TTC7447 Posted March 18, 2021 Report Share Posted March 18, 2021 I doubt this is a significant movement, but earlier this evening (March 17 at 7:45 pm ...ish) I saw 3250 & 3309 heading westbound on Sheppard Ave E. I checked Transee just now (12:55 am) and noticed they're at Hillcrest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MK78 Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 Since the movements to McNicoll appear to have stopped, I guess it's safe to assume that the buses allocated to it now are going to be the ones that the garage starts operating with? If the wiki is correct,148 buses seems kind of not a lot, but it does have fewer routes at least for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar_AC_23 Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 15 minutes ago, MK78 said: Since the movements to McNicoll appear to have stopped, I guess it's safe to assume that the buses allocated to it now are going to be the ones that the garage starts operating with? If the wiki is correct,148 buses seems kind of not a lot, but it does have fewer routes at least for now. The movements should be resuming this week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bus_7246 Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 The reason for the lack of movement could also be attributed to the past week being observed as March Break week. Many employees booked vacation over that week which could have resulted in a slightly smaller work force. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articulated Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 1 hour ago, MK78 said: Since the movements to McNicoll appear to have stopped, I guess it's safe to assume that the buses allocated to it now are going to be the ones that the garage starts operating with? If the wiki is correct,148 buses seems kind of not a lot, but it does have fewer routes at least for now. 1 hour ago, Shemar said: The movements should be resuming this week 57 minutes ago, bus_7246 said: The reason for the lack of movement could also be attributed to the past week being observed as March Break week. Many employees booked vacation over that week which could have resulted in a slightly smaller work force. My understanding is that the bus movements were typically done by the RAD drivers, who have mostly been occupied this past week (and for the two weekends before that) with subway shuttles, hence why movements have slowed down recently. There are no subway shuttles scheduled for next weekend, so I would expect that once the University line reopens on Thursday, we will see a flurry of final movements happening on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday before full service is required for Monday morning. EDIT: Given that McNicoll currently only has about 150 buses stored there (there should be up to 250), there will definitely need to be more movements happening. The system is also likely close to a tipping point where storing more buses would be detrimental to service quality, especially since the newest (and most reliable) diesel buses are the ones being assigned to McNicoll. Can't just pull one eighth of the buses off the road for over a month and expect things to function normally, even during COVID times (service has been restored somewhat close to regular levels, at least on weekdays). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bus_Medic Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 10 hours ago, MK78 said: Since the movements to McNicoll appear to have stopped, I guess it's safe to assume that the buses allocated to it now are going to be the ones that the garage starts operating with? If the wiki is correct,148 buses seems kind of not a lot, but it does have fewer routes at least for now. There’s a whole whack of malvern artics yet to go, and NG hybrids moving east to replace them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bus_7246 Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 3559, 3560, 3561 & 3562 are making their way west across Sheppard, presumably to Arrow Rd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar_AC_23 Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 1 hour ago, bus_7246 said: 3559, 3560, 3561 & 3562 are making their way west across Sheppard, presumably to Arrow Rd Add 3563 to that convoy 3265 3272 3277 have moved to McNicoll 9094 is now at McNicoll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar_AC_23 Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 9138 has moved to Arrow Rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 17 minutes ago, Shemar said: 9138 has moved to Arrow Rd. I wonder why arrow is getting more Artics I thought they were gonna lose them because of the Finch West LRT construction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar_AC_23 Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 22 minutes ago, Young said: I wonder why arrow is getting more Artics I thought they were gonna lose them because of the Finch West LRT construction The 36 is keeping their artics but some of Arrow's 910x are supposed to move to McNicoll so I'm not sure why the high 913x are moving to Arrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MK78 Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 Yeah it seems the movements have picked up again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar_AC_23 Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 3267 3276 3333 have moved to McNicoll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobayashi Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 Mal>Arw: #3481, #3483, #3484, #3486 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bus_7246 Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 3235 was at McNicoll Edit: the bus is now back at Arrow Rd 9099 is at McNicoll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobayashi Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 Mal>Arw: #3482, #3485 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar_AC_23 Posted March 24, 2021 Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 3218 3220 3223 3225 3235 are enroute via Sheppard Ave to McNicoll. 3343 is most likely the driver shuttle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobayashi Posted March 24, 2021 Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 Mal>McN: #9098 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bus_7246 Posted March 24, 2021 Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 52 minutes ago, Eren Jaeger said: Arw/Mal>McN: #3221, #9098 3221 is currently on the 927 3568 & 3569 are wrapping up their journey to Arrow from Malvern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobayashi Posted March 24, 2021 Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 36 minutes ago, bus_7246 said: 3221 is currently on the 927 3568 & 3569 are wrapping up their journey to Arrow from Malvern I forgot to put “33” instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bus_7246 Posted March 24, 2021 Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 41 minutes ago, Eren Jaeger said: I forgot to put “33” instead. It looks like this could be a training bus out of Arrow at it’s west of Bayview at this time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobayashi Posted March 24, 2021 Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 41 minutes ago, bus_7246 said: It looks like this could be a training bus out of Arrow at it’s west of Bayview at this time Heading home now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bus_7246 Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 @Xtrazsteve, there are 7 movements you’ve missed: 3148 & 3172 have transferred from Birchmount to McNicoll 3262 & 3265 have transferred from Arrow to McNicoll 3568 & 3569 have transferred from Malvern to Arrow 9099 has transferred from Malvern to McNicoll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtrazsteve Posted March 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 3 hours ago, bus_7246 said: @Xtrazsteve, there are 7 movements you’ve missed: 3148 & 3172 have transferred from Birchmount to McNicoll 3262 & 3265 have transferred from Arrow to McNicoll 3568 & 3569 have transferred from Malvern to Arrow 9099 has transferred from Malvern to McNicoll Updated. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bus_7246 Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 3566 & 3567 are almost at Arrow from Malvern 9097 is now at McNicoll 3222, 3232, 3233 & 3234 are heading east across Sheppard to McNicoll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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