Corner Brook Transit

[Articulated]

Found a news article about the status of Corner Brook Transit.

Ridership is apparently booming, which has resulted in the current 15-seat cutaways being too small for the service, occasionally having to turn riders away due to full buses. As a result, the town will be buying new, larger 27-seat buses to increase capacity, which will arrive in December.

The current fleet should not be all that old - I believe Buckle Charters received three brand-new buses (Blue Bird Micro Bird G5) when they started operating the system in 2023. As well, the current system has 2 routes requiring 2 buses in service, so at least one of the existing buses should remain as backups (if they are indeed only buying 2 larger buses as the article states).

[Seashore_518203]

11 hours ago, Articulated said:

Found a news article about the status of Corner Brook Transit.

Ridership is apparently booming, which has resulted in the current 15-seat cutaways being too small for the service, occasionally having to turn riders away due to full buses. As a result, the town will be buying new, larger 27-seat buses to increase capacity, which will arrive in December.

The current fleet should not be all that old - I believe Buckle Charters received three brand-new buses (Blue Bird Micro Bird G5) when they started operating the system in 2023. As well, the current system has 2 routes requiring 2 buses in service, so at least one of the existing buses should remain as backups (if they are indeed only buying 2 larger buses as the article states).

Interesting news, thanks for posting. With the vehicles supposed to be on the road in December, you have to assume that they may be used. I cannot see them getting new buses that fast.