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35 minutes ago, Viva5113 said:

Just note

Refurbishment Up to 2009 series are now done.

Therefore D40LFRs are starting to taking into refurbishment. 1025 spotted on 99 today after its rebuilt.

They're not doing the 2010 D40LFs first?

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Bump againā€¦

Not really a comprehensive list, but all 10xx and 11xx D40LF and LFRs I see on the roads have had their refurbishmentsĀ done. Checking into the tracking, there are still a few buses that havenā€™t seen service a few months that I assume are still getting completed (1104, 1106 and 1113 I believe)

Guess there will be a bit of a break for a year or two, unless they decide to do the XD40s a little early since the prior refurbs were done around year 10.

As a side note, aĀ bit crazy to me that these buses are now 10+ years old, I remember them when they were brand new!

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1 hour ago, yrt1000 said:

Bump againā€¦

Not really a comprehensive list, but all 10xx and 11xx D40LF and LFRs I see on the roads have had their refurbishmentsĀ done. Checking into the tracking, there are still a few buses that havenā€™t seen service a few months that I assume are still getting completed (1104, 1106 and 1113 I believe)

Guess there will be a bit of a break for a year or two, unless they decide to do the XD40s a little early since the prior refurbs were done around year 10.

As a side note, aĀ bit crazy to me that these buses are now 10+ years old, I remember them when they were brand new!

Hell, I was there for the 3xx series and SLF PDIs ?

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On 10/16/2021 at 5:55 PM, yrt1000 said:

Bump againā€¦

Not really a comprehensive list, but all 10xx and 11xx D40LF and LFRs I see on the roads have had their refurbishmentsĀ done. Checking into the tracking, there are still a few buses that havenā€™t seen service a few months that I assume are still getting completed (1104, 1106 and 1113 I believe)

Guess there will be a bit of a break for a year or two, unless they decide to do the XD40s a little early since the prior refurbs were done around year 10.

As a side note, aĀ bit crazy to me that these buses are now 10+ years old, I remember them when they were brand new!

1010-1012 were sent for rebuild in June,Ā 1014Ā and 1018 in September, 1021 was not refurbished as of September 2021
Non-refurbished 2011 D40LFRsĀ I'm aware of are that are still in service are 1101, 1102, 1105, 1107, 1109 and 1117

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2 hours ago, Joshuamumble said:

1010-1012 were sent for rebuild in June,Ā 1014Ā and 1018 in September, 1021 was not refurbished as of September 2021
Non-refurbished 2011 D40LFRsĀ I'm aware of are that are still in service are 1101, 1102, 1105, 1107, 1109 and 1117

Ah great, thanks for the info! Donā€™t ride YRT all that often these days but when I do seems theyā€™re always refurbā€™d so I thought they were more or less all done

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26 minutes ago, Joshuamumble said:

2014 New Flyer XD40s 1419 and 1431 have been refurbished; they re-entered service in November-December 2022 (1428 is also refurbished but I don't have a current photo of it)

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#1417 was also rebuilt. I saw it in service on 24 WOODBINE last week.

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I have received confirmation that sixteen of the Van Hool A330s are being converted from Viva to conventional YRT service. The converted units will consist of the sixteen earliest numbered units (5101, 5103-5108, 5110-5111, 5113, 5115-5116, 5118, 5120, 5122-5123), and will be renumbered in order to 521-536.

According to Transsee, 522 reentered service yesterday morning (January 11, 2024) on route 21. Six additional units are known to have been completed refurbishment, and are on property at West (TOK Transit).

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20 minutes ago, gtatransitfanner said:

This literally means they are tapping into the 40 footer availability for VIVA routes. Now that if one of the remaining VIVA units break down, they sub in artics. Most recently, there was a artic that made appearance on viva yellow.

There are more than enough A330s in Viva livery to cover the runs. Currently, only the Orange (8 buses) and Yellow (3 buses) routes use 40 foot buses; so that's a total of 11 buses out of a fleet of 23.

There is a cover bus based in Newmarket, but since it has to cover both the Blue and Yellow routes it may be an artic. So if a bus breaks down on Yellow, the artic cover may come out to replace it until a spare A330 can be pulled out from the garage.

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