MAX BRT Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 Saw this story on http://www.illinoishomepage.net/story/d/story/keeping-buses-up-and-running-despite-the-cold/72214/T0ZY3lOMTEW38HlKqlxw9Q Keeping buses up-and-running despite the coldIt features video of New Flyer buses in the MTD fleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38 Highland Creek Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 Champaign-Urbana MTD does a very good job at keeping the buses running, just like all Canadian transit systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbvision12 Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 C-UMTD has taken delivery of 12 New Flyer XDE40's, numbered 1601-1612. 1603-1604 were put into service today, and at the same time D40LF's 1318, 1328 and 1343 were retired. If somebody could update the wiki with this information that would be great. Hope to be able to further contribute with information about the C-UMTD as well as railroad rosters on the forums and elsewhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYBklyn1959 Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 Thanks for the update. C-UMTD doesn't get much coverage here, but always good to see. I lived in Urbana for 3 years in the early 70s, while my mother was a graduate student at the University of Illinois. In fact, I was present for the very first day of MTD service in August 1971 (rode the Red Line from Church & Neil to Race & Florida (lived in orchard Downs). We left in 1974 to return to NYC, but I've been back several times, the most recent in 2006. It has been nice to see MTD develop from a small transit system with 25 GMC Fishbowls to the system that it is today! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbvision12 Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 http://bit.ly/2dPz2tJ Looks like 18 more XDE40's for MTD in May 2017, which will replace 18 D40LF's. Will update when I can about delivery and retirements... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAverageJoe Posted November 24, 2016 Report Share Posted November 24, 2016 On 10/19/2016 at 8:46 PM, bbvision12 said: http://bit.ly/2dPz2tJ Looks like 18 more XDE40's for MTD in May 2017, which will replace 18 D40LF's. Will update when I can about delivery and retirements... New Flyer's release https://www.newflyer.com/rss/775-champaign-urbana-mass-transit-district-exercises-options-for-eighteen-40-foot-xcelsior®-diesel-hybrid-buses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbvision12 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 MTD has started to take delivery of the 18 XDE40's, 1713-1730, slated for delivery in 2017. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYBklyn1959 Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 MTD has started to take delivery of the 18 XDE40's, 1713-1730, slated for delivery in 2017. Nice! I assume those will replace the 0300 series D40LFs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbvision12 Posted May 11, 2017 Report Share Posted May 11, 2017 On 4/18/2017 at 10:08 AM, FYBklyn1959 said: Nice! I assume those will replace the 0300 series D40LFs? The 18 XDE40's are retiring 16 2003 D40LF's, and both 2005 ElDorado E-Z Rider II's, and will enter service in July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYBklyn1959 Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 Thanks for the update. Looks like all the buses I saw during my last visit to C/U (June 2006) will soon be gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbvision12 Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 XDE40 1713 entered service today, marking the first time that one of the 2017's has ran in revenue service. Once I learn which 2003 D40LF's are being retired, I will let you all know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbvision12 Posted June 30, 2017 Report Share Posted June 30, 2017 Update on comings and goings... Most of the 2017 XDE40's, 1713-1730, are in service at this point. Eldorado's 0556-0557 are RETIRED. Bound for Rock Island. 11 2003 New Flyer D40LF's have been sold to Connect Transit in Bloomington-Normal. Do not have numbers yet. 2003 New Flyer's 0316, 0332, 0336 & 0337 are being retired, salvaged for parts, and scrapped. Four XDE40's will be coming in 2018 to replace four more 2003 D40LF's. No idea on their number, though I'd imagine they'd be the 1831-1834, following the 16xx and 17xx series. Also, can someone please update the Preserved Roster to reflect some inaccuracies? Coach 4515 is preserved as 4515, not 515. Additionally, 4328 is NOT preserved. The preserved Metro is bus 3703, a 1984 Flxible Metro A. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbvision12 Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 D40LF's 0313-0315, 0321, 0326-0327, 0329, 0331, 0333-0335, 0344 have been retired. Eleven buses were supposed to go to Connect Transit, but with only four going to scrap, I'm assuming that Connect got all twelve of these. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbvision12 Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 Big news for MTD...they've received FTA funding to acquire five articulated electric fuel cell buses. The first of their kind, it looks like MTD will be getting XHE60's! https://www.transit.dot.gov/funding/grants/fiscal-year-2017-low-or-no-emission-low-no-bus-program-projects 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbvision12 Posted September 16, 2017 Report Share Posted September 16, 2017 Sorry, two XHE60's. Thought one thing but typed another! http://www.smilepolitely.com/splog/mtd_awarded_1.45m_fta_grant_to_add_hydrogen_fuel_cell_electric_buses/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVTArider Posted August 2, 2018 Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 Some pics from my stop in Champaign on June 11th: I also spotted a D60LF that morning but was unable to get a photo. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmaryahJohnson1996 Posted February 27, 2021 Report Share Posted February 27, 2021 Hi, all good afternoon, I saw check on the internet on the CPTDB Wiki also model is Xcelsior XDE60 and they do not forget just added a list on the CPTDB Wiki for the info . https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Champaign-Urbana_Mass_Transit_District https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/New_Flyer_Industries_XDE60 Who is the staff for your fix this new update, please? Thank you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saiyiji Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 Some updates from the U of I......Glad to see new vehicles being added, but sadly all the DE60LFRs are already retired. 0916 retired on 2023.9.27 0914 retired on 2024.1.19 0913 retired on 2024.2.9 0915 retired on 2024.2.15 Sorry for the previous mistake(2024-2023) For the 2011 DE40LFRs, 1167, 1186 and 1197 are retired. I guess 1177 too but have not confirmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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