kt808 Posted August 12, 2015 Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 So its 4 weeks to service expansion time and apparently no new Xcelsior deliveries yet. Since the maintenance forces need a few weeks to go through the new deliveries and certify/safety them, equip them with fareboxes, hardware, etc; I hope for GRT's sake these 14 buses arrive soon. They may regret retiring 8530 and 8531. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit 20 Posted August 12, 2015 Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 they got all the 23xx thats 30 and the 22xx -8 and 536-537 they should be ok not many school specails left so that will help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kt808 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 The fact that 536 and 537 are still being used, and 2300's are showing up on 200 Ixpress buses - all during the summer schedule (when service is at a minimum) leads me to think that, no, it won't be OK when the service expansion hits the fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit 20 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 21512 was just delivered to strasburg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kt808 Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Confirmed. 21512 was sitting outside the garage yesterday evening, clearly visible from Chandler St. Apparently the 21515 is on the property as well. I think it's safe to say 21511-21524 are being delivered now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit 20 Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 21512 active on the 6-11-20 only took 2 weeks to get into service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kt808 Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 21515 is active now too. Aparently today was it's first day in revenue service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit 20 Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 yep wednesday was 21512 first day also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kt808 Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 21515 is working on the 25 Queen South bus today. 21512 is on the 201 Fisher-Hallman Ixpress. Both are definitely in service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udba Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 21515 is on the 13 inbound to UW as of right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit 20 Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 yep and more came in last week its only taking a week to get these new buses on the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kt808 Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 As of 10AM this morning: 21503 - 22 Laurentian West 21504 - 1 Stanley Park 21505 - 12 Conestoga Mall 21507 - 1 Stanley Park 21509 - 2 Forest Hill 21512 - 21 Elmira Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kt808 Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 Just got this info from a reliable source. 21511 to 21524 are all delivered and will be running when full Fall service begins Sept 8th. Sadly, 536, 537 (not surprising) and 2201 (surprisingly) are retired. All have had their fareboxes and radios removed (probably recycled into the newest Xcelsiors). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 Ouuuuu... a 2002 Flyer dead already... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kt808 Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 Ouuuuu... a 2002 Flyer dead already... I know, I asked about that number twice to make sure. Also stated that the front door glass was shattered, so maybe it was in some sort of altercation and GRT decided to retire it early? Weird anyway since all the 2200's were rebuilt not that long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit 20 Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 (edited) 2200 201-202 2202.201-202 2204.Peak Route 2 2207.peak 12 Edited September 2, 2015 by Transit 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kt808 Posted September 5, 2015 Report Share Posted September 5, 2015 OK further to this - NO - GRT is NOT starting to retire the 2200's. I inquired more about 2201, and it was indeed in some accident about 3 weeks ago. Bad enough that it was decided to be uneconomical to rebuilt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit 20 Posted September 5, 2015 Report Share Posted September 5, 2015 thats the same thing i heard 2201 is now a parts bus for the other 22xx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit 20 Posted September 11, 2015 Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 21511 has plates on should be on the road soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kt808 Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Not sure if I should have started an 'Ion BRT' thread or not for this, but GRT released preliminary artwork for the Ion-painted Xcelsiors coming in 2017. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBirdVision Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Not sure if I should have started an 'Ion BRT' thread or not for this, but GRT released preliminary artwork for the Ion-painted Xcelsiors coming in 2017. COOL! That looks very awesome and pretty damn fancy, I like it alot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kt808 Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Operating today... 21512 - 8 University via Courtland/Weber 21515 - 201 Fisher-Hallman Ixpress 21516 - 31 Columbia 21518 - 204 Victoria/Highland Ixpress 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kt808 Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Posting in order to help provide some activity around here. 21510 was on the 56 - Dunbar in Cambridge the other week, running for the full day. 21315 was on the 52 route a few days ago, and is apparently still at the Cambridge garage. A few Xcelsiors are also regularily assigned on the 200 Ixpress everyday. I get the feeling the days of Cambridge having nothing but Novas assigned there may be nearing an end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRT21101 Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Posting in order to help provide some activity around here. 21510 was on the 56 - Dunbar in Cambridge the other week, running for the full day. 21315 was on the 52 route a few days ago, and is apparently still at the Cambridge garage. A few Xcelsiors are also regularily assigned on the 200 Ixpress everyday. I get the feeling the days of Cambridge having nothing but Novas assigned there may be nearing an end. I was on 21315 on the 1 today, so I don't think that it is still in Cambridge. Also, I have never understood why Cambridge only has Nova's, did they boycott any other bus or something along that line? I just find it to be ridiculous how the last time they got new buses was in 2010... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris W Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 I was on 21315 on the 1 today, so I don't think that it is still in Cambridge. Also, I have never understood why Cambridge only has Nova's, did they boycott any other bus or something along that line? I just find it to be ridiculous how the last time they got new buses was in 2010... Simply put, they want to standardize the fleet in Cambridge. Hence why it's all Novas up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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