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On 9/4/2018 at 12:06 PM, Express691 said:

8143 is doing a 145

http://tcomm.bustrainferry.com/mobile/bus/8143

8138 also did a few 145s this AM

That block 8143 did is being done today by a LFS: https://tcomm.bustrainferry.com/mobile/bus/9728

Quite an interesting block too... Not really much in the way of peak, just goes for a few hours mid-day

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4 hours ago, Opal said:

There were blocks like that run out of PTC for a while when the 145 was based at BTC.  I remember at least one...

 

1 hour ago, Express691 said:

Must have been 2009/2010/2011/2012 or some time before I got really into foaming.

When I was at BTC from September 2010 to August 2012 there were a few trips from PTC on the 145 and 135.  One morning tripper that I knew about from PTC came off a 160 going into downtown then onto the 135 to SFU then NIS.  I think there might have been a PM tripper as well.

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12 minutes ago, Brando737 said:

When I was at BTC from September 2010 to August 2012 there were a few trips from PTC on the 145 and 135.  One morning tripper that I knew about from PTC came off a 160 going into downtown then onto the 135 to SFU then NIS.  I think there might have been a PM tripper as well.

Almost forgot about that AM 135/160! The last bus to ever run on that block was none other than...

7333!

https://flic.kr/p/QtFduQ

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7 minutes ago, cleowin said:

Will probably be retired first ?

When it comes time to retire those unit, maybe, but these unit have yet to receive their rebuilds/refurbishments in a couple of year. Though an other unit might have other problems (for example; and accident or fire) leading that unit to be retired earlier than expected.

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Nightbuses that often get full with passups leaving downtown (on Fridays and Saturdays at least):

N17, N19, N20

When BTC tags N17's on the end of Nova blocks, there are definitely passups. Even worse if a Nova is on an N19 (or one of Surrey's D40LF's).

Nightbuses that are well used but don't usually get crush load full, except e.g. on Fireworks, New Year's Eve, Halloween, etc.:

N8, N9 (although it does often use artics), N10, N24, N35 (almost always artic service)

Nightbuses that are really quite underused, often even on weekends:

N15, N22

 

Please correct this list if it's inaccurate.

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