben414 (talk) 02:21, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Removal of Cleanup Tag
I removed the cleanup tag that has been on the article since 2008. While it can still use improvement and expansion, there are now 10+ references (none before) plus an infobox. The organization scheme is also much better since the list of bus routes has been separated into a different article. Wantonlife (talk) 03:10, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

9000 bus series
Does anyone have any information about this particular series? Bus 9000 made its first appearance today on the Blue Line and there doesn't seem to be any information on it (possibly 5800 series renamed?) 148.8.23.48 (talk) 19:49, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

Route changes coming in 2019
Route 6 will be discontinued as Dec. 23, 2018. EarlyBird89 (talk) 04:48, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

On Sunday Jan. 6, 2019

These routes are changing.

Route 27 to be all Purple Line.

Route 22 extended to 92nd & Grantosa in place of Route 57.

Route 57 extended to Germantown in place of Route 61.

Route 61 discontinued. EarlyBird89 (talk) 19:27, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Routes 30, 30X & 35 will be extended to 43rd & Mill Rd.

Route 31 to be extended to the Milwaukee Intermodal Station. EarlyBird89 (talk) 18:00, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Routes discontinued
50 Morgan 85 Whitman-West 87 Nathan Hale East 88 Cudahy 89 St. Francis EarlyBird89 (talk) 22:19, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

New buses in 2020
An order for over 20 new Gillig buses to arrive in mid-2020. This will be the 6000 series. EarlyBird89 (talk) 00:12, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

New Flyer D40LF Buses Retired
The last of the New Flyer D40LF Buses left at the shops awaiting its disposition.

4803, 4804, 4808, 4810, 4813, 4818, 4822 4827, 4828

4900-4914

5000-5007 EarlyBird89 (talk) 15:46, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Route changes coming in 2020
Route 42U discontinued as of December 20, 2019.

Routes 17, 219, 223 & 276 discontinued as of January 5, 2020.

Route Changes on January 5, 2020.

Route 12 Teutonia Branch to be extended to Park Plaza & Brown Deer in place of Route 276. Will no longer travel via Florist, 43rd & Good Hope in both directions. Service on 43rd St. to be served by Route 35 extension.

Hampton Branch extended to 124th St.

Route 14 westbound trips to stay on 16th Street instead via Muskego & Bow.

Route 35 extended to Teutonia & Good Hope in place of Route 12 and limited trips to Green Bay & Good Hope.

Route 43 Flyer to travel on Layton Ave.

Route 55 eastbound trips to alternate to Kinnickinnic Ave and Warnimont Park on Lake Dr.

Route 80 Oak Creek trips modified. (Go to RideMCTS.com for further details for Route 80)

NOTE as December 22:

Route 54 UMOS Trips on detour via 6th St. between Becher & Rosedale due to incomplete construction on Chase Ave.

Route 76 S. 68th St. Branch on detour via S. 76th between Cold Spring & Layton due bridge replacement over I-894. EarlyBird89 (talk) 16:12, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Route changes
On Sunday March 8, 2020

All Route 23 service will be merging with Blue Line.

All Route 30X service will be merging with Route 30. EarlyBird89 (talk) 01:31, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

Reduced bus service
As of Monday March 23, 2020.

Bus service will run a Saturday schedule until further notice.

Freeway Flyers, Route 143 Ozaukee County Express will be suspended.

No Route 137 on Saturdays.

All due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. EarlyBird89 (talk) 18:45, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

Route 20
Route 20 (S. 16th-S. 20th) discontinued due to budget cuts and split in two sections at 16th & Forest Home on March 23, 2008. North section replaced by Route 14

South section replaced by Route 19 as the 20th St. Branch.

North End: Downtown Transit Center (now gone)

South End: 19th & Jewell

Muskego Ave. Branch last day was Friday December 29, 1989.

Went to a MCTS NEXT meeting a year ago. Their plan is to bring back Route 20. Go to the MCTS Website for further details. Lots of proposed route changes. EarlyBird89 (talk) 18:38, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

New 6000s
6000, 6001 & 6002 are in revenue service.

Spotted 6000 on Route 51 at 20th & Oklahoma.

6001 assigned to Route 80.

6002 assigned to Green Line on 6/2/2020

6/1/2020 EarlyBird89 (talk) 21:24, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

6003 spotted at the shops. EarlyBird89 (talk) 21:57, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

6003 & 6004 is in revenue service.

6003 assigned to Green Line & 6004 assigned to Route 53.

All observed on June 4, 2020 in the morning hours. EarlyBird89 (talk) 16:18, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

6001 assigned to Route 52 while 6008 assigned to Green Line. Observed on June 13, 2020 in the late morning. EarlyBird89 (talk) 21:00, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

6012 at Kinnickinnic Garage

Observed on June 22, 2020 in the morning. EarlyBird89 (talk) 19:19, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

6018 assigned to Route 52

Observed on June 27, 2020 in the early morning. EarlyBird89 (talk) 13:11, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

6019 assigned to Route 80.

Observed on July 2, 2020 EarlyBird89 (talk) 13:02, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

6020 assigned to Purple Line.

Observed on July 11, 2020 in the early afternoon. EarlyBird89 (talk) 21:34, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

Bus 5126
Bus 5126 has been fully wrapped since November 2010.

It's now 160 years of public transportation in Milwaukee. EarlyBird89 (talk) 20:16, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Buses Currently Out of Service
Heard from an online community that Bus 5723 was in an accident in October 2019. As of Sep. 2020, it is not retired, but still at Fleet Maintenance receiving extensive body work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacobi Jackson (talk • contribs) 23:35, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

The bus system was featured for hiring on Spectrum News Ch. 1. Noticed that the 5723 in the body shop. Had no idea that it was involved in an accident and heard nothing about it.

5316 was rear ended on Teutonia & Good Hope and seen on Ch. 12 News.

5601 had a fire at 27th & Fond du Lac not long before the COVID-19 Pandemic started. Seen on Ch. 12 News. EarlyBird89 (talk) 22:58, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

As of September 13, 2020, the article has been updated to reflect that 5723 is out of service for the moment. Also, 5904 was seen operating on the GreenLine on September 13, but shortly after that it was seen operating on routes from Fond Du Lac, like routes 21, 22, and 60 where its usually assigned. Must have been at Kinnickinnic for just a day. Jacobi Jackson (talk) 21:09, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

5316 had an unfortunate ending after a major collision with a school bus at Fond du Lac & Central in Dec. 2021 EarlyBird89 (talk) 04:14, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

CORRECTION on 5316

Fond du Lac & Center (not Central) EarlyBird89 (talk) 04:15, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

Route 19
On August 30, 2020.

Route 19 extended to Teutonia & Florist on the north end.

On S. 20th St. Branch, it no longer go south of College Ave. EarlyBird89 (talk) 22:40, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Bus 4901
Ex-MCTS 4901 was spotted in West Milwaukee.

Unknown if this vehicle will be converted. Anything is possible. EarlyBird89 (talk) 03:12, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

Bus 4824
Ex‐MCTS 4824 spotted at 32nd & Montana (near Forest Home Ave.). EarlyBird89 (talk) 02:02, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

UPDATE: Sitting at an auto dealer at 27th & Forest Home. EarlyBird89 (talk) 21:27, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Bus 1925
MCTS 1925 is no longer around. EarlyBird89 (talk) 02:08, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Route 19 Change
Route 19 service on Greenfield Ave. between 6th St. & 11th St. is now Lapham Blvd. due to safety concerns.

The change started on Friday March 19. EarlyBird89 (talk) 01:01, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Bus routes
Hi, I'm a bit confused regarding your position that bus routes should not be included. First, you cited WP:NOTTRAVEL, but I fail to see how bus route information violates that policy any more than much of the railway content on WP. Now you're saying the routes are not notable, but according to the "This page in a nutshell" box at WP:NOTABLE, notability only covers whether a topic should have its own article or not. These routes are part of a larger article. There are plenty of bus route lists that do have their own article, at Category:Lists of bus routes. Could you please clarify why you keep removing content? NemesisAT (talk) 19:09, 23 June 2021 (UTC)


 * I have been searching and found plenty of sources regarding these routes. So there is scope for sourcing to be improved. NemesisAT (talk) 19:26, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Based on these two deletion discussions where took a "take my toys and go home" approach to their articles being deleted, they should abstain from any further deletions and edit warring over this. The only objection I had in my deletion rationale is unsourced information, which NAT is clearly addressing with proper sourcing to the Biz Journal and not having it in an over-packed grid.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 00:59, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

Freeway Flyers
Freeway Flyers and Route 143 are returning on Monday August 30, 2021.

Will be on a reduced level.

For further details, go to www.RideMCTS.com EarlyBird89 (talk) 02:15, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

Buses returned to service
Buses 5601 & 5723 have returned to service as of June 24, 2022. EarlyBird89 (talk) 01:34, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

New Gillig Buses and Nova BRT Buses
I believe the rest of the 6200 Gilligs assigned to the FDL Station are here, as I saw 6229 in the station August 3rd, 2022. I also heard that the Nova BRT buses will be numbered 1000-1014, I'm assuming to further distinguish them. 2600:1700:B0D2:2110:896C:9273:85EF:64C (talk) 02:02, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

6231, 6233, 6235 & 6236 are assigned to Kinnickinnic Garage. EarlyBird89 (talk) 04:12, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

As of late February 2023, 6239, 6249 and 6251-6258 are not yet running. They are being stored at the Fond Du Lac station, but they will eventually be transferred to the Kinnickinnic station when they are ready for service. All other 6200 Gilligs are in service.Jacobi Jackson (talk) 22:44, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Buses Currently Out of Service 2
5920, 6010, 6015 & 6106 are out of service.

No timeline when each one will return to service. EarlyBird89 (talk) 04:10, 5 December 2022 (UTC)


 * UPDATE: 6015 is retired permanently. Major damage after a serious accident in Sept. 2022. Short lived after 2 years of revenue service.
 * A long time ago, 3624 (1987 Neoplan AN440 bus) was retired early after a fire in Fall 1988. Never rebuilt and used as a parts source. The shortest lived (over a year in a half) Milwaukee County bus. EarlyBird89 (talk) 20:46, 30 April 2023 (UTC)


 * UPDATE: 6010 returned to service in late 2023. Jacobi Jackson (talk) 02:13, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Buses Currently Out of Service 3
5920 & 6106 are out of service.

No timeline when each one will return to service.

5524 and 5525 have returned to service. 5501 was involved in an accident at Teutonia and Silver Spring on March 9, 2024 and received bad front-end damage. 6106 returned to service in March 2024. Jacobi Jackson (talk) 02:12, 13 March 2024 (UTC)


 * 5501 is retired permanently. Spotted on 6/12/2024. EarlyBird89 (talk) 01:47, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Source for route lengths
I was wondering what the source is for the bus route lengths? Rorr404 🗣️ ✍️ 🖼️ 🌐 18:05, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Bus 1010
1010 is out of service indefinitely after a major accident at 35th & Wisconsin.

The damage is so severe that it will likely be retired after the investigation.

No further details at this time. EarlyBird89 (talk) 22:47, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Heard from an MCTS employee that 1010 will be attempted to be fixed. Jacobi Jackson (talk) 23:59, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Bus 5534
5534 is out of service and retired for good after a fire at 68th & Congress. It had a mechanical issue. No injuries at all.

No further details at this time. EarlyBird89 (talk) 22:16, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Bus 1011
1011 is in revenue service.

Spotted at 8th & Wisconsin in Downtown Milwaukee on 5/5/2024.

Assigned to CONNECT 1 BRT Line. EarlyBird89 (talk) 18:28, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Buses Currently Out of Service 4
5429 and 5713 were in accidents sometime in 2023 and are currently being repaired.

5920 was in a bad accident in 2021 and should be returning to service soon.

Jacobi Jackson (talk) 00:02, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

6300 Series Buses
1011 and 1012 have been delivered. The 6300 series are also in the process of being delivered. At least 6300-6311 are on the property as of May 3rd, 2024. To my knowledge, there are supposed to be 30 buses (6300-6329) and they might be going to the FDL station.

Jacobi Jackson (talk) 00:05, 7 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Spotted 6307 at Kinnickinnic Garage on 5/29/2024. EarlyBird89 (talk) 19:44, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Spotted 6308, 6309 & 6310 at Kinnickinnic Garage on 6/9/2024. EarlyBird89 (talk) 16:03, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Edit: There should be 28 buses (6300-6327). As of June 12th, all except 6327 have been delivered. FDL station has 6300 and 6304. KK station has 6301 and 6307-6310. It remains unclear how they will be divided between the two stations at this moment. Jacobi Jackson (talk) 00:20, 13 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Spotted 6312 operating on Route 54 on 6/18/2024.
 * Spotted 6313 operating on Green Line on 6/19/2024. EarlyBird89 (talk) 19:39, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Bus 6005
6005 is out of service after an accident at 27th & Clybourn on 5/9/2024.

No further details at this time.

Also, spotted brand new 6315 not far from Mitchell International Airport on 5/9/2024. Likely delivered to MCTS on 5/10/2024. EarlyBird89 (talk) 18:52, 10 May 2024 (UTC)


 * UPDATE: Spotted at Kinnickinnic Garage on 6/30/2024. It's back from the body shop. EarlyBird89 (talk) 21:38, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Bus 6242
6242 was involved in an accident at 60th & Burnham on 6/3/2024.

It's out of service for the time being.

Go to CBS 58 News Milwaukee Website for further details. EarlyBird89 (talk) 16:05, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

6242 was repaired and returned to the road on 6/7/24. Jacobi Jackson (talk) 00:20, 13 June 2024 (UTC)