Delaware Transit Corporation (DART First State)

Revised as of 7/11/2024

The Delaware Transit Corporation or Delaware Area Regional Transit, also known as DART First State, runs throughout the state of Delaware. DART consists of (63) routes, operating in New Castle, Kent, and Sussex Counties. They also operate Inter-County routes. Most of these routes operate in New Castle County – the Wilmington area. The transportation agency offers various different sizes of buses, anywhere from 29 feet on their low ridership routes to 40 feet long on their medium to heavy ridership routes.

These are the longest routes as of Summer 2024 per GTFS data

Route	Name	Miles
305	Intercounty Wilmington / Lewes	93.1
301	Intercounty Wilmington / Dover	60.3
303	Intercounty Dover / Milford / Georgetown	51.7
307	Intercounty Lewes TC / Dover	42.9
212	Georgetown / Seaford / Laurel	40.9
307	Intercounty Lewes TC / Dover	40.2
302	Intercounty Dover / Middletown	33.3
37	Wilmington/Christiana Mall/Amazon	33.1
215	Millsboro / Rehoboth	30.3
46	Newark / Glasgow / Middletown	28.8

Page Break down:

Contracted Operations

Dart Bus Roster

For the Photo Album

DART Contracted Operations

DART has two contractors providing services throughout the state of Delaware. Although the majority of the routes are services operated in-house. DART also awards contractors to operate smaller buses on lower ridership routes as well. The buses used on contracted routes are owned by Delaware Department of Transportation, yet they are leased out to these contracting companies for use on these routes.

Here’s the current break down:

New Castle County: Hart to Heart is headquartered in Forest Hill, Md. 
59 – Wilmington-Newark Rail Shuttle (one mid-day trip)
61 – Naamans Rd
62/63 – Churchmans Crossing Shuttles
64 – US 40 Feeder
65 – Newark – Elkton

Sussex County (year-round): First Transit (nee Laidlaw)

206/212/303 – Sussex County local

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Dart Bus Roster 

Year	Manf	Model	Vehicle	Powertrain
2008	Gillig	Advantage 30 foot	260-272	Cummins ISL/Allison B-400R-5
2008	Gillig	Advantage 40 Foot Hybrid	115	Cummins ISB/Allison Ep System
2008	Gillig	Advantage Hybrid 40 foot	141-148	Cummins ISB/Allison Ep System
2009	Gillig	Advantage Hybrid 35 foot	161-167	Cummins ISB/Allison Ep System
2009	Gillig	Advantage 30 Foot	273-291	Cummins ISL/Allison B-400R5
2010	Gillig	Advantage 30 Footer	301-328	Cummins ISL/Allison B300R
2012	MCI	D4500CT	914-919	Cummins ISX/ Allison B500R
2012	Gillig	Advantage hybrid – 40 footers	151-157	Cummins ISB/Allison Ep System
2014	Gillig	Advantage 40 Foot	401-472	Cummins ISL/ Allison B400R6
2015	Gillig	Advantage 40 Foot	473-474	Cummins ISL/ Allison B400R6
2015	Gillig	Advantage 30 Foot	601-606	Cummins ISL/ Allison B300R6
2016	MCI	D4500CT	920-921	Cummins ISX/ Allison B500R
2016	Gillig	Advantage 30 Footer	125-128	Cummins ISL/Allison B300R
2017	Gillig	Advantage 30 Footer	607-610	Cummins ISL/Allison B300R
2017	MCI	D4500CT	922-923	Cummins ISX/ Allison B500R
2019	Proterra	Catalyst BE35	701-707	UQM HD220
2019	Gillig	Advantage 30 Footer	611-613	Cummins ISL/Allison B300R
2020	Gillig	Advantage 40 Footer	501-522	Cummins ISL/ZF Ecolife AP1400
2020	Gillig	Advantage 30 Footer	614-626	Cummins ISL/ZF Ecolife AP1200
2020	Proterra	Catalyst BE35	708-714	UQM HD220 / Eaton EEV-7202
2020	Proterra	Catalyst BE40	715-716	UQM HD220 / Eaton EEV-7202
2021	Gillig	Advantage 40 Footer	21001-21021	Cummins ISL/ZF Ecolife AP1400
2021	Gillig	Low Floor PLUS ’40	717-720
2022	Gillig	Advantage 29 Footer	22001-22014*	Cummins ISL/ZF ECOLIFE 6AP1420B
2022	Gillig	Advantage 40 Footer	22015-22030	Cummins ISL/ ZF ECOLIFE 6AP1420B
2023	Proterra	ZX5	721-726 (Wilmington) / 727-732 (Dover)	UQM HD220 / Eaton 6 Speed EV
2023	Gillig	Advantage 40 Footer Communter	23901-23907	Cummins ISL/ZF ECOLIFE 6AP1420B
2016	Ford	E-450	1531-1643	Paratransit
2017	Ford	E-450	1701-1769, 1771-1785	Paratransit
2018	Ford	E-450	1801-1855	Paratransit
2019	Ford	E-450	1901-2059, 19001-19005	Paratransit
2021	Ford	E-450	882101-882126	Paratransit
2021	Ford	E-450	882127-882315	Paratransit

DART Detailed Roster

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source: https://delawaretransitvehicles.wordpress.com/current-bus-roster/