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update from GRT land.

the new university of waterloo bus station opens January 3.

 

Routes 9-13-19-30-31-201 will be serving the new station.

 

GO Transit will not be moving until the station is fully operational.

 

Route 30 starts January 3 also and will be the only bus serving the ring road it will be interline with the 9-13-19.

 

Route 110 returns to Conestoga College.

 

https://www.grt.ca/en/about-grt/university-of-waterloo-station.aspx

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I was reading the service changes for January 3rd and it fails to mention the absorption of routes 27 and 901. Is that still happening and will the ARBOC they used on route 901 be assigned elsewhere like the other BusPlus/Flex routes once the VMC Classic buses take over the route?

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grt is suffering with short of staff the following routes will be cut back as of January 12.

 

COVID-19 service adjustments

Due to the spread of the Omicron variant and staff shortages, we will be reducing service on several routes starting Wednesday, Jan. 12 and effective until further notice. All trip planning tools will be updated.

  • Route 10: Service reduced from every 15 minutes to every 30 minutes during morning and afternoon peaks and midday. All Route 10A trips are cancelled; customers on Old Carriage Dr can use Route 16 as an alternative.
  • Route 110: Service reduced from every 15 minutes to every 30 minutes during morning and afternoon peaks and midday. All trips after 6:15 p.m. are cancelled; customers can use Route 10 during evenings.
  • Route 61: Extra trips running between Shantz Hill/Preston Parkway and Conestoga College during the morning and afternoon peak periods are cancelled. Service between Cambridge Centre Station and Conestoga College Doon Campus will continue to operate every 30 minutes.
  • Route 6: Trip departing Fairway Station at 6:45 p.m. is cancelled.
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On 4/21/2022 at 10:18 AM, ttc.transit said:

The GRT Vicinity VMC Classic 30 22105-22108 series will be entering service on May 2nd, 2022. 

As planned they entered service today! First ones being 22105 and 22106. 

22105 - 26 Chicopee

22106 - 55 Grand Ridge/59 Christopher/63 Champlain 

 

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1 hour ago, Transit 20 said:

Breaking news.

nova wins the contract for the all electric buses the contract was Awarded April 27.

 

6 this year on top of the hybrid order.

 

https://regionofwaterloo.bidsandtenders.ca/Module/Tenders/en/Tender/Detail/59770d42-d2bc-4e65-897d-d0bcc6749f28/#Awarded

I'm quoting this from the electric bus pilot thread since it is relevant to my post:

In addition to the 11 Nova LFS electric buses ordered for February 2023 delivery, GRT has ordered 29 LFS hybrid buses as per the council reports on pages 56-63. It was a late addition to the agenda as the region only received funding approval on April 21.

https://calendar.regionofwaterloo.ca/Council/Detail/2022-04-27-1900-Council2/0c7de142-0026-4994-a53b-ae8400e479f7

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7 hours ago, JK-from-YYC said:

Found an Instagram photo of 793 surrounded by gen4 Novas including what appears to be 22001 and 22026, so it looks like 793 is/was still around as of at least 2020. Does anybody know if there are plans for this unit’s restoration or is it still more-or-less in storage?

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There has been plans to restore it since it retired. But all it's really been doing, it's just hopping around the yard.

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