Gilligman2010 Posted May 24, 2017 Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 This is from Greater Portland Metro Board minutes under the General managers report And it states that Greater Portland Metro in Portland Maine is getting a order of New Flyer Xcelsior buses for a 2018 delivery it didn't say how many buses that they are getting they will be getting 40' buses They had a bid between Gillig LLC and New Flyer Industries and it turns out that New Flyer industries won the bid to build buses for Greater Portland Metro This will mark Portland Maine the first agency in the state of Maine to receive an order of Xcelsior buses It's unsure if the new Xcelsiors are going to be Diesel or Hybrid Electric or CNG for there order of Xcelsiors there will be more information on the Xcelsiors when it comes available Note these will be replacing there 1998 Gillig Phantom 40' http://gpmetrobus.net/images/Board_Meetings/Metro Board Meeting Packet_05-24-2017.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilligman2010 Posted May 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2017 Also the mvrta in Lawrence ma sold to Greater Portland Metro there 2004 Gillig Phantom 35' buses in 2016 and they gave them 0405,0406,0407,0412,0416 those are being used for school trippers and Used as spares Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilligman2010 Posted May 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 I just got a message via social media from Greater Portland Metro district in portland Maine and there getting 11 Xcelsiors but the order will be combined with Diesel and CNG and they will tell me on how long in length there getting they will be XD and XN models That are comming in summer of 2018 and the amount of the XD and XN models out of the 11 buses I also asked them and waiting for confirmation on the length of the bus and the amount of Diesel and CNG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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