Niagara Falls Transit

[Bus_Medic]

12 hours ago, G.A said:

I am sure they were either part of a committed order or just added by mistake. With Niagara's system and not being as busy as the TTC. They would have spent the time working on them proper. I do notice smaller systems take great pride in taking care of their fleets compared to the much larger sized fleets.

Harder to justify throwing good money after bad when you have 500 of them.

[Kumiko Oumae]

With the recent retirement of Stratford Transit's LFS #9764 (formerly HSR), it would appear #2368 (an Orion VII built in December 2003) stands out to be the oldest active bus in service in this province. Correct me if I’m wrong, but Fort Erie Transit has one ex-Fort McMurray D40LF built in May 2003 owned by TOK, although they operated as an on-demand service since 2021. Let’s hope #2368 may last to the end.

[G.A]

2 hours ago, Kumiko Oumae said:

With the recent retirement of Stratford Transit's LFS #9764 (formerly HSR), it would appear #2368 (an Orion VII built in December 2003) stands out to be the oldest active bus in service in this province. Correct me if I’m wrong, but Fort Erie Transit has one ex-Fort McMurray D40LF built in May 2003 owned by TOK, although they operated as an on-demand service since 2021. Let’s hope #2368 may last to the end.

Fort Erie only has Dodge Caravans now as they went to full on Demand. Not sure when the 2003 D40LFs in Mississauga or the 2003 LFS in Peterborough were built.

[H4 5600]

I believe 2368 was built in december 2003, and the MiWay 03's were built in june-july 2003. It looks like MiWay 0302 is the oldest active bus in ontario. 

[hamilton.area.transit]

3 hours ago, Kumiko Oumae said:

With the recent retirement of Stratford Transit's LFS #9764 (formerly HSR), it would appear #2368 (an Orion VII built in December 2003) stands out to be the oldest active bus in service in this province. Correct me if I’m wrong, but Fort Erie Transit has one ex-Fort McMurray D40LF built in May 2003 owned by TOK, although they operated as an on-demand service since 2021. Let’s hope #2368 may last to the end.

Miway 0302 is a June 2003 build which means thats the oldest bus in Ontario for now. Within a couple months, i do see 2368 being the oldest unit in the provice with the large order of New Flyer Xcelsior Hybrid buses being delivered/already delivered to Miway.

[Kumiko Oumae]

8 hours ago, hamilton.area.transit said:

Miway 0302 is a June 2003 build which means thats the oldest bus in Ontario for now. Within a couple months, i do see 2368 being the oldest unit in the provice with the large order of New Flyer Xcelsior Hybrid buses being delivered/already delivered to Miway.

Thank you for the corrections!

[hamilton.area.transit]

The 3 LFS' have been delivered Niagara Falls. Theyre going to be used for Regional service.

[Articulated]

7 minutes ago, hamilton.area.transit said:

The 3 LFS' have been delivered Niagara Falls. Theyre going to be used for Regional service.

I don't think there's any differentiation between Regional and local routes any longer...

[Toro]

2 hours ago, Articulated said:

I don't think there's any differentiation between Regional and local routes any longer...

Indeed, Niagara Falls Transit, Niagara Regional Transit, St Catherines Transit, Erie Transit and Welland Transit are all one system and is called Niagara Regional Transit and buses could run in any area now (at least 40 fts)

[G.A]

56 minutes ago, Toro said:

Indeed, Niagara Falls Transit, Niagara Regional Transit, St Catherines Transit, Erie Transit and Welland Transit are all one system and is called Niagara Regional Transit and buses could run in any area now (at least 40 fts)

Now I wonder if ownership of the buses were transferred from each municipality. That does seem possible as a Welland Arboc was spotted on a Niagara Falls route not long ago.