Berks Area Reading Transportation Authority facts for kids

The Berks Area Reading Transportation Authority (BARTA) is in Reading, Pennsylvania. BARTA has 52 buses, including 40 hybrids.

Current fleet

2007 Gillig BRT 35 ft. buses (0750-0756) Powered by Cummins ISL (In process of being retired; 0750, 0752-0755 placed for auction on GovDeals.com)
2008 Gillig BRT 35 ft. buses (0857-0862) and 40 ft. buses (0881-0882) Powered by Cummins ISL
2009 Gillig BRT 40 ft. buses powered by Cummins ISL (0983-0984)
2009 Gillig BRT 40 ft. hybrid electric buses (0991-0995) Powered by Cummins ISB/Allison E Drive
2010 Gillig BRT 40 ft. hybrid electric buses (1096-1099) Powered by Cummins ISB/Allison E Drive
2015 Gillig BRT 40 ft. hybrid electric buses (1542-1544) Powered by Cummins ISB6.7/BAE HybriDrive
2016 Gillig BRT 40 ft. hybrid electric buses (1605-1608) Powered by Cummins ISB6.7/BAE HDS-200
2018 Gillig BRT 35 ft. hybrid electric buses (1801-1805, 1808-1812) Powered by Cummins B6.7/BAE Hybrid
2018 Gillig BRT 40 ft. hybrid electric buses (1806-1807) Powered by Cummins B6.7/BAE Hybrid
2019 Gillig BRT 35 ft. hybrid electric buses (1901-1905, 1912-1918) Powered by Cummins B6.7/BAE Hybrid (These are part of the 18 buses owned by the SCTA. 1906-1911 were leased to Red Rose Transit for operation.)

Retired fleet (as of November 2015)

2003 Optima Opus 35 ft. buses powered by Cummins ISB (0301-0305) 0304 was scrapped after having a fire in January 2008. 0301-0303 & 0305 were put up for auction on 11/13/2015.
2003 New Flyer D40LF 40 ft. buses powered by Detroit Diesel Series 50-EGR (0321-0323) All 3 units were put up for auction on 11/13/2015.
2004 Optima Opus 35 ft. buses powered by Cummins ISB (0406-0410)
2004 Gillig Low Floor 40 ft. buses powered by Detroit Diesel Series 50-EGR (0431-0432) Moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, obtained by Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS)
2005 Gillig BRT 35 ft. buses powered by Cummins ISL (0533-0549)

4 of the Opus buses (0406, 0408-0410) were leased by COLTS (County of Lackawanna Transit System) in Scranton, Pennsylvania in June 2017. COLTS obtained the buses to fill a gap with the lack of buses in their fleet. 0410 was originally donated to the Reading Muhlenberg Career and Technology Center for students to use for hands-on training after it retired at the end of 2016. Then, a second bus (0407) was donated to the Career and Technology Center.

Images for kids

The Reading Franklin Street train terminal was converted to a bus terminal in 2013. Buses enter from Cherry Street.