List of MATA Bus Routes

A Nova Bus LFS displaying "43 Elvis Presley", which was replaced in 2013 by "42 Crosstown"

Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) operates 24 bus routes around Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. MATA also previously operated routes in West Memphis, Arkansas.

## Routes (as of August 2022)[edit]

Route | Terminals  | Major streets  | Notes

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1 Union[1] | Hudson Transit Center  | Walnut Grove Rd and Racine St  | Union Ave, Poplar Ave, Walnut Grove Rd  | The route serves the Binghampton portion of route 53.
2 Madison[2] | University of Memphis | Madison Ave, Cooper St, Southern Ave  | The U of M branch replaces route 35 on Southern.
Knight Arnold Rd and Ridgeway Blvd  | (Mount Moriah Service)

Madison Ave, Cooper St, Southern Ave, Mount Moriah Rd, Knight Arnold Rd

| No weekend service, replacing route 21.
4 Walker[3] | Airways Transit Center  | Vance Ave, Lauderdale St, South Pkwy  |
7 Shelby & Holmes[4] | Airways Transit Center  | Shelby Dr and Kirby Parkway  | Getwell Rd, Shelby Dr, East Holmes Rd  | Service from Watkins St and Hudson Transit Center weekday mornings only
8 Chelsea & Highland[5] | Hudson Transit Center  | Airways Transit Center  | Chelsea Ave, National St, Highland St  | Highland branch and National branch combined spring 2022, improving headway on Highland branch.[6]
11 Frayser[7] | Yale Rd and Austin Peay Hwy  | Thomas St, Frayser Blvd, Yale Rd  | Serves the Amazon Facility on New Allen Rd.
12 Mallory[8] | Airways Transit Center  | Florida St, South Pkwy, Mallory Ave  | No Sunday/ Holiday Service. Serves the Airways Transit Center, replacing route 4 Walker/Alcy.
16 Southeast Circulator[9] | American Way Transit Center  | Airways Transit Center  | Mendenhall Rd, Perkins Rd, Winchester Rd  | Replaces routes 22 and 26.
19 Vollintine[10] | Hudson Transit Center  | Summer Ave and Mendenhall Rd  | Vollintine Ave, Hollywood St, Macon Rd  | No Sunday/Holiday Service. The Wolfchase branch replaces route 44
Wolfchase Galleria Mall  | Vollintine Ave, Hollywood St, Macon Rd, Covington Pike, Raleigh LaGrange Rd, Germantown Pkwy
28 Airport[11] | IRS  | I-240, Nonconnah Blvd, Winchester Rd, Tchulahoma Rd  | Replaces routes 28, 64, 99, and 280. The route ends at Memphis Int'l Airport on Sundays
30 Brooks[12] | Third St and Eastman St  | Riverdale Bend and Winchester Rd  | (Shelby Branch)

Brooks Rd, Democrat Rd, American Way, Getwell Rd, Swinnea Rd, Shelby Dr, Riverdale Rd

| Serves the Airways TC and American Way TC. New routing partially replaces route 26. New routing extends to Winchester/Riverdale
(Holmes Branch)

Brooks Rd, Democrat Rd, American Way, Getwell Rd, Arnold Rd, Tchulahoma Rd, Holmes Rd, Hickory Hill Rd, Kirby Pkwy

32 Hollywood & Hawkins Mill[13] | Airways Transit Center  | Frayser Plaza  | Airways Blvd, East Pkwy, N Hollywood St, Range Line Rd, N Watkins St  | Serves the Airways Transit Center. Hawkins Mill branch replaces route 18.
34 Central & Walnut Grove[14] | Hudson Transit Center  | Humphreys Blvd and Walnut Grove Rd  | Vance Ave, Lamar Ave, Central Ave, Highland St, Walnut Grove Rd, Humphreys Blvd  | No Sunday/Holiday Service. Replaces route 5 on Central Ave. Serves Baptist Hospital
36 Lamar[15] | Centennial Dr and Hacks Cross Rd  | (Kimball Branch)

Vance Ave, Lamar Ave, Kimball Ave, Getwell Rd, American Way, Perkins Rd, Winchester Rd

| 36A branch serves Kimball Ave, replacing route 56. 36B branch serves Knight Arnold
(Knight Arnold Branch)

Vance Ave, Lamar Ave, Knight Arnold Rd, Getwell Rd, American Way, Perkins Rd, Winchester Rd

37 Perkins[16] | American Way Transit Center  | Yale Rd and Austin Peay Hwy  | Getwell Rd, New Willow Rd, Perkins Rd, Waring Rd, Covington Pike, Raleigh LaGrange Rd  | No Sunday Service. Serves American Way Transit Center
39 South Third[17] | Hudson Transit Center  | Jonetta St and Holmes Rd  | (Horn Lake branch)

Third St, Brooks Rd, Horn Lake Rd, Holmes Rd, Levi Rd

| The Horn Lake branch replaces the southern portion of route 12.
Holmes Rd and Third St  | (Weaver and 3rd branch)

Third St, Weaver St, Holmes Rd

40 Stage-Lauderdale[18] | Alice Ave and Benton St  | Fletcher Trace Pkwy and Stage Rd  | S Fourth St, Lauderdale St, N Second St, Thomas St, Stage Rd, James Rd, Berryhill Rd  | Merged with route 13
42 Crosstown[19] | Frayser Plaza  | Holmes Rd and Hudgins Rd  | Frayser Blvd, N Watkins St, Cleveland Ave, Bellevue Blvd, Elvis Presley Blvd, Shelby Dr, Airways Blvd, Holmes Rd  |
50 Poplar[20] | Hudson Transit Center  | Exeter Rd and Poplar Ave  | Poplar Ave, Central Ave, Farmington Blvd  |
52 Jackson[21] | Methodist Hospital North  | Jackson Ave, Austin Peay Hwy  |
53 Summer[22] | Southwest Tennessee Community College | North Pkwy, Summer Ave, Sycamore View Rd  |
57 Park[23] | Primacy Pkwy and Ridgeway Rd  | McLemore Ave, Park Ave, Ridgeway Rd  | New routing replaces route 17 on McLemore and Route 35 on South Parkway between Bellevue and Lamar
69 Winchester[24] | American Way Transit Center  | Levi Rd and Oakshire  | Goodlett Rd, Winchester Rd, Millbranch Rd, Shelby Dr, Neely Rd, Raines Rd  | No Sunday/ Holiday service. New routing extends through the Boxtown and Westwood neighborhoods

## Former routes[edit]

Route  | Terminals  | Major streets  | Years of

operation

| Replaced by  | Notes

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6 Northaven |  |  | N Watkins Rd  | -2021  | Ready! service  |
9 Highland |  |  |  | -2020  | 8 Chelsea/Highland  |
13 Lauderdale[25] | Hudson Transit Center  | Alice Ave and Benton St  | S Fourth St, Lauderdale St  | -2023  | 40 Stage / Lauderdale  | serves the Majorie/Alice portion of route 4 Walker/Alcy
17 Mclemore |  |  |  | -2016  | 57 Park  |
18 Hawkins Mill |  |  |  | -2020  | 32 Hollywood/Hawkins Mill  |
20 Bellevue |  |  | Bellevue Blvd, Elvis Presley Blvd, Winchester Rd  |  |  |
21 Mt. Moriah |  |  |  | -2021  | 2 Madison/Mt. Moriah  |
22 Raines |  |  |  | -2021  | 16 Southeast Circulator  |
26 Hickory Hill |  |  |  | -2021  | 16 Southeast Circulator and 30 Brooks  |
31 Firestone |  |  |  | -2021  | Groove On-Demand service  |
35 South Pkwy |  |  | South Pkwy  | -2020  | 2 Madison/U of M and 57 Park  |
38 Boxtown |  |  |  | -2021  | Ready! service  |
43 Elvis Presley |  |  |  | -2016  | 42 Crosstown  |
44 Goodlett Farms/IKEA |  |  |  | -2020  | 19 Vollintine/Wolfchase  |
45 Appling Farms |  |  |  | -2020  |  |
56 Lamar/Amer Way |  |  |  | -2020  | 1 Union and 36 Lamar  |
58 Fox Meadows Express |  |  | I-240, Lamar Ave, American Way, Mount Moriah Rd, Mendenhall Rd  |  |  |
78 West Memphis Express |  |  | Memphis & Arkansas Bridge |  |  |
82 Germantown |  |  | Germantown Pkwy

(Exeter/ Wolfchase)

| -2021  | Ready! service  |
99 Nonconnah |  |  |  | -2020  | 28 Airport  |
280 Airport |  |  |  | -2019  | 28 Airport  |
340 Walnut Grove Limited |  |  |  | -2019  | 34 Central/Wal. Grove  |
400 Wolfchase Limited |  |  | I-40, Jackson Ave, Stage Ave  | -2019  | 40 Stage  |
500 Groove Shuttle[26] | Mud Island | Southern College of Optometry | Island Dr, A. W. Willis Ave, Danny Thomas Blvd, Madison Ave  | 2018-2020  | Groove On-Demand service  | Commuter shuttle operated by MATA and the Memphis Medical District Collaborative.

Groove Shuttle ran its last service on 31 December 2020.[26] Six terminations in November 2021.[27][28][29]

## See also[edit]

* MATA bus fleet
* MATA Trolley

## References[edit]

1. ^ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_1_sched_4_2023.pdf
2. ^ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_2_sched_5_2022.pdf
3. ^ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_4_sched_4_2023.pdf
4. ^ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_7_sched_5_2022.pdf
5. ^ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_8_sched_5_2022.pdf
6. ^ "Service Update Summary May 2022" (PDF). matatransit.com. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
7. ^ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_11_sched_5_2022.pdf
8. ^ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_12_sched_5_2022.pdf
9. ^ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_16_sched_5_2022.pdf
10. ^ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_19_sched_5_2022.pdf
11. ^ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_28_sched_4_2023.pdf
12. ^ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_30_sched_8_2022_rev2.pdf
13. ^ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_32_sched_4_2023.pdf
14. ^ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_34_sched_5_2022.pdf
15. ^ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_36_sched_4_2023.pdf
16. ^ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_37_sched_4_2023.pdf
17. ^ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_39_sched_4_2023.pdf
18. ^ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/40_13.pdf
19. ^ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_42_sched_4_2023.pdf
20. ^ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_50_sched_8_2022_rev.pdf
21. ^ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_52_sched_5_2022.pdf
22. ^ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_53_sched_8_2022.pdf
23. ^ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_57_sched_5_2022.pdf
24. ^ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_69_sched_5_2022.pdf
25. ^ https://www.matatransit.com/assets/2/6/MATA_Rt_13_sched_5_2022.pdf
26. ^ a b "Groove Shuttle Service Ending Soon" (PDF). matatransit.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
27. ^ "MATA riders fight to keep company from cutting bus routes across Memphis". FOX13 News Memphis. 2021-11-02. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
28. ^ "MATA considering route cuts to four communities this fall". Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
29. ^ "Summary of the Fall 2021 Service Redesign" (PDF). matatransit.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

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