G.A Posted September 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 If someone can debunk the rumor but it seems bus 162 has arrived and i am not sure if they got a 30 foot or another Nova. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaTransit Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 So I heard a driver and the inspector talking and 162 is going to be a Nova. He said it should be here by the end of the month. Apparently itll be used with 161 for the 9 Downtown/College Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A Posted October 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 3 hours ago, SarniaTransit said: So I heard a driver and the inspector talking and 162 is going to be a Nova. He said it should be here by the end of the month. Apparently itll be used with 161 for the 9 Downtown/College With that comes the death of an other Orion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DL1892 Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Sarnias 2017 budget proposal will be discussed November 7. This potentially includes: "Sarnia Transit upgrades – $3.4 million to purchase 12 new buses, on-board cameras and other upgrades" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newflyerinvero Posted November 6, 2016 Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 On 10/29/2016 at 9:43 AM, DL1892 said: Sarnias 2017 budget proposal will be discussed November 7. This potentially includes: "Sarnia Transit upgrades – $3.4 million to purchase 12 new buses, on-board cameras and other upgrades" At this point we shouldn't know which of these 12 to be 40 foots or 30 foots, or if any would be new or used for that matter. But good on Sarnia Transit to really get things into high gear to upgrade their system to be purchasing 12 buses like that. Wonder what type of upgrades to their routes would be if anyone knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A Posted November 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 14 hours ago, newflyerinvero said: At this point we shouldn't know which of these 12 to be 40 foots or 30 foots, or if any would be new or used for that matter. But good on Sarnia Transit to really get things into high gear to upgrade their system to be purchasing 12 buses like that. Wonder what type of upgrades to their routes would be if anyone knows? 12 buses would replace everything from 1990 all the way up to 2007. That includes half of the Care-A-Van fleet. Their buses are in good condition and the system is 100% accessible anyways. The system has always been the same when I was a kid, and with Sarnia's population shrinking there isnt much need to upgrade the system except maybe add more service to route 10 Vidal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seashore_518203 Posted November 6, 2016 Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 9 hours ago, newflyerinvero said: At this point we shouldn't know which of these 12 to be 40 foots or 30 foots, or if any would be new or used for that matter. But good on Sarnia Transit to really get things into high gear to upgrade their system to be purchasing 12 buses like that. Wonder what type of upgrades to their routes would be if anyone knows? 3.4 million divided by 12 is less than 300,000 per bus. Obviously this would include some cutaways as 40 foot buses generally go for around half a million. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit 20 Posted November 6, 2016 Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 or they will get the ez riders again 30 foot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiExpress Posted November 6, 2016 Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 The 12 buses budgeted for purchase are 2 Nova Bus LFS (conventional fleet replacement) 8 Low floor cutaways (conventional fleet replacement) 2 High floor cutaways with lift (for Care A Van) All this info can be found on the city website. http://sarnia.ca/documents.asp?DocumentID=1305 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seashore_518203 Posted November 14, 2016 Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 A very reliable source has confirmed that Sarnia Transit has purchased Durham Region Transit # 8050 (2003 Orion V). It will be interesting to see this bus in service in Sarnia but it probably means that one more Orion 1 will be retired. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A Posted November 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2016 11 hours ago, Seashore_518203 said: A very reliable source has confirmed that Sarnia Transit has purchased Durham Region Transit # 8050 (2003 Orion V). It will be interesting to see this bus in service in Sarnia but it probably means that one more Orion 1 will be retired. Got to make a trip there! thanks to you and another great source as well. This is great news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAverageJoe Posted November 17, 2016 Report Share Posted November 17, 2016 On 11/14/2016 at 9:17 AM, Seashore_518203 said: A very reliable source has confirmed that Sarnia Transit has purchased Durham Region Transit # 8050 (2003 Orion V). It will be interesting to see this bus in service in Sarnia but it probably means that one more Orion 1 will be retired. If that is the case would make a nice spring 2017 charter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wt_enthusiast_photos Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 17 hours ago, 110B West Pickering said: Does anyone know what Fleet Number ST will be giving DRT 8050? Maybe 163 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug_oak Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 On 2016-08-03 at 3:32 PM, TTC 9701 said: 163 is a a Titan II but a bit bigger than 071. There is no 162 yet i got drivers telling me it has not yet arrived. 1 hour ago, bus is coming 1965 said: Maybe 163 Looks like 163 has been assigned. IIRC Sarnia usually numbers by build year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A Posted November 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 6 minutes ago, doug_oak said: Looks like 163 has been assigned. IIRC Sarnia usually numbers by build year. They also go by the year they acquire them. The 1990 Orion 1s were bought in 2004 and were numbered 041 to 044. It will either take the number 162, 164 or if they do decide build year then 034. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaTransit Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 5 minutes ago, TTC 9701 said: They also go by the year they acquire them. The 1990 Orion 1s were bought in 2004 and were numbered 041 to 044. It will either take the number 162, 164 or if they do decide build year then 034. 162 is already taken. I know this because ive driven by the garage and have seen it in there. The fleet number is in the same place as 161 (wich is different from 151 & 152) and 161 was out doing the 9 Lambton College. So it will most likely be 164 for the Orion V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaTransit Posted November 24, 2016 Report Share Posted November 24, 2016 Hey look what I found out driving today. Looked like it was going to start the College Express. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin ORION Posted November 26, 2016 Root Admin Report Share Posted November 26, 2016 162 was plated this past Wednesday. Here it is at the garage thursday morning. Also included the "new" bus getting prepared for service. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A Posted November 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2016 Thanks for sharing! Also noted that in some photos 062 the Ford Eldorado is now retired too. I wonder if 8050 is the replacement for it since 161 replaced 044 and 162 replaced 052. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DL1892 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 DRT 8050 has been numbered 164 and was active today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaTransit Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 2 minutes ago, DL1892 said: DRT 8050 has been numbered 164 and was active today. PICTURES PICTURES PICTURES!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cimon8000 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 24 minutes ago, SarniaTransit said: PICTURES PICTURES PICTURES!!! I can expect it would look EXACTLY the same as the two 92's Orion V they had before............~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaTransit Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 1 minute ago, Cimon8000 said: I can expect it would look EXACTLY the same as the two 92's Orion V they had before............~~ But the paint job on those ones is the old paint job...we have a new paint job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cimon8000 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 3 minutes ago, SarniaTransit said: But the paint job on those ones is the old paint job...we have a new paint job oh true, less grey on the sides then~~ they really shouldn't retire the three 92's Orion V back then, where they were only 10-12 years old when they get rid of them.............kinda waste~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaTransit Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 2 minutes ago, Cimon8000 said: oh true, less grey on the sides then~~ they really shouldn't retire the three 92's Orion V back then, where they were only 10-12 years old when they get rid of them.............kinda waste~~ Omg i know right! They retired them because the ridership was "too low" and then 10 years later they turn around and buy 5 40footers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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