MCW Metrobus Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 On 7/6/2019 at 10:40 PM, Peterbiltguy1989@gmail.com said: Did anyone see 8036 in Poco? Wondering if it was transferred. It wasn't. It's behind the shop at RTC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion6784 Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 Just now, MCW Metrobus said: It wasn't. It's behind the shop at RTC. Okie dokie then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 3 hours ago, MCW Metrobus said: It wasn't. It's behind the shop at RTC. And is 8028 and 8073 still active despite receiving more 2015 XDE60 over the weekend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briguychau Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, Phillip said: And is 8028 and 8073 still active despite receiving more 2015 XDE60 over the weekend? I saw 8028 on the 49 this morning, passed right in front of me as I was waiting for another bus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Shuttle Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 18518 to First https://www.google.ca/amp/s/beta.ctvnews.ca/local/british-columbia/2019/7/8/1_4498999.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 Returning to PoCo are 14037 and 14038 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleowin Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 3 hours ago, Express691 said: Returning to PoCo are 14037 and 14038 The way its going, HtC is going to be all Nova HEV's. All the good vehicles being moved out , its not fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pops1719 Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 2 hours ago, cleowin said: The way its going, HtC is going to be all Nova HEV's. All the good vehicles being moved out , its not fun! 47 2019 XN40s coming though 9215 to PTC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 16213 is now in RTC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briguychau Posted July 10, 2019 Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 8073 at PTC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted July 10, 2019 Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 Confirming 8118 back to BTC with its first block as a 99B 9272 to PCT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danthetransitfan8074 Posted July 11, 2019 Report Share Posted July 11, 2019 8028 and 9260 now at PTC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion6784 Posted July 11, 2019 Report Share Posted July 11, 2019 6 hours ago, Danthetransitfan8074 said: 8028 and 9260 now at PTC. Why so many Orion Vs to Poco? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted July 11, 2019 Report Share Posted July 11, 2019 44 minutes ago, Peterbiltguy1989@gmail.com said: Why so many Orion Vs to Poco? Recent bookouts (notably AM rush) have been XN40s. Orions get higher priority on 555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion6784 Posted July 11, 2019 Report Share Posted July 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Express691 said: Recent bookouts (notably AM rush) have been XN40s. Orions get higher priority on 555 I guess there is an Orion shortage in Poco I take it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pops1719 Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 3 hours ago, Peterbiltguy1989@gmail.com said: I guess there is an Orion shortage in Poco I take it? That and the 503 being an artic route come September. Alongside the 301 going to RTC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danthetransitfan8074 Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 3 minutes ago, popillil said: That and the 503 being an artic route come September. Oh god I hope they send those 2015 XDE60s before then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briguychau Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 37 minutes ago, Danthetransitfan8074 said: Oh god I hope they send those 2015 XDE60s before then. I'd imagine Surrey would get a fleet of RapidBus XDE60s and then current 2015s would be used on the 503 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 46 minutes ago, briguychau said: I'd imagine Surrey would get a fleet of RapidBus XDE60s and then current 2015s would be used on the 503 Good discussion/points, each of you. 96 is RapidBus come January 2020. Then you have 502/503 realignment on top of Orion fleet dispersal. The 96 situation in Surrey has become particularly bad: Today there were 3 standard buses on that route. Personally, I would like CMBC to transfer in some 15000s early in order as these 19000s are coming in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Large Cat Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 Unless someone can tell me a good reason why it has to be this way, I think booking out anything but artics on the 96 at this point is just complete carelessness towards the customer experience in Surrey. It's time SoF got a fair deal on vehicle allocation, not to mention service hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8010 Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 9 hours ago, Large Cat said: Unless someone can tell me a good reason why it has to be this way, I think booking out anything but artics on the 96 at this point is just complete carelessness towards the customer experience in Surrey. It's time SoF got a fair deal on vehicle allocation, not to mention service hours. I think there's some maintenance being done on the XDE60s in Surrey, but that's still no reason why they choose to send the 15000s to Richmond instead of Surrey. To me it seems like they just want to push the D60LFs out of Richmond as quickly as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingPig Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 7 hours ago, 8010 said: I think there's some maintenance being done on the XDE60s in Surrey, but that's still no reason why they choose to send the 15000s to Richmond instead of Surrey. To me it seems like they just want to push the D60LFs out of Richmond as quickly as possible. We can study the patterns in the recent fleet reallocation: All D40LFs are in Surrey. There are 41 units total, an almost 1 to 1 replacement with the 47 2019 XN40's. Not only can we make a fair conclusion on the reason of the mass 40' transfers a couple months ago, we can also say that likely the 47 replacements will go to STC. All D60LFs are in Poco. This is likely because, come January, they will be replaced by Rapidbus units on the R701. The D60LFRs there now will be used exclusively on the 143/145. We can conclude that these units were sent because there is an imminent replacement ahead. In the end, it isn't so horrendous that the 2015 XDE60's were sent to RTC. It's just a way to temporarily fill the gap so they can finally kill the D40LF/D60LFs. And with the extra D40LFs at Surrey, they are able to send a 40' on the 96, which is better then sending nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 3 hours ago, FlyingPig said: And with the extra D40LFs at Surrey, they are able to send a 40' on the 96, which is better then sending nothing. Which is still "ignorant" considering they are in a phase of bus delivery. While having a standard bus on the 96 is better than having nothing on the 96, it would be more acceptable in a time when we are not putting any buses into service, versus now while we are putting artics into service. mfb.translink.ca go here and address the concerns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingPig Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 18006 in VTC, on the 10 right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 18012 also to VTC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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