Chris W Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 59 minutes ago, Urban_Monkey Transit said: I got photos. Not sure if they are good. @Chris W has some good Ion Bus pics on his Flikr. I'm honoured but I don't really want to replace anybody's photos. That's just in bad taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin ORION Posted November 4, 2019 Root Admin Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 GRT maintenance staff were visiting Oakville Transit today to take a thorough look at our Grande West Vicinity Buses, for potential future consideration to purchase. Not sure what the outcome was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streety McCarface Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 3 hours ago, Jan Boic said: GRT maintenance staff were visiting Oakville Transit today to take a thorough look at our Grande West Vicinity Buses, for potential future consideration to purchase. Not sure what the outcome was. I'm surprised they're considering small buses. I can't think of any routes except for maybe the 27 and the busPLUS routes that may benefit from them. Even Low-Frequency/Low-Ridership routes like the 31, 5, and 6 get super busy (at least standing room only, crush loading on a few select 31 and 5 buses) during the peak periods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC60102N Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 I remember they retired 317,318 and 319 because they were "too small" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit 20 Posted November 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 i live on the 6 and yep the 6 gets crazy busy around am peak pm peak they need 40 foot buses and remmber the 6-21 interline through the week and on Saturdays interlines with the 10-28 on sundays i can see GRT putting Grande West Vicinity Buses, on the busyer bus plus routes if they decide to buy them i know GRT has a 5 year contract with nova. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit 20 Posted January 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2020 GRT strike starting Tuesday. https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/grt-workers-vote-to-strike-on-tuesday-1.4774546 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit 20 Posted January 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 GRT strike starts at 5 am Tuesday no talks are schedule. https://www.therecord.com/news-story/9813604-grand-river-transit-bus-strike-will-start-tuesday/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiExpress Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 From the March 11 meeting of council: Purchase 7 low floor minibuses from Creative Carriage (6 replacement, 1 expansion) Purchase 16 Nova LFS diesel buses (4 replacement, 12 expansion) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit 20 Posted March 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) they order 15 buses in January these 16 are expansion so its 31 buses this year they want the rest of the 24xx gone this year there is only 16 left. all info is from supervisors. Edited March 14, 2020 by Transit 20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit 20 Posted May 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 looks like GRT will be getting Electric buses when the northfield garage is done. https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2020/05/26/electric-buses-being-introduced-to-regions-fleet.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaT Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 So switching some buses to 9 metre electric buses like that. Wouldnt they have to put out a new tender to do that? And who on the market sells 9 metre electric buses? BYDs K7M? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit 20 Posted May 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 they have a 5 year contract with nova i know nova builds all electric buses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaT Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 and in the article it says 9 metre. LFS are 12 metre. thats my question/point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris W Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 30 minutes ago, Transit 20 said: they have a 5 year contract with nova i know nova builds all electric buses If there was a 30' electric bus order though, it would be a BYD K7M. NovaBus doesn't make small buses. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit 20 Posted June 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 21904 was in a serious crash on Monday. https://www.kitchenertoday.com/police-beat/police-investigating-crash-in-kitchener-involving-a-grt-bus-2400733 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit 20 Posted June 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 https://www.grt.ca/en/about-grt/electric-buses.aspx 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiExpress Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 The tender for 4 30ft diesel buses was posted on Friday. Bids are due July 7 and the region is requesting delivery by April. https://regionofwaterloo.bidsandtenders.ca/Module/Tenders/en/Tender/Detail/8806fdea-87b7-40e8-b689-dff5a80bb5c5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit 20 Posted June 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 there been talk about this for awhile GRT wants to take over the bus plus routes totally currently its Voyago runs the bus plus routes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris W Posted June 26, 2020 Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 On 6/15/2020 at 4:08 PM, Transit 20 said: there been talk about this for awhile GRT wants to take over the bus plus routes totally currently its Voyago runs the bus plus routes. When is the Voyago contract up? I suspect that, if there's any chance of the BusPlus routes moving in house, that they'll wait for the current contract to lapse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMoldlook Posted June 26, 2020 Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 Anyone know when buses will start using the new Sunrise Center Terminal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit 20 Posted June 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 good afternoon Monday morning June 29. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmenard-cc Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 On 6/15/2020 at 1:54 PM, Silly Tilley said: The tender for 4 30ft diesel buses was posted on Friday. Bids are due July 7 and the region is requesting delivery by April. https://regionofwaterloo.bidsandtenders.ca/Module/Tenders/en/Tender/Detail/8806fdea-87b7-40e8-b689-dff5a80bb5c5 This tender is marked as cancelled now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 7 minutes ago, jmenard-cc said: This tender is marked as cancelled now. Could be adjusting the specs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmenard-cc Posted June 28, 2020 Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 As per ION Update at the Committee of the Whole meeting on June 16, an additional ION Vehicle is being assembled by Bombardier to be used as a spare while Bombardier conducts warrantied weld repairs on 11 of the 14 ION trains. Vehicle to be delivered late 2020 - early 2021. Weld repairs to be conducted in-house at the ION OMSF Source 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris W Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 On 6/27/2020 at 8:11 PM, jmenard-cc said: As per ION Update at the Committee of the Whole meeting on June 16, an additional ION Vehicle is being assembled by Bombardier to be used as a spare while Bombardier conducts warrantied weld repairs on 11 of the 14 ION trains. Vehicle to be delivered late 2020 - early 2021. Weld repairs to be conducted in-house at the ION OMSF Source I wonder if it'll be in iON colours or if it would be in generic grey as a leased spare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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