98 Willowdale-Senlac Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 is the Orion I in prince rupert still in service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 is the Orion I in prince rupert still in service? According to the Wiki, there are two active Orions I's in Prince Rupert. 6713 & 6729. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northwesterner Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 According to the Wiki, there are two active Orions I's in Prince Rupert. 6713 & 6729. I wouldn't believe that for a second... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articulated Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 According to the Wiki, there are two active Orions I's in Prince Rupert. 6713 & 6729. I wouldn't believe that for a second... Someone's been going around on the Wiki readding Orion Is to some of the rosters. I don't know exactly why they've been doing this, but none of the recent rosters I've gotten from BC Transit show any Orion Is listed in service for any property. Also please note that BC Transit most recently purchased Orion Is in 1992, and that last year they retired most of the buses from 1994-1995. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidneyTransitfan Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 I added 6713 and 6729 back to the wiki. They were transferred there in 2011 to replace even older GM Fishbowls that were used for extra duties in the summer season for Cruise Ship passengers. The last Google streetview of the Prince Rupert Garage from 2012 shows them as still being there, and the last time anyone was up there was in 2013. I've intended to take a trip up there myself these past two summers to check on them, but I haven't had the chance. Until someone confirms them as retired, please leave them as they are on the wiki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northwesterner Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 I added 6713 and 6729 back to the wiki. They were transferred there in 2011 to replace even older GM Fishbowls that were used for extra duties in the summer season for Cruise Ship passengers. The last Google streetview of the Prince Rupert Garage from 2012 shows them as still being there, and the last time anyone was up there was in 2013. I've intended to take a trip up there myself these past two summers to check on them, but I haven't had the chance. Until someone confirms them as retired, please leave them as they are on the wiki. But are they actually rostered as BC Transit vehicles? The consensus was that all Fishbowls were gone from BC Transit by 2005ish. MCW Metrobus noted on another forum, in 2008, that it was reported to him that 802 (?) and 864 were operating in Prince Rupert. On that same forum, it was noted that these Fishbowls were officially off the BC Transit roster. Here's what I'm getting at. BC Small Systems are mostly (entirely) run by subcontractors. Some of these contractor could have other businesses on the side (charters, school buses, etc) operating the with the same drivers, out of the same facility. On transit runs, they charge transit. On other jobs, they charge the other customers. If they have a small contract for shuttle passengers to/from the cruise pier for the handful of calls a season that Prince Rupert sees, it would be very simple for them to get first opportunity to purchase a couple of used coaches from BCT for this service. As Articulated noted up thread, recent BC Transit rosters he has received do not note any active Orion Is. And 7 years ago, despite the report of Fishbowls in Prince Rupert, the rosters did not indicate there were any on property. Using a little deductive reasoning, I believe there is a strong possibility that IF these two Orions are present at the Prince Rupert facility, they are owned by the operating company at that location and used in non-BC Transit service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
323 Surrey Ctrl Stn Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 northwesterner is 100% correct. 6713 is owned and operated by Firstcanada LLC. This is no longer a BC Transit bus, no longer on the official roster, and should no longer be in the active fleet section of the wiki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CV92 Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 Those Orions were purchased by First in 2010 when they were retired from Nelson. As of February 2015 when I visited there, First had 6711, 6713 and 6729 in Rupert. Of these, 6729 was the only one that was still operational (as mentioned above, not for transit service). 6711 and 6713 had been collecting dust for quite some time.If someone really wants to know whats still running I'm sure you could call them and ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Broughton Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 802 and 864 were, like the orions that replaced them, bought by First one back in 2004. They had been for sale for quite some time, and were the last operational units sold before the rest of the surplus fishbowls were sold for scrap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
323 Surrey Ctrl Stn Posted January 19, 2016 Report Share Posted January 19, 2016 Just spotted 2172 heading SB on Granville at 16th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDirection Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 'Midlife' refurbishment of the 92XX series has begun. 9201 left Kamloops yesterday and should be in Victoria now. While it's gone, 8084 has been reactivated, and is just waiting for insurance so it can go back out on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CV92 Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 'Midlife' refurbishment of the 92XX series has begun. 9201 left Kamloops yesterday and should be in Victoria now. While it's gone, 8084 has been reactivated, and is just waiting for insurance so it can go back out on the road. It did arrive yesterday...snapped this pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 Wow, the 2006 Novas are getting their mid-life rebuild? Wow, hard to believe the 95xx series Enviro500s will be getting a refit soon then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Royal Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 Re. midlife rebuild - I'm curious to see what they'll do with Sunshine Coast Transit's buses. They might be doing that in house in West Sechelt, as they have a fleet of eight buses (9224-9231). The most 40' buses on the road at any given time on the Coast is around five or six (at shift changes, the schedule shows 4 weekdays, two on weekends). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbbyTransitFan Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 I'm curious if they are going to refurbish the interior of them, and install new seating cushions. Since the 2006 Novas have same seats as the older flyers. And install the new cushion design as the 1998 D40LF got in their refurbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 I'm curious if they are going to refurbish the interior of them, and install new seating cushions. Since the 2006 Novas have same seats as the older flyers. And install the new cushion design as the 1998 D40LF got in their refurbs.Most likely they will get the new cushion because all other reburbishments had the new cushion installed on the buses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CV92 Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 9105 re-entered service last week, first of the hybrids to receive it's mid-life refurb. Upgraded interior and headlights as per standard. The old Luminator sign was replaced by the company-standard Axion, something that was not done on the first few 2004 E500s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 What's changed in the interior? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Does anyone know if BC Transit has been put an order for double decker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 BC Transit is getting $13 million dollars boast in funding over the next three years: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bc-announces-millions-in-funding-for-public-transit/article28819781/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 Does anyone know if BC Transit has been put an order for double decker? BC Transit WILL have to order deckers by 2020 at the earliest, since 9001-9010 are 2000-models and have a 20-year lifespan (give or take). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Does BC Transit like 9434 since it so different compared to the regular Nova LFS fleet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Broughton Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Does BC Transit like 9434 since it so different compared to the regular Nova LFS fleet? They didn't spec the next two orders that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dunlop Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 AFAIK 9434 was an ex-Novabus Demo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 AFAIK 9434 was an ex-Novabus DemoOk, thank you, that should be mention on the wiki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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