This page lists all buses purchased by the Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH) and the Manchester Transit Authority between 1940 and 1994. There may be some gaps in between the PSNH and MTA purchases, so if anyone knows of any missing orders between 1947 and 1975 - if there were any - please send me an email.

For those unfamiliar with PSNH, the Public Service Company of New Hampshire originated from the acquisition of the Manchester Traction, Power, and Light Company and several smaller utilities in 1926. It appears that streetcar service was discontinued around the PSNH takeover, with the first buses being purchased in 1940. PSNH is now the state of New Hampshire's main electricity provider.

In 1955, John Moran and Tom Burke purchased the routes from PSNH, and ran the service under the name Manchester Transit, Inc. In 1970, Union Street, Inc. took over operation of the Manchester Transit system until the formation of the city-owned Manchester Transit Authority on June 11, 1973.

MTA #208 is now part of Dreamliner Bus Leasing's Historic Bus Collection.

The current fleet also consists of four Orion I's from 1991, one ElDorado RE, and several 1996 Thomas Vistas. Sadly, the Fishbowls were retired from service between 1996 and 1997, save for #107 and #115.

(Thanks to Mark Watson, "BUSone" and J.D. Wolfe for the updated info.)

If anyone knows and additional background of the MTA buses, please send me an email.

Thanks in advance for any help, and enjoy!

FLEET #     MFR.    MODEL     SERIAL #           ACQ.   NOTES


1-18        GM/YC   TG3201    011-028            1940     1
20-23       GM/YC   TG3201    049-052            1940     1
24-27       GM/YC   TG3205    007-010            1941     1
28-31       GM/YC   TG3205    042-045            1942     1
32-35       GM/YC   TG3205    068-071            1942     1
36-39       GM/YC   TG3209    381-383            1945     1
40-46       GM/YC   TGH3207   156-162            1947     1
100-128     GMC     T6H4523A  1145-1173          1974     2
129         GMC     T6H4519   1248               1974     2,4
130         GMC     T6H4519   1254               1974     2,5
131         GMC     T6H4519   1281               1974     2,6
200         GMC     PD4107    295               [1978]    2,7
201         MCI     MC-8      30101/S10221      [1978]    2,8
202         MCI     MC-8      30658/S10526      [1978]    2,9
301-302     GM      T8J-604   EV822543-EV822544  1984     2,10
9101-9104   ORION   01.502    M6002836-M6002839  1991     2,11
9105        ElDor.  RE-29     M2300852           1991     2,11
9801        Gillig  35/96     W1089077           1998     2,11

1 - Public Service Company of New Hampshire
2 - Manchester Transit Authority
3 - 125-128 (serials 1170-1173) renumbered to 206-209 4 - Ex-Rhode Island Public Transit Authority 6012
5 - Ex-Rhode Island Public Transit Authority 6018
6 - Ex-Rhode Island Public Transit Authority 6045
7 - Ex-Liberty Lines (Yonkers, NY) 1109, originally built 1966
8 - Originally Greyhound Lines East (Ill.) 3251, built 1973; sold to Concord Charters (NH) 103
9 - Ex-Greyhound Lines East (Ill.) 4385, built 1974; sold to Concord Charters (NH) 102
10 - Sold to Montachusetts Regional Transit Authority (Fitchburg, MA) 1601-1602
11 - Wheelchair lift equipped

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