PrimeTio Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 Troll accounts, just ignore them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H4 5600 Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 5 hours ago, T3G said: What is the issue with the Novas? Those things have been in service for 5 years! What could they possibly have uncovered so late? I asked a few people at queensway, and apparently 3330-3341 have been breaking down very often now that they are being used on the highway daily. This is also why 900 has been mostly using local orions at night, as they have been prioritizing the rack buses for when the route is more busy during the day. This past weekend they only had 6 rack novas availible as 6 of them were in maintenance all weekend. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Queensway Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 Wow same problem just like when the Orion hybrids were on route 927. Now I see why some people dislike nova. (I mean I myself do not) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-717 Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 How ironic that introducing newer buses on the 900 so far seems to have greatly increased the risk of the very thing they wanted to avoid (buses breaking down on the highway). 15 minutes ago, H4 5600 said: I asked a few people at queensway, and apparently 3330-3341 have been breaking down very often now that they are being used on the highway daily. Have any of those breakdowns actually occurred on the highway? Wonder how many on-highway breakdowns the Orions had. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransitMotorcoach Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 3 minutes ago, 81-717 said: How ironic that introducing newer buses on the 900 so far seems to have greatly increased the risk of the very thing they wanted to avoid (buses breaking down on the highway). Have any of those breakdowns actually occurred on the highway? Wonder how many on-highway breakdowns the Orions had. Not sure of any on-highway breakdowns, but this past Saturday (14th), 3337 broke down after exiting the 427 onto Dixon Road while on the 900. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-717 Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 On 1/8/2023 at 3:09 PM, Xtrazsteve said: The passengers will never take the TTC again if the bus broke down that lead to them missing their flight. 22 minutes ago, TransitMotorcoach said: Not sure of any on-highway breakdowns, but this past Saturday (14th), 3337 broke down after exiting the 427 onto Dixon Road while on the 900. Wonder if anyone ended up missing their flight because of this one. At least the airport was practically within walking distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3G Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 10 minutes ago, 81-717 said: Wonder if anyone ended up missing their flight because of this one. At least the airport was practically within walking distance. If anyone times their trip so closely that a bus breakdown causes them to miss their flight, they are an idiot and deserve to miss their flight. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtrazsteve Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 49 minutes ago, T3G said: If anyone times their trip so closely that a bus breakdown causes them to miss their flight, they are an idiot and deserve to miss their flight. I’m not sure how long would a replacement just arrive but something tells me it’s not within 15 minutes. It works depend on the location of the breakdown. The 427 express lanes near the 401 would make it dangerous to leave and they might need emergency vehicles to close a lane. On top of that, a subway delay, especially P1s plus a break down could mean over 60 minutes and potentially miss a flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed T. Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 9 hours ago, RailBus63 said: 8008 tracking on the 900 this morning. Have there been actual visual sightings of this, and of the various other non-airport 8000s heading to the airport? Or is this all tracker info? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTC Guy Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 7 minutes ago, Ed T. said: Have there been actual visual sightings of this, and of the various other non-airport 8000s heading to the airport? Or is this all tracker info? There have been lots of visuals of non Airport Orions on the 900, I’m not out at Kipling very much so I don’t know about 8008 today though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed T. Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 1 minute ago, TTC Guy said: There have been lots of visuals of non Airport Orions on the highway, I’m not out at Kipling very much so I don’t know about 8008 today though. Excellent. I might arrange my day tomorrow to lurk a bit along the lower end of the route and see what's what. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3G Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 2 hours ago, Xtrazsteve said: I’m not sure how long would a replacement just arrive but something tells me it’s not within 15 minutes. It works depend on the location of the breakdown. The 427 express lanes near the 401 would make it dangerous to leave and they might need emergency vehicles to close a lane. On top of that, a subway delay, especially P1s plus a break down could mean over 60 minutes and potentially miss a flight. 60 minutes?! All my life I have been showing up to airports 3-4 hours ahead of a flight. The recommendations all this summer, in view of how institutions don't work post covid, was to show up as early as 5 hours in advance. Why leave it to the last minute? What are you going to do, run errands? Go to work? Leave yourself a big buffer time and enjoy the peace of mind. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed T. Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 20 hours ago, 6ixFanning said: 7909 has been spotted with the Green Tape and is now doing its final run on the 501 Queen Hmm, I know buses are slow, but it's still on 501L 20 hours later. How long exactly does a final run take? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvin3157 Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 8010 seems to tracking back at Queensway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7749 Posted January 18, 2023 Report Share Posted January 18, 2023 21 hours ago, Kelvin3157 said: 8010 seems to tracking back at Queensway Inservice now on 900 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyerD901 Posted January 18, 2023 Report Share Posted January 18, 2023 8008 in service. On 1/17/2023 at 6:43 AM, RailBus63 said: 8008 tracking on the 900 this morning. Sorry, just seeing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTC Guy Posted January 18, 2023 Report Share Posted January 18, 2023 8000 seems to be tracking at Qsy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed T. Posted January 21, 2023 Report Share Posted January 21, 2023 For your edification and amusement, here, straight outta Compton south Etobicoke, are some pictures of North Queen from just about an hour ago this morning. 8009, 8004, 8007, 8005 can be seen in the following pictures. There was at least one 8000 that I couldn't catch. For you NG hybrid fans: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar_AC_23 Posted January 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2023 8000 has been decommissioned. 8065 is done too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novabus photographer Posted January 23, 2023 Report Share Posted January 23, 2023 2 hours ago, Shemar said: 8000 has been decommissioned. 8065 is done too. And so the mass retirement begins. Also any word on 8074 it hasn’t been tracking for a few days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7749 Posted January 23, 2023 Report Share Posted January 23, 2023 22 hours ago, Shemar said: 8000 has been decommissioned. 8065 is done too. Can I ask how do you know 8065 is done? I thought it's still at the island Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar_AC_23 Posted January 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2023 1 hour ago, 7749 said: Can I ask how do you know 8065 is done? I thought it's still at the island Sorry I wasn't specific when I said "done". Yes it's still at the island but whenever it returns to the TTC, there is a very slim chance of it returning to revenue service. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumiko Oumae Posted January 24, 2023 Report Share Posted January 24, 2023 3 hours ago, Shemar said: Sorry I wasn't specific when I said "done". Yes it's still at the island but whenever it returns to the TTC, there is a very slim chance of it returning to revenue service. Not close but there were older buses that were sent to the island prior to retirement. Two Classics from Birchmount were used as island buses from 2008 but one of them remained in the mainland for training and other stuff, but moved to Mount Dennis before they were sold to Belka. I wonder if that bus you said could be eligible for donation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtrazsteve Posted January 24, 2023 Report Share Posted January 24, 2023 3 hours ago, Kumiko Oumae said: Not close but there were older buses that were sent to the island prior to retirement. Two Classics from Birchmount were used as island buses from 2008 but one of them remained in the mainland for training and other stuff, but moved to Mount Dennis before they were sold to Belka. I wonder if that bus you said could be eligible for donation. It was nice to see one of those Classics at the Mt Dennis doors open event. Now I wonder if they'll do Doors Open at McNicoll this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3G Posted January 24, 2023 Report Share Posted January 24, 2023 I will bet anything they'll just do Lower Bay again this year. 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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