MTA Long Island Bus (LIB)

MTA Long Island Bus (officially the Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority, or MSBA) is the division of the MTA that provides bus service for Nassau County on Long Island. Several routes enter Queens and Suffolk counties as well.

In 1991, LIB ordered its first CNG-powered Orion V buses. As of today, the entire revenue fleet is composed of 336 Orion V 05.501 CNG buses (excluding cutaway vans for paratransit service, not pictured here), with model years ranging from 1996 to 2004. 15 diesel-powered Orion V buses without fareboxes (not pictured) are kept for backup and LIRR shuttle service.

LIB operates two bus depots, the Rockville Centre depot in the village of Rockville Centre, as well as the Norman J. Levy Transit Facility (also known as the Mitchel Field depot) in Garden City.
1996-1997 Orion V 05.501 CNG (100-245)
Cummins L10G/ZF Ecomat 4HP-500 (100-105, 109-113, and 125-128)
Cummins L10G/Allison B400R (140-245)
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  • Route: N32
  • Location: Central Avenue and Mott Avenue, Queens
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: N22
  • Location: Hillside Avenue and Homelawn Street, Queens
  • Date: 2006.10.09
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  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: Hillside Avenue and Merrick Boulevard, Queens
  • Date: 2006.10.09
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  • Route: N32
  • Location: Central Avenue and Mott Avenue, Queens
  • Date: 2006.01.29
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  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: Kissena Boulevard and Main Street, Queens
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: N6
  • Location: Hillside Avenue and 175th Street, Queens
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: N25
  • Location: New Hyde Park Road, New Hyde Park
  • Date: 2006.05.26
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  • Route: N24
  • Location: Hillside Avenue and Homelawn Street, Queens
  • Date: 2004
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  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: Hempstead Transit Center, Hempstead
  • Date: 2006.03.26
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  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: Roosevelt Field Mall, Garden City
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: N20
  • Location: Mineola Boulevard, Mineola
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: N20
  • Location: Mineola Boulevard and 2nd Street, Mineola
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: N20
  • Location: 165th Street Bus Terminal, Queens
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: N20
  • Location: 165th Street Bus Terminal, Queens
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: N27
  • Location: Roosevelt Field Mall, Garden City
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: N24
  • Location: Hillside Avenue and Chelsea Road, Queens
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: Hillside Avenue and Homelawn Street, Queens
  • Date: 2006.10.09
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  • Route: N24
  • Location: Hillside Avenue and Wexford Terrace, Queens
  • Date: 2006.02.27
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  • Route: N19
  • Location: Babylon LIRR, Babylon
  • Date: 2006.05.26
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  • Route: N22A
  • Location: Hillside Avenue and 167th Street, Queens
  • Date: 2006.10.09
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  • Route: N40
  • Location: Mineola Bus Terminal, Mineola
  • Date: 2006.05.14
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  • Route: N15
  • Location: Roosevelt Field Mall, Garden City
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: Hillside Avenue and 168th Street, Queens
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: N1
  • Location: Hillside Avenue and Midland Parkway, Queens
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: N6
  • Location: Hillside Avenue and 167th Street, Queens
  • Date: 2006.10.09
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  • Route: N71
  • Location: Hempstead Transit Center, Hempstead
  • Date: 2006.03.26
1998-2000 Orion V 05.501 CNG (246-395)
Cummins L10G/Allison B400R (270-287)
Detroit Diesel 50G/Allison B400R (288-395)
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  • Route: N24
  • Location: Hillside Avenue and Homelawn Street, Queens
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: N4
  • Location: Archer Avenue and Parsons Boulevard, Queens
  • Date: 2005.02.17
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  • Route: N40
  • Location: Mineola Bus Terminal, Mineola
  • Date: 2006.05.14
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  • Route: N4
  • Location: Archer Avenue and Parsons Boulevard, Queens
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: N22A
  • Location: Hillside Avenue, Queens
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: LIRR Service
  • Location: Lake Avenue @ St. James LIRR, St. James
  • Date: 2005.11.12
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  • Route: LIRR Service
  • Location: Lake Avenue @ St. James LIRR, St. James
  • Date: 2005.11.12
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  • Route: N4
  • Location: Archer Avenue and Union Hall Street, Queens
  • Date: 2006.01.29
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  • Route: N37
  • Location: Hempstead Transit Center, Hempstead
  • Date: 2006.03.26
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  • Route: N22
  • Location: Mineola Boulevard and 2nd Street, Mineola
  • Date: 2006.05.14
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  • Route: N23
  • Location: Mineola Bus Terminal, Mineola
  • Date: 2006.05.14
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  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: Hicksville LIRR, Hicksville
  • Date: 2005.05.22
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  • Route: N79
  • Location: Hicksville LIRR, Hicksville
  • Date: 2006.05.14
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  • Route: N35
  • Location: Roosevelt Field Mall, Garden City
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: LIRR Service
  • Location: Hicksville LIRR, Hicksville
  • Date: 2005.05.22
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  • Route: N25
  • Location: Lakeville Road and Marcus Avenue, Lake Success
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: N25
  • Location: Lakeville Road and Marcus Avenue, Lake Success
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: N33
  • Location: Mott Avenue and Central Avenue, Queens
  • Date: 2006.01.29
2004 Orion V 05.501 CNG (396-462)
Detroit Diesel Series 50G/Allison B400R (396-398, 400-452)
John Deere 6801 CNG/Allison B400R (399)
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  • Route: N22
  • Location: Mineola Boulevard and 2nd Street, Mineola
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue, Queens
  • Date: 2006.01.29
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  • Route: N15
  • Location: Hempstead Transit Center, Hempstead
  • Date: 2006.03.26
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  • Route: N24
  • Location: Hillside Avenue and Homelawn Street, Queens
  • Date: 2006.10.09
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  • Route: N79
  • Location: Walt Whitman Mall, Huntington
  • Date: 2004
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  • Route: N41
  • Location: Mineola Bus Terminal, Mineola
  • Date: 2006.03.26
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  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: Hillside Avenue and Wexford Terrace, Queens
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: Hillside Avenue and Wexford Terrace, Queens
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: N24
  • Location: 165th Street Bus Terminal, Queens
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: 165th Street Bus Terminal, Queens
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: N15
  • Location: Roosevelt Field Mall, Garden City
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: LIRR Service
  • Location: Lake Avenue @ St. James LIRR, St. James
  • Date: 2005.11.12
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  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue, Queens
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue, Queens
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: N72
  • Location: Babylon LIRR, Babylon
  • Date: 2006.05.26
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  • Route: N15
  • Location: Roosevelt Field Mall, Garden City
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: N15
  • Location: Roosevelt Field Mall, Garden City
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: N6
  • Location: Hillside Avenue and Homelawn Street, Queens
  • Date: 2006.02.27
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  • Route: N24
  • Location: Jamaica Avenue and Springfield Boulevard, Queens
  • Date: 2006.03.26