2822 Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 Is Niagara still using the Classics on weekends and If so on what routes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general682002 Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 Will they loose money leasing buses to deal with crowds? Or did they factor that cost into the ticket? It's not a free ride, they have to purchased the tickets from the terminal. Is Niagara still using the Classics on weekends and If so on what routes? If your lucky to see one. I just saw one on 12 for short run as it was heading back to the garage and managed to get a shot of it. Thanks Dave. So both of these options wind up at the gates of marineland? Both these run at like 10PM when marineland closes? You still have the Blue Line running after 7pm until 1am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC60102N Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 Do the St.Catharines leased buses run on Sundays??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seashore_518203 Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 Do the St.Catharines leased buses run on Sundays??? I believe that they only run on Saturdays and Sundays due to the addition of the GO train service. If you are at the VIA station/bus terminal when a GO train arrives, you are pretty well guaranteed to see all five leased SCT buses. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lap_screw Posted July 15, 2009 Report Share Posted July 15, 2009 so i was in niagara falls today and look what i found.. i never knew they were getting more leased buses.. or are they purchasing this one from guelph? also saw SCT 9160 up there now too.. didn't see 9159.. did they do a switch or did niagara get another Orion from St.Catharines leased Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general682002 Posted July 15, 2009 Report Share Posted July 15, 2009 so i was in niagara falls today and look what i found..i never knew they were getting more leased buses.. or are they purchasing this one from guelph? More likely purchased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D40LF Posted July 15, 2009 Report Share Posted July 15, 2009 More likely purchased. I heard they are privately owned, nothing to do with Niagara Falls Transit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seashore_518203 Posted July 15, 2009 Report Share Posted July 15, 2009 I heard they are privately owned, nothing to do with Niagara Falls Transit. Interesting though that 141 was parked in the NFT garage lot. When I was there a couple of weeks ago, it was in the Niagara Express lot on Stanley Avenue North. Maybe there is something more to this due to the fact that it is parked in the NFT lot. I will definitely have to make it to the Falls one weekend to see what buses are used on the Falls Shuttle when a GO train arrives. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NT14 Posted July 15, 2009 Report Share Posted July 15, 2009 Interesting though that 141 was parked in the NFT garage lot. When I was there a couple of weeks ago, it was in the Niagara Express lot on Stanley Avenue North. Maybe there is something more to this due to the fact that it is parked in the NFT lot.I will definitely have to make it to the Falls one weekend to see what buses are used on the Falls Shuttle when a GO train arrives. Kevin 141 is not owned by NT nor are they leasing it..there was a reason why she was there and it has nothing to do with NT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general682002 Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 2780 is at SN Diesel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articulated Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 I believe that they only run on Saturdays and Sundays due to the addition of the GO train service. If you are at the VIA station/bus terminal when a GO train arrives, you are pretty well guaranteed to see all five leased SCT buses.Kevin The 5 that I saw today were 9120, 9160, 9265, 9986, 9988. (EDIT: There is no 9120, so that was a misnumber by me. I will confirm that I saw 3 separate SCT Vs enter the garage beside the terminal though.) Interesting how they did loading procedures... 9986 was the 1st bus in the line from the VIA station, but they guided everyone to 9265. I heard on the radio they were asking for a wheelchair accessible bus, so that's probably why they let 9986 load later (so any wheelchairs could load onto 9986 first instead of trying to put a wheelchair on a crowded bus). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid0920 Posted August 15, 2009 Report Share Posted August 15, 2009 No, your wishes didn't happen. Here's the posted I've made earlier: http://www.cptdb.ca/index.php?s=&showt...st&p=297078Now 2062 and 63 are the only Orion buses were purchased with no a/c, but during the charter we saw as one of them have a/c. Now I found out that 2062 had retrofitted with a/c sometimes in a year or two and my guess that it had to send back to Orion, to retrofitted with a/c panel. Unfortunately one of the driver told me the a/c isn't working. Rode 3 of 4 Eldorado EZ-Rider Max. Interesting, they have an LED interior lights and "Stop Requested" lit-up LED backlit as well! 2062 had nice cold A/C when I rode it yesterday and today. (Thurs/Fri). 2062 2062 2062 inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general682002 Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 2062 had nice cold A/C when I rode it yesterday and today. (Thurs/Fri). Aren't you lucky! Now all we need is to see 2063 to retrofit with a/c! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lap_screw Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 9156,9160 and 9265 are back in St.Catharines now both Orion VI's 9986 and 9988 are still in the falls i believe the falls will still use the Orion V's on the weekend then return them to St.Catharines for weekday service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lap_screw Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 Niagara's 4 NOVA's will arrive in October Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj.surf.lfs Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 Niagara's 4 NOVA's will arrive in October That's great, but I thought they were getting D40LFs (Consortium order)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lap_screw Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 thats St.Catharines.. was talking to the Supervisor yesterday and he was saying 4 NOVA's will be arriving in October under the new livery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj.surf.lfs Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 Well that's good news then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general682002 Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 thats St.Catharines.. was talking to the Supervisor yesterday and he was saying 4 NOVA's will be arriving in October under the new livery Much like their EZ-Rider Max? Unless the buses will come in white during delivery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lap_screw Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 the very same as EZ-Rider.. although i do think they will deilver them all white also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2822 Posted September 7, 2009 Report Share Posted September 7, 2009 Is Niagara still planning to improve service or will these new Novas replace the remaining classics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLy Posted September 7, 2009 Report Share Posted September 7, 2009 Can't wait to see a Niagara LFS . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lap_screw Posted September 7, 2009 Report Share Posted September 7, 2009 The Classics are hanging around still.. although most of them (Classics) are on hold and can't go out for reason unknown to the Supervisor he said Niagara is very short on Buses right now so he doesn't think anything will be getting retired anytime soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lap_screw Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 well the day has come.. after years of sitting in NT yard.. 8833 was scrapped today, i was there taking pictures and then I saw the towtruck come.. so i asked if i could take some things from it.. got the okay.. and then followed it to the scrapyard where it lays now next to NT 9039 and 9041 and 3 Burlington Classics and incase you were wondering 9040 is not going to be scrapped for awhile.. not until 9038 is gone which i'm told will be another year or two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid0920 Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 well the day has come.. after years of sitting in NT yard.. 8833 was scrapped today, i was there taking pictures and then I saw the towtruck come.. so i asked if i could take some things from it.. got the okay.. and then followed it to the scrapyard where it lays now next to NT 9039 and 9041 and 3 Burlington Classics and incase you were wondering 9040 is not going to be scrapped for awhile.. not until 9038 is gone which i'm told will be another year or two Where is this scrapyard located? I'm thinking of paying a visit if its nearby.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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