MaT Posted April 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2020 19 LFS are on order. Should start coming down the production line by now or pretty soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girardin71 Posted April 10, 2020 Report Share Posted April 10, 2020 Transit Suspension extended until May 1st https://www.iheartradio.ca/am800/news/transit-windsor-suspension-extended-1.11756792 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michel Posted May 18, 2020 Report Share Posted May 18, 2020 Spotted a convoy of three Windsor Nova LFS buses heading West on the 401 in Brockville today. 8033, 8035, and 8036. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaT Posted May 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 And 6 novas are already on property(facebook post was incorrect saying 12). 8027, 8029-8032, 8034. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaT Posted May 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 So 8033, 8035 and 8036 are on property now. Thanks for the tip off michel 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiExpress Posted May 24, 2020 Report Share Posted May 24, 2020 From the May 20 Environment, Transportation & Public Safety Standing Committee Meeting, there's a report outlining 16 buses to be decommissioned following the delivery of the 19 LFS buses. 2002-2003 Invero - 670, 671, 672, 673, 674, 675, 676, 677, 681, 682, 683 and 684 (12), ending the Invero era in Windsor 2005 Nova LFS - 556, 560, 561, 563 (4) Surprisingly none of the Orion VII buses appear to be planned for retirement with this order. In checking the wiki, most of the Invero buses noted above had their status changed to retired in July 2019. Can anyone explain this discrepancy? Were they removed from service since then but not 'officially' decommissioned or was the edit made inaccurate? The decommissioned buses will be auctioned off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articulated Posted May 24, 2020 Report Share Posted May 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Silly Tilley said: From the May 20 Environment, Transportation & Public Safety Standing Committee Meeting, there's a report outlining 16 buses to be decommissioned following the delivery of the 19 LFS buses. 2002-2003 Invero - 670, 671, 672, 673, 674, 675, 676, 677, 681, 682, 683 and 684 (12), ending the Invero era in Windsor 2005 Nova LFS - 556, 560, 561, 563 (4) Surprisingly none of the Orion VII buses appear to be planned for retirement with this order. In checking the wiki, most of the Invero buses noted above had their status changed to retired in July 2019. Can anyone explain this discrepancy? Were they removed from service since then but not 'officially' decommissioned or was the edit made inaccurate? The decommissioned buses will be auctioned off. Based on previous visits to the Transit Windsor garage, they tend to keep their retired buses sitting around the garage for a while. It's probable that they have retired them from service, and the staff report is just stating which units are to be sold off. The report could also just be "dumbed down" for the Committee, without any of the nuances regarding when the buses were actually removed from service. As always, thanks for digging up the info on the 19 new Novas for Transit Windsor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaT Posted May 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2020 Many of those inveros were already retired with the 2018 novas and have been sitting at the east wall where 560 should be as well, being used for parts etc im sure. the only inveros left active after the 2018 order are 671, 677 and 683. im sure by decommissioning they mean to sell off the retired buses and removing them from the property, whether resold or sold as scrap. 560 has been a parts donor for a while now(by mistake of someone at the garage and they had to go with it). the other 3 novas listed im guessing are the worst of the 05s. I bet after the inveros are off property you will see many orion VIIs sidelined at that retirement wall and used for parts for the im guessing handful remaining VIIs at that point. There are still some VIIs with no work done to them in the 6 inch stripes, those should be first to go along with the 3 inveros as well as the listed novas that are currently in service. I will see if I can find out any more info on this and keep you posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaT Posted May 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 So someone had put on the wiki for the new buses that theyre replacing the buses listed in the report. im going to remove that because there is a lot that goes on behind the scenes and things can change at any given moment. When buses are actually retired from this order and it is confirmed what buses are indeed replaced by this order of buses, I will put it on the wiki. most of the buses listed in that report have been retired for a few years now. Retired in a report made for a group of individuals who do not have a good grasp of how a system is run is very different than reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaT Posted August 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 https://www.iheartradio.ca/am800/news/amherstburg-continues-to-look-at-public-transit-1.13225190 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaT Posted September 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 So some 2020 novas are in service today. 8029 and 8034 on the 4 and 8035 on the 3W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girardin71 Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 Today not too many 2020 Novas 8033 (Lauzon 10) 8034 (crosstown 2) and transit windows announced a new executive director. https://www.iheartradio.ca/am800/news/city-names-new-executive-director-for-transit-windsor-1.13434787 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie Posted September 10, 2020 Report Share Posted September 10, 2020 3 hours ago, Girardin71 said: Today not too many 2020 Novas 8033 (Lauzon 10) 8034 (crosstown 2) and transit windows announced a new executive director. https://www.iheartradio.ca/am800/news/city-names-new-executive-director-for-transit-windsor-1.13434787 8041 was on the Central 3 yesterday, these Nova's are New York built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaT Posted September 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2020 So talks are still going forward with Transit Windsor service to Amherstburg. https://www.talktheburg.ca/transit at the bottom right there are 3 files, one of them being the proposed route. Now I noticed in the file name it says route 20...could that be a hint of it being named the 20 Amherstburg if it all goes through? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaT Posted September 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2020 I forgot to mention that they will be doing open houses for the proposed route from Windsor to Amherstburg(including transfer stops to the 25 on Front rd in Lasalle). https://windsorite.ca/2020/09/open-house-planned-for-proposed-amherstburg-bus-service/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaT Posted September 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 well, 11 2020 novas in service today in the city. 615(a hybrid) on the 42 heading down the highway to leamington....fail. And also I seen 425 today with a fresh coat of paint in the smaller 3 inch stripes, looks good! Proof that its gonna stick around for a while longer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newflyerinvero Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 22 minutes ago, MaT said: well, 11 2020 novas in service today in the city. 615(a hybrid) on the 42 heading down the highway to leamington....fail. And also I seen 425 today with a fresh coat of paint in the smaller 3 inch stripes, looks good! Proof that its gonna stick around for a while longer! A hybrid going to Leamington shouldn't be a fail. Availability if buses can always mean whatever's there for a driver to use, ge/she will raise out fir their shift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaT Posted September 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 It is a fail cuz its supposed to be stop and go for hybrids, not 52km one way with 4 stops. Hybrid should have been used on a city route and a diesel used on the highway route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHATMATT51 Posted October 1, 2020 Report Share Posted October 1, 2020 No more free ride on Transit Windsor buses as of the 19th https://windsorite.ca/2020/10/transit-windsor-fare-collection-to-resume-on-october-19th/?fbclid=IwAR02DschVkCSRn6nqR3dFE5nPE9BTbXtRlhdxzoYtBRbVD7y_lKHbZus3Iw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Border City Transit Posted October 1, 2020 Report Share Posted October 1, 2020 Glad that Transit Windsor continues on a track of general growth -- my sense is that COVID is slowing it down, but not stopping it! Excited to see advancements with the new route network. Meanwhile, wtf happened to their fleet? I like their buses... but why are they ad wrapping so dang many? I never like wraps, but those showing up in Windsor are especially bad. They're all composed of low-res photos, amateur photo editing effects, overly detailed text that clashes with doors/window frames, etc. They're really, really poorly designed. They make the whole transit system look tacky. Last time I was at WITT, every single bus was wearing a super-busy, super-ugly ad wrap. I hope they come to their senses. The city is investing in transit -- that's huge. If they want it to succeed, they'll need to make the vehicles somewhat appealing. Transit Windsor's buses have become so ugly that I stopped taking pictures. Even the non-wrapped buses... they cut the yellow+green+blue to almost nothing. It looks particularly sad on the 8000-series Novas. Those should be such beautiful vehicles. Time for a new paint scheme -- or time to adjust the "classic" scheme to better fit these very deserving buses. It inspired me to dig up a couple photos of bright, happy Classics in full yellow regalia: And 411, an original ca 1991 Orion V. This bus and its sister 412 were originally delivered in big yellow. Photos are scarce. I believe they were among the first to sport the "less yellow" look some time around 1997/1998 -- when the very first Nova LFSs came in. All photos taken in Detroit. That's what we call... Border City Transit! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girardin71 Posted November 13, 2020 Report Share Posted November 13, 2020 Out of the 19 new Novas 2 haven’t since service since delivery, 8027, 8037. What is Transit Windsor doing to these buses delaying them entering service. Also on the tracker they have the Central 3 and the Central 3 Loop. Aren’t these the same route. They also have smart ride cards that are reloadable but only at the WITT or Transit Centre (garage), they are only 5 or 10 rides. They still have paper tickets and the monthly passes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Border City Transit Posted November 14, 2020 Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 Just daydreaming... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girardin71 Posted December 15, 2020 Report Share Posted December 15, 2020 Just now in the tracker there is 3 buses on the dougall 6 which usually has 2. Im think that one will be the 42 that leaves St Clair College or that route is really busy right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seashore_518203 Posted December 17, 2020 Report Share Posted December 17, 2020 On 10/1/2020 at 4:19 PM, Border City Transit said: And 411, an original ca 1991 Orion V. This bus and its sister 412 were originally delivered in big yellow. Photos are scarce. I believe they were among the first to sport the "less yellow" look some time around 1997/1998 -- when the very first Nova LFSs came in. Here is a shot of 411 taken on December 27, 1991 when brand new. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Border City Transit Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 On 12/16/2020 at 5:11 PM, Seashore_518203 said: Here is a shot of 411 taken on December 27, 1991 when brand new. OMG, thank you for sharing that. This is proof that a "modern" body style can deftly wear an older paint scheme. Wish we had had more time to enjoy 411 & 412 before they went vanilla. Wow. About twice a year in the early/mid 90s, my grandparents would take me to Downtown Windsor. We'd head straight for Ouellette & Wyandotte on Saturday mornings. While they tended to my grandpa's army pension at Canada Trust, I'd plant myself outside watching bus after bus after bus after bus. I was absolutely captivated. Transit Windsor ran a typical Canadian fleet for the time: Classics and New Looks. With lots of variety among the Classics. Just when I had concluded that Transit Windsor was all "GM" (the extent of my bus knowledge circa 1994), up rolls 411 or 412. I couldn't believe it! A visibly newer, "American-looking" bus in that trademark Windsor yellow! A few minutes later, a 40-foot Orion I (401-410) pulled up. I didn't know what to make of that bus! After these Orion sightings, it become even more fun to watch Transit Windsor. Sorry for the longwinded story. Your photo evoked some very happy memories. Here's a pic from "my favourite intersection" 10-15 years later. A limp, unexciting Orion VI lurching westbound on the Crosstown 2. Wonder what those would have looked like in yellow?! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now