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On 2/16/2023 at 4:24 PM, Novabus photographer said:

The new novas will be numbered 7000-7133 confirmed. Credit to @2044 and some other people for telling me

Looks like they will be similar to the #3570-#3654 batch but with some possible minor changes: The red back. 

Has anyone know where will these be going? I believe they will also kill off the Orion VIIs as well at Queensway, Malvern, Mt Dennis, Arrow and Wilson. I wonder there could be possible movements and shuffles.

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1 hour ago, Kumiko Oumae said:

Looks like they will be similar to the #3570-#3654 batch but with some possible minor changes: The red back. 

Has anyone know where will these be going? I believe they will also kill off the Orion VIIs as well at Queensway, Malvern, Mt Dennis, Arrow and Wilson. I wonder there could be possible movements and shuffles.

How do you know they will have a red back?

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I wonder if these would be in service by summer if they’re delivered between March and May since they don’t really have to train the drivers cause they already have Nova hybrids

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2 hours ago, Young said:

I wonder if these would be in service by summer if they’re delivered between March and May since they don’t really have to train the drivers cause they already have Nova hybrids

It will all depend on where they are being delivered and where they will enter service.

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I don't think training is a big deal. They'll train some crew and throw them out in rush hour runs first. It didn't take long since Wilson got Novas HEVs and to have them in service. Of course it'll remain limited to certain runs till most ops are trained. During the summer months, there is less buses especially all he reduction as well as seasonal changes, there won't be a rush to get them in service.

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2 minutes ago, Xtrazsteve said:

I don't think training is a big deal. They'll train some crew and throw them out in rush hour runs first. It didn't take long since Wilson got Novas HEVs and to have them in service. Of course it'll remain limited to certain runs till most ops are trained. During the summer months, there is less buses especially all he reduction as well as seasonal changes, there won't be a rush to get them in service.

But then there is the reason to rush out the 10-11xx buses if the new buses get rushed into service 

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12 minutes ago, Young said:

But then there is the reason to rush out the 10-11xx buses if the new buses get rushed into service 

They said they'll remove close to 100 buses from rush hour with all these cuts. 

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I have a feeling that the 7000-7133 Nova Hybrids will probably go to Arrow Rd to push out the 35xx and 36xx to Wilson division and then Wilson will give their 8100-8219(probably not the whole fleet) to Queensway division. What does everyone else think?

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12 minutes ago, Young said:

I have a feeling that the 7000-7133 Nova Hybrids will probably go to Arrow Rd to push out the 35xx and 36xx to Wilson division and then Wilson will give their 8100-8219(probably not the whole fleet) to Queensway division. What does everyone else think?

Sounds plausible. The diesel orions seem to hold up better than their hybrid brethren and from what i hear, theirs a nasty height restriction at Queensway, one that only the Nova diesels and Orion diesels can fit under. I wonder if some may get sent to divisions like Mount Dennis or something since i don't think ALL of them would go to Queensway

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8 minutes ago, lifty4ever said:

Sounds plausible. The diesel orions seem to hold up better than their hybrid brethren and from what i hear, theirs a nasty height restriction at Queensway, one that only the Nova diesels and Orion diesels can fit under. I wonder if some may get sent to divisions like Mount Dennis or something since i don't think ALL of them would go to Queensway

I think it would be split between Wilson and Queensway cause Mount Dennis wouldn’t need them because they’re getting the 7200-7333 New Flyers XDE40s plus the XDE60s to replace the Orion VII OG hybrids and NG hybrids and they will still have their Proterras and A few Nova Artics left

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8 hours ago, Young said:

I have a feeling that the 7000-7133 Nova Hybrids will probably go to Arrow Rd to push out the 35xx and 36xx to Wilson division and then Wilson will give their 8100-8219(probably not the whole fleet) to Queensway division. What does everyone else think?

Here's what I think. Yes the new nova hybrids should go to Arrow but send the 35xx to Wilson and keep the 36xx at Arrow to replace their NG hybrids and then consolidate the remaining NG hybrids at Malvern. Plus Wilson is supposed to get the 88xx diesels. The way that could work is the nova diesels that get displaced from McNicoll due to the nova artics moving in get sent to Eglinton and that would move the 88xx to Wilson.

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6 hours ago, Novabus photographer said:

I’ve heard an unconfirmed rumour that 7000 has been delivered to arrow, and had a red back. Can anyone confirm or deny this?

I guess you could also ride the 99 arrow rd bus to find out if it’s true or false 

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21 hours ago, Novabus photographer said:

I’ve heard an unconfirmed rumour that 7000 has been delivered to arrow, and had a red back. Can anyone confirm or deny this?

I heard the same thing. Does anyone have pics?

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Seen photos of the Nova Hevs in Quebec. Their identical to the previous orders but have some new tech on the exterior. The red paint seems to be a bit darker now. New bike rack included.

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