Iron Posted June 19, 2017 Report Share Posted June 19, 2017 Dennis Dart's 9904 and 9935 have been retired from Vernon's active roster. Grande West Vicinity's 4008 & 4014 have been added to Vernon's active roster. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted June 19, 2017 Report Share Posted June 19, 2017 3 hours ago, Iron said: Dennis Dart's 9904 and 9935 have been retired from Vernon's active roster. Grande West Vicinity's 4008 & 4014 have been added to Vernon's active roster. I assume 4008 and 4014 are 30 ft buses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Posted June 19, 2017 Report Share Posted June 19, 2017 6 hours ago, Blue Bus Fan said: I assume 4008 and 4014 are 30 ft buses? Correct. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 How many Vicinity have been delivered to Vernon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 24 minutes ago, Blue Bus Fan said: How many Vicinity have been delivered to Vernon? As of today, five. By Wednesday it will be seven. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 4 minutes ago, Iron said: As of today, five. By Wednesday it will be seven. Awesome to hear. I hold they will all be in service in time by the major service charge in September 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 Vicinity's 4007, 4009, 4010, 4011 & 4012 all arrived in Vernon this week. 9917 has been taken off Vernon's active roster. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCW Metrobus Posted June 25, 2017 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 On 6/20/2017 at 0:43 AM, Blue Bus Fan said: Awesome to hear. I hold they will all be in service in time by the major service charge in September 2018. Why, are you planning to move there or something? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted June 25, 2017 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 Just now, MCW Metrobus said: Why, are you planning to move there or something? No, I just read in newspaper article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Posted August 16, 2017 Report Share Posted August 16, 2017 Just an update if anyone's curious; All Dennis Darts have been retired from Vernon's active roster & all Grande West Vicinity's are active. 4007 - 4016. - 4 Dennis Darts will remain in Vernon as contingency buses. - The rest will be scraped, with a few being sent to other systems. Most likely as back ups until the entire order of Vicinity's have been delivered system wide. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck600 Posted September 23, 2017 Report Share Posted September 23, 2017 https://www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/207306/Transit-changes-coming Upcoming changes to transit in Vernon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Posted November 28, 2017 Report Share Posted November 28, 2017 Changes are coming to Vernon Transit. 7000 hours are being added within the city, which will add a new route and modify others. Plus 1100 hours for Route 90, which will add 4 additional runs during the summer and four trips on Saturday. https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/big-bucks-for-vernon-transit/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted December 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2017 On 8/16/2017 at 3:16 PM, Iron said: all Grande West Vicinity's are active. 4007 - 4016. How do you like them as an Operator so far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 On 12/3/2017 at 7:25 AM, BCT-3122-D800-10240 said: How do you like them as an Operator so far? A bit late on this, my bad. The Vicinity is actually a great bus. Not perfect by any means, bugs are still being worked out. That said, I enjoy driving them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cimon8000 Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 On 1/5/2018 at 7:28 PM, Iron said: A bit late on this, my bad. The Vicinity is actually a great bus. Not perfect by any means, bugs are still being worked out. That said, I enjoy driving them. How do you compare the Dennis Darts with the Vicinity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzldriver Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 We have a few of the 3000 series in Kelowna and they have been falling apart. Hoping that when we get a newer one they are more reliable. So far the Vicinity seems to have a pretty quiet and comfortable ride with its suspension. Way more comfortable than the Darts. IMO. The six speed ZF tranny in the Vicinity buses sure leaves something to be desired though. Never stops shifting. When you come to a hill and have to press the accelerator, they will down shift twice (on a steeper grade) before starting to pull the hill. I think if the shift points were set up better that would help. Would love to here from Iron if the newwer 4000 series are setup differently. Our shop has been powerless to be able to get anything done about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 I have heard nothing good about the original 3000 series. The 4000 series have 4 speed transmissions. We have one or two that shift slightly too early, but otherwise they're pretty good going up hill. The problems vary from bus to bus. For whatever reason, they were not set up correctly. BC Transit still hasn't updated the software to correct these problems, not even in Victoria. Problems include: Rear door speeds being too slow on a few of the buses. For example; while the doors on 4012 are matched in speed, the speeds are drastically different on 4015. Brakes being too touchy. The retarder comes on anytime you brake going over 20km/h. They're usually fine on a level service, or going up hill. But going downhill can leave you hunched over if you're not careful. But the severity of this varies from bus to bus. 4009 & 4015 are the worst in this regard. 4012 is absolutely fine, as are others. The interlock will get stuck on as you're leaving a stop. Which causes the bus to jerk. But again, this is only really on a few of them. Bugs are slowly being worked on, but we're nearly a year in at this point. Everything listed above is a software issue. Kelowna by the way, is getting a new 35 foot Vicinity fairly soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 A new route, two new buses, expanded hours, modified routes, new fares and additional route 90 hours coming April 1st. https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/vernon-transit-to-see-new-routes-fares-buses/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 11 hours ago, Iron said: A new route, two new buses, expanded hours, modified routes, new fares and additional route 90 hours coming April 1st. https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/vernon-transit-to-see-new-routes-fares-buses/ Sounds like you're getting two more Vicinitys. I'm assuming 4058 and another one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 42 minutes ago, Matt Dunlop said: Sounds like you're getting two more Vicinitys. I'm assuming 4058 and another one. 4058 & 4059. 4058 will be here tomorrow (March 7th 2018), but I'm not sure about 4059 out of Penticton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 How are the Vicinity's holding up so far in Vernon? Any breakdowns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Matt Dunlop said: How are the Vicinity's holding up so far in Vernon? Any breakdowns? Great. No breakdowns. All we've had is minor stuff which are easily fixed. Grande West showed up a few weeks back and made many adjustments and additions. Most of the minor annoyances we had are gone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Posted March 25, 2018 Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 Vernon has taken in two wandering souls. 8084 & 9873, from Kelowna, both showed up Friday afternoon for storage. They'll join 2308 & 2312, which remain in our yard as contingency buses. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted March 25, 2018 Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 28 minutes ago, Iron said: Vernon has taken in two wandering souls. 8084 & 9873, from Kelowna, both showed up Friday afternoon for storage. They'll join 2308 & 2312, which remain in our yard as contingency buses. Have you received any 4400s yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Posted March 25, 2018 Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 1 hour ago, Matt Dunlop said: Have you received any 4400s yet? Yet? Vernon was never getting 35ft Vicinitys. We'll have 12 30 footers once 4059 shows up from Penticton. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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