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=== Route designations ===
{| class=wikitable style="font-size: 85%;text-align: center;"
|+ style="font-size: 110%;" | samTrans route numbering scheme<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 17, 2002 |title=Schedules |url=http://www.samtrans.com/schedules.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021217014812/http://www.samtrans.com:80/schedules.html |archive-date=December 17, 2002 |access-date=August 1, 2018 |publisher=samTrans}}</ref>{{efn|One exception is for Route ECR, which designates the line that replaced Routes 390 and 391, operating along El Camino Real between Daly City and Palo Alto.}}{{efn|Another exception is for Route FLX, a circulator route in Pacifica.}}{{efn|Another exception is for Route SFO, a loop route between Millbrae Intermodal Station and San Francisco International Airport.}}
|-
! style="font-size: 350%;" colspan=2 | 2
! style="font-size: 350%;" colspan=3 | 9
! style="font-size: 350%;" colspan=2 | 2
|-
| colspan=2 | Transit connections
| colspan=3 | Areas served / Express sequence<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013 |title=Timetables |url=http://www.samtrans.com/schedulesandmaps/timetables.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805190621/http://www.samtrans.com/schedulesandmaps/timetables.html |archive-date=August 5, 2013 |access-date=August 1, 2018 |publisher=samTrans}}</ref>
| colspan=2 | Sequence number / Express
|-
! scope="col" style="width:5%;font-size:150%;" | —
| scope="col" style="width:28%;" | "Community route", no inter-agency connection{{efn|In general, express routes do connect with other Bay Area transit agencies, including [[Bay Area Rapid Transit|BART]], [[Caltrain]], [[San Francisco Municipal Railway|Muni]], [[AC Transit]], and [[Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority|VTA]], despite the lack of the third-digit designator.}}
! scope="col" style="width:5%;font-size:150%;" | A
| colspan=2 | Sequential alphabetic designator for express route{{efn|For example, the first express route was AX, followed by BX, CX, DX, etc.}}
! scope="col" style="width:5%;font-size:150%;" | X
| scope="col" style="width:28%;" | Designates express service
|-
! style="font-size:150%;color:blue;" |1
| Connects to [[Bay Area Rapid Transit|BART]]
! style="font-size:150%;" |1
| colspan=2 | Coastside
! style="font-size:150%;" |0
| Sequential number assigned to numbered routes
|-
! style="font-size:150%;color:red;" |2
| Connects to [[Caltrain]]
! style="font-size:150%;" |2
| scope="col" style="width:10%;" rowspan=3 | North County
| scope="col" style="width:18%;" | [[Colma, California|Colma]] / [[Daly City, California|Daly City]]
| rowspan=8 colspan=2 |&nbsp;
|-
! style="font-size:150%;color:green;" |3
| Connects to BART and Caltrain
! style="font-size:150%;" |3
| [[Brisbane, California|Brisbane]] / [[South San Francisco, California|South San Francisco]]
|-
| rowspan=6 colspan=2 |&nbsp;
! style="font-size:150%;" |4
| [[San Bruno, California|San Bruno]] / [[Millbrae, California|Millbrae]] / [[Burlingame, California|Burlingame]]
|-
! style="font-size:150%;" |5
| rowspan=3 | Mid County
| [[San Mateo, California|San Mateo]] / [[Foster City, California|Foster City]] / [[Redwood Shores, California|Redwood Shores]] 
|-
! style="font-size:150%;" |6
| [[Belmont, California|Belmont]] / [[San Carlos, California|San Carlos]]
|-
! style="font-size:150%;" |7
| [[Redwood City, California|Redwood City]]
|-
! style="font-size:150%;" |8
| South County
| [[Menlo Park, California|Menlo Park]] / [[East Palo Alto, California|East Palo Alto]] / [[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]]
|-
! style="font-size:150%;" |9
| colspan=2 | Multi-city service
|}

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SamTrans reorganized its bus routes in August 1999 and adopted a new route designation system to identify service types, geographical coverage, and connections to [[Rail transport|rail services]].