Matt Dunlop Posted August 19, 2018 Report Share Posted August 19, 2018 A few changes coming to Victoria for the Fall signup, as well as expansion units. https://bctransit.com/servlet/documents/1403650054712 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted August 27, 2018 Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 New Flyer CHARGE Electric bus to be tested soon... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted August 29, 2018 Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 More photos of the New Flyer XE40 (Charge) Electric bus. Powered (Charged) by a large portable generator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 9848 spotted at Colwood Exchange as a Route 51 UVIC this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 Three new Vicinitys arrived at Langford garage this week. 4461, 4462, 4463. Also quite a few Darts/Arbocs in dead row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 New 35-ft Vicinity 4456 spotted on the Route 52 Colwood. Sorry did not have my camera with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted October 28, 2018 Report Share Posted October 28, 2018 More 35-ft Vicinitys have arrived (4458, 4459, 4460) this past week. 9514, 2008 Enviro500, has been refurbished quite recently. Interior has silver stanchions like 9001-9010 and reupholstered seats to match the Novas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 4060, 4061 recently transferred to Comox Valley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted November 16, 2018 Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 The website is now active for Victoria's NextRide system. The buses will have the system installed, slowly, within the coming months. https://nextride.victoria.bctransit.com/Home/Desktop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted November 16, 2018 Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 https://www.vicnews.com/news/136m-in-transit-funding-coming-to-b-c/?fbclid=IwAR0UNS041E2EW1J3n6s7mwzpN3AQdrJeX3h5qYzse2jqbQf3Kp2TYHXp0RM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.Hickinaly Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 I am 95% sure I saw 9842 on a 75 heading downtown today...would be sure except the wiki says its been decommissioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 1 hour ago, T.Hickinaly said: I am 95% sure I saw 9842 on a 75 heading downtown today...would be sure except the wiki says its been decommissioned. It's possible, unless it was 9852?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.Hickinaly Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 Definitely not 9852. The ads on the side of it were different than what I'd seen before, which is what caught my eye. Sure enough I looked and there was 9842. I'm going to be out on the roads tomorrow so I'll keep an eye out for it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted November 29, 2018 Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 Not sure what happened, seen this in the early AM (5:55am) on Leigh Road close to Langford garage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomasw Posted November 29, 2018 Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 33 minutes ago, Matt Dunlop said: Not sure what happened, seen this in the early AM (5:55am) on Leigh Road close to Langford garage. The photo I sent not very clear. What is special about this image? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elib300 Posted November 29, 2018 Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 I can confirm 9842 is here. Saw it today downtown! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted November 29, 2018 Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 26 minutes ago, Thomasw said: The photo I sent not very clear. What is special about this image? Operator was on stretcher, bus had its four-way flashers on. Unsure what happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted November 29, 2018 Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 17 hours ago, elib300 said: I can confirm 9842 is here. Saw it today downtown! I saw it at Langford Exchange this morning. Can only assume it's out of LTC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RZ350 Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 Interesting on 9842, they towed it out of Abby, which is usually a bad sign. We were also told it was going to scrap, but that isn't always true. Glad to hear it's out there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted December 8, 2018 Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 9071 in service (transferred from Trail?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.Hickinaly Posted December 9, 2018 Report Share Posted December 9, 2018 9746 is in service in Victoria. Was doing a 6 yesterday evening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted December 9, 2018 Report Share Posted December 9, 2018 11 hours ago, T.Hickinaly said: 9746 is in service in Victoria. Was doing a 6 yesterday evening. If CPTDB is correct, it came from Kelowna. Kelowna probably doesn't need it since they received over 15 new Novas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 So far, 2506(Arboc) and 9469(Nova) have been fitted with the NextRide system. Will post updates on this thread when more buses become NextRide equipped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.Hickinaly Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 9 minutes ago, Matt Dunlop said: So far, 2506(Arboc) and 9469(Nova) have been fitted with the NextRide system. Will post updates on this thread when more buses become NextRide equipped. I don't even think 9469 is victoria based anymore... 22 hours ago, Matt Dunlop said: If CPTDB is correct, it came from Kelowna. Kelowna probably doesn't need it since they received over 15 new Novas. Just bizarre because the only 97-- i've seen in the last 6 months is 9702, and even that i've only seen a couple times a month of late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 4 hours ago, T.Hickinaly said: I don't even think 9469 is victoria based anymore... Just bizarre because the only 97-- i've seen in the last 6 months is 9702, and even that i've only seen a couple times a month of late. According to the Wiki, 9469 is a Victoria bus. It's probably just never (or rarely) used for revenue service since it's a demo bus for that NextRide system. See photo for proof that it was on the road (Route 52 tripper). I haven't seen any Flyers in the old livery, but I have seen many Darts come out to Langford. 0221, 0222, 0223, 9071. 9071 is in decent mechanical condition and the mechanics expect it could make it 20 years (2020). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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