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The MTA Bus Company ('''MTA Bus''' for short), a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority , is a public benefit corporation created to operate those bus routes formerly operated by private companies in the New York City area. The privately-operated bus routes were taken over on a staggered schedule, beginning with Liberty Lines Express in January 2005 and ending with Triboro Coach Corp in February 2006 . The legal name of the corporation is the MTA Bus Company. There exist preliminary plans for the company to also take over bus operations of New York City Transit and Long Island Bus . {Link without Title} MTA Bus started to operate the former Liberty Lines Express bus routes on January 3 , 2005 , Queens Surface Corporation bus routes on February 27 , 2005 , New York Bus Service bus routes on July 1 , 2005 , Command Bus Company bus routes on December 5 , 2005 , Green Bus Lines bus routes on January 9 , 2006 and Jamaica Buses bus routes on January 30 , 2006 . Triboro Coach Corp. , the final remaining company, ceased operating and its routes have been operated by MTA Bus since February 20 , 2006 . See Also: Transportation in New York City LIMITED STOP SERVICE The following MTA Bus routes run limited stop service:
CURRENTLY OPERATED MTA BUS DEPOTS MTA Bus currently operates out of eight bus depots, all of which were formerly used by private companies, in The Bronx , Queens and Brooklyn : Bronx division
Queens division
Brooklyn division
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