York Region Transit 701-730

Interior layout of 701-730.

York Region Transit 701-730 are New Flyer Industries D40LF built and delivered in 2007. This batch is part of the Metrolinx Transit Purchasing Co-operative order for buses for delivery in 2007. When Transit Windsor dropped out of the consortium during fabrication, the buses that would become theirs became 725-730. These were the first D40LFs to be based in First Student, as well as the first buses with new livery to be based at both Miller and First Student divisions. 713-717 were later moved to Southwest (Tokmakjian) alongside 619-621 and 623, being swapped for 607-609 and 610-615.

This batch has a number of new features, some of which would become standard on subsequent orders. These include an electronic run box, new livery, second stop request sign (placed just ahead of the rear doors), stop request tape switches in lieu of cords, more stop request buttons along the bars, and a sliding passenger window on the left rear side. 713 and 715-723 initially had white Y logos on both sides, but had them removed in March 2009 due to the logos consistently peeling off the bus.

These buses can be found on most YRT routes, including 1 Highway 7, 2 Milliken, 2A 14th Avenue, 3 Thornhill-York University, 4/4A Major Mackenzie, 5 Clark, 7 Martin Grove, 8 Kennedy, 9 9th Line, 10 York University-Woodbridge, 11 Woodbridge, 12 Pine Valley, 13 Islington, 18 Bur Oak, 20 Jane-Concord, 22/22A King City, 23 Thornhill Woods, 31 Aurora North-Industrial Parkway, 32 Aurora South, 33/33A Wellington, 40 Unionville Local, 41 Markham Local, 42 Berczy-South Unionville, 45 Mingay, 50 Queensway, 52 Holland Landing, 55/55B Davis Drive, 56 Gorham-Eagle, 57/57A Clearmeadow-Mulock, 58/58A Mount Albert, 77 Highway 7-Centre, 83/83A Trench, 85/85A/85B Rutherford/16th Ave, 86 Newkirk-Red Maple, 87 Langstaff-Maple, 88/88A/88E Bathurst, 90/90B Leslie, 91/91A/91B/91E Bayview, 98/98E Yonge, 99 Yonge, 300 Business Express, 301 Markham Express, 302 Unionville Express, 303 Bur Oak Express, 304 Mount Joy Express, 360 Maple Express, Markham GO Shuttles, Richmond Hill GO Shuttles, and school specials.

Upon entering service, these buses retired 2027, 2029-2030, 8301-8304, 8502, 8505-8506 and 8710-8712, with the remaining 17 units for expansion.

Buses	Engine	Transmission	Seating	Destination Sign
701-730	Cummins ISL 280 hp	Voith D864.5 4 speed	38: American Seating Metropolitan	Luminator Horizon

Details

Fleet number	Thumbnail	Date	VIN	License plate	Paint	Garage	Notes
701		2007	2FYD4FV147C032468	BM3 432	Special	North (TOK Transit)	Currently wrapped for busadvertising.ca. Formerly based at Southwest (Veolia).
702		2007	2FYD4FV167C032469	352 2BF (BM3 433)		North (TOK Transit)	Formerly based at Southwest (Veolia).
703		2007	2FYD4FV127C032470	BM3 434		Southwest (Veolia)
704		2007	2FYD4FV147C032471	BM3 435		Southwest (Veolia)
705		2007	2FYD4FV167C032472	BM3 441		Southwest (Veolia)
706		2007	2FYD4FV187C032473	BM3 442		Southwest (Veolia)	Previously had blue YRT logos on both sides.
707		2007	2FYD4FV187C032474	BM3 440	Special	Southwest (Veolia)	Currently wrapped for Rivalda Tile.
708		2007	2FYD4FV187C032475	BM3 439		Southwest (Veolia)
709		2007	2FYD4FV187C032476	BM3 438		Southwest (Veolia)	Stop requested chime double dings.
710		2007	2FYD4FV157C032477	BM3 437		Southeast (Miller)
711		2007	2FYD4FV177C032478	BN2 054		Southeast (Miller)	Involved in an accident on April 12, 2009 while on route 2.
712		2007	2FYD4FV197C032479	BM3 443		Southeast (Miller)
713		2007	2FYD4FV157C032480	BM3 444		Southwest (Veolia)	Formerly based at North (First Student).
714		2007	2FYD4FV177C032481	BM3 445		Southwest (Veolia)	Formerly based at North (First Student).
715		2007	2FYD4FV197C032482	BM3 446		Southwest (Veolia)	Formerly based at North (First Student).
716		2007	2FYD4FV107C032483	BM3 447		Southwest (Veolia)	Formerly based at North (First Student).
717		2007	2FYD4FV127C032484	BM3 448		Southwest (Veolia)	Formerly based at North (First Student). Rear New Flyer logo reads "New yer".
718		2007	2FYD4FV147C032485	BM3 449	Special	Southeast (Miller)	Rear fleet number is a different font. Currently wrapped for Wasabi Grand Buffet. Formerly wrapped for PRESTO and YRT/Viva.
719		2007	2FYD4FV167C032486	BM3 450		Southeast (Miller)
720		2007	2FYD4FV187C032487	BN2 051		Southeast (Miller)
721		2007	2FYD4FV1X7C032488	BN2 053		Southeast (Miller)	Front YRT logo missing.
722		2007	2FYD4FV117C032489	BN2 052		Southeast (Miller)	Rear destination sign is broken.
723		2007	C032490	BN2 055		Southeast (Miller)	One of 5 buses at the 2008 YRT/VIVA Roadeo; one of two used for qualifications.
724		2007	2FYD4FV1X7C032491	BN2 056		Southwest (Veolia)
725		2007	2FYD4FV117C032492	BN2 057		Southwest (Veolia)	Front YRT logo is ripping.
726		2007	2FYD4FV137C032493	BN2 058		Southwest (Veolia)
727		2007	2FYD4FV157C032494	BN2 059	Special	Southwest (Veolia)	Currently wrapped for Rivalda Tile.
728		2007	2FYD4FV177C032495	BN2 060		Southwest (Veolia)
729		2007	2FYD4FV197C032496	BN2 061		Southwest (Veolia)
730		2007	2FYD4FV107C032497	BN2 062		Southwest (Veolia)

York Region Transit active fleet Orion V 001-005, 008-014, 225-233, 301-310 Orion VI 9701, 9703, 9931-9933 D40LF 311-335, 401-412, 571-585, 601-609, 610-618, 701-730, 801-819, 901-945, 1001-1019 D40LFR 1020-1038, 1101-1120 E-Z Rider II 541-570, 619-621, 623 E-Z Rider II MAX 850-868, 980-990, 991-996 E-Z Rider II BRT 1060-1064, 1065-1072, 1160-1162 ARBOC 1180-1187, 1188-1197 A330 5101-5160, 501-520 AG300 5201-5225, 7201-7205, 8201-8211 LFX 1080-1094 Support Fleet Various numbers